In the final questionnaire in our series featuring the thoughts and experiences of artists and other arts professionals, a-n’s Director reflects on how 2013 was for her and the organisation.
For a-n Director Susan Jones, 2012 has been a year of research and development, as the organisation looks to the future for artists and their practice.
Susan Jones, a-n’s director for 15 years, receives an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
While strategies to pay artists better are forging ahead in the UK, this vital issue is also on high on the agenda in some other countries. Susan Jones reports on Working Artists: aspects of art and labour, a recent conference in South Korea which she also spoke at.
Former a-n director Susan Jones will be sharing evidence gathered through a-n/AIR’s Paying Artists campaign over a hearty lunch of vitamin-rich soup at Stoke-on-Trent’s AirSpace Gallery, the latest event in a series of talks and workshops.
Does joining with higher education institutions bring a promise of financial stability for cash-strapped arts organisations, alongside an increase in audiences? a-n Director Susan Jones reports from an Arts Council England conference that sketched out a new landscape for the contemporary arts.
In her provocation for the Art Party Conference in Scarborough, a-n Director Susan Jones argues that while it’s widely stated that artists are the main menu in the gallery and exhibition process, new approaches are needed to provide the financial support they need. Here, we publish an edited version of her full presentation.
As the debate continues around Margaret Thatcher’s legacy ahead of her all-but state funeral, one thing is sure – the influence of her actions and ideas continues to be felt across the UK. Formed in the midst of her first term, a-n is no exception. Here, Director Susan Jones remembers the dawn of Thatcherism and trawls the a-n archive for pertinent references to the Iron Lady and her policies.
a-n Director Susan Jones visited DIY Art School in Manchester where the focus is on collaboration and research.
Esther Salamon, who was a valued contributor to a-n between 1995 and 2011, has passed away after a period in Queen Elizabeth Hospital hospice.
Support and advice from across the arts sector, plus wider government and NHS guidance, following the coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak.
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section and taking us to Birmingham, Leicester, London and Whitby.
Highlights for the week ahead selected from our busy Events section and featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n’s members.
Among those working in the visual arts who have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List are Maria Balshaw of Manchester’s Whitworth Gallery and Hepworth Wakefield director Simon Wallis.
Co-artistic director of British Ceramics Biennial and former senior visual arts officer for Arts Council England dies aged 66.
A one-day symposium organised by Crate Studio and Project Space in Margate and University for the Creative Arts Canterbury is to explore the different ways artists make a living at a time of austerity.
A symposium in Seoul this week will address the issues of artists’ fees in Korea and will include discussion of a-n/AIR’s Paying Artists campaign.
The artist Yinka Shonibare MBE has issued a detailed and personal statement expressing his support for a-n and AIR’s Paying Artists campaign.
A new Collaborative Doctorate Award devised by Warwick University and a-n, and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, has been awarded to Brighton-based artist Emilia Telese.
The Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller has pledged his support for a-n/AIR’s Paying Artists campaign in a statement that urges all publicly-funded galleries to pay fair fees to artists.
New a-n Executive Director Jeanie Scott talks about growing up around contemporary art and explains why an organisation with artists at its heart “feels like home”.
A new collaborative research study from Warwick University and a-n will explore the impact of artist-led initiatives on cultural value.
a-n/AIR’s Paying Artists campaign launches today with its own dedicated website at www.payingartists.org.uk
Canada’s representative bodies for artists, CARFAC and RAAV, have won their court battle with the National Gallery of Canada to set a binding minimum fee for artists.
a-n The Artists Information Company has appointed Jeanie Scott to be its new Executive Director.
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