An open letter from the Creative Industries Federation is calling on the government to address a crisis in creative education in English schools.
The new gallery designed by 6a architects has more than doubled its exhibition space and includes a sequence of new public spaces in and around the new gallery, plus a large learning and community studio. Jack Hutchinson reports from Milton Keynes.
The two-year redevelopment project at Edinburgh’s Scottish National Gallery will see new gallery spaces created and improved accessibility from East Princes Street Gardens.
Between October 2017 and April 2018 Sally Stenton spent time at Anglia Ruskin University, using its facilities and developing a conceptual work that connected the university’s art and science departments. Pippa Koszerek catches up with the artist to discuss her residency and its impact on her ongoing practice.
a-n’s newest website development draws together more than 250 cultural policy and strategy documents into one place, offering free access to an index of over 20 years of research from across the visual arts and creative sectors in the UK.
New Arts Council England chair Nicholas Serota makes his first speech at the No Boundaries conference in Hull, setting out his priorities for the organisation.
The Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries programme has announced its first round of placements, with the visual arts represented by The Common Guild in Glasgow and Eastside Projects in Birmingham. Richard Taylor reports.
MFA students at Glasgow School of Art are calling on the school to reinstate 24-hour access to their studios.
Now in its tenth year, Embassy Gallery’s Annuale festival in Edinburgh celebrates artist-led collaboration in Scotland’s capital and beyond.
Manick Govinda was one of six panelists at a recent debate in London titled, All Change in arts funding: crisis or opportunity? Here he provides a commentary on what was discussed and questions the agenda of ‘access’ in relation to arts funding.
A major new report supported by a-n calls for Government action to protect artists’ livelihoods by investing in the country’s visual arts sector.
Cornwall based artist and plumber Sovay Berriman reflects on a successful 2024, including being the Clore Visual Art Fellow 2023/24, supported by a-n.
London based artist Emma Douglas works with a wide range of media, including drawing, printing, painting, photography, sculpture and film. Here she reflects on a successful year that included winning the Working Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize.
The visual arts are at the heart of the UK’s creative economy. From driving economic growth to enriching communities and shaping culture, the sector is recognised as a key ‘growth-driving’ force in the government’s new 10-year Industrial Strategy. But to […]
This Autumn the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Visual Arts and Artists was reconstituted with cross-party support from MPs and Peers. The group provides a forum for parliamentarians to better understand the challenges faced by UK visual artists and the […]
Shows by a-n members across the UK, including a solo exhibition in Edinburgh by Holly Davey, outdoor sculpture in Yorkshire by Matthew Darbyshire, plus group shows featuring works by artists Rae-Yen Song, Zoe Anker and Małgorzata Dawidek
Connecting curators with artists and encouraging UK-wide collaboration and exchange.
a-n member, curator, creative consultant and writer’s brand new book celebrates the richness of queer creativity through the work of 200 fabulous artists.
Coinciding with World Art Day 2024 a-n members Phoebe Boswell, Adelaide Damoah and Charmaine Watkiss discuss their participation in the 60th Venice Biennale.
Artist Sonia Boué has launched a new, life-enhancing creative self-help resource for neurodivergent people. Conceived during the first Covid lockdown in 2020, the Neurophototherapy Project‘s roots began with a process of self-documentation at home while isolated from her studio. Sharing […]
Opportunity for visual arts curators living and working in England, Scotland or Wales to visit Northern Ireland.
Manchester based artist and a-n member Kelan Andrews has had a busy 12 months, including completing his MA Fine Art at Manchester School of Art and being awarded the Castlefield Gallery mentee prize. Here he discusses how living with a chronic illness informs his practice and how he hopes to help open up conversations around disability and illness within the arts and society.
Artist and a-n member Jo Longhurst speaks to Ellen Wilkinson about the challenges of making art around unseen disabilities.
Marking 12 months of the latest cohort of Artists Council, Clémentine Bedos and Jenny Mc Namara, share their highlights from their first year.
Two a-n members from the Bristol-based group that makes Modern Queers – a print newsletter for the digital age ‘for queers by queers’ – talk to a-n’s Ellen Wilkinson about creating queer community, highlighting queer histories, and invite you to submit to the next issue.
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