A new report published today by the researchers behind last year’s Rebalancing our Cultural Capital, reveals that Lottery funding of the arts in England is largely benefiting the wealthy to the detriment of the country’s poorest and least arts-engaged communities.
Another 23 artists have been awarded funding in the latest round of a-n’s New collaborations bursary scheme, which supports critical and artistic development through collaborative working.
In the run up to the launch of the Paying Artists Campaign, a-n has published two new research reports covering international models for artists’ fees and the history of Exhibition Payment Right in the UK.
The Intellectual Property Office has published new guidance for copyright holders ahead of reforms to UK copyright law.
a-n’s Artist + AIR membership continues to grow, with over 18,000 ‘professional and well-networked’ UK artists now signed up.
Creative Scotland has launched its 10-year plan for the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland, setting out its ambitions and priorities over the next decade.
This year’s FutureEverything in Manchester included an art programme looking at the role of technology in the cities of the future, and exploring how mass data gathering and surveillance is affecting our lives. Bob Dickinson reports from the festival’s ‘pop-up urban experiment’.
Arts Council of Wales’s new five-year strategy rejects single artform strategies, defines the obligations of national companies and pledges to recognise the role of activity that straddles the subsidised and commercial sectors. Liz Hill reports.
The latest round of a-n’s Go and see bursary scheme has awarded 10 artists’ initiatives nearly £5000, supporting the exchange of knowledge and fostering joint developments between artists.
Liz Hill, editor of Arts Professional, concludes that Arts Council England’s This England report is based on a carefully constructed analysis designed to disguise a London-centric funding strategy.
The Welcome To Iraq exhibition, one of the highlights of last year’s Venice Biennale, has been relocated to South London Gallery.
A new Crafts Council report paints a sombre picture for the future of craft in education, but there are some positives to be found among statistics that show a decline in participation despite an overall increase in provision.
A new report urges those working with arts and culture to rethink their contribution to a vision of sustainable development that benefits the whole of society. Report co-author, Mark Robinson, introduces the provocation and identifies three vital ‘practices’ that can only be achieved by collaboration between artists, institutions and an intelligent funding ecology.
20 free delegate passes, specifically for emerging independent artists, have been made available to February’s No Boundaries symposium on the role of culture in 21st century society. But applicants need to be quick – the deadline is 5pm on Tuesday 11 February.
A new batch of research has just been published as part of a-n and AIR’s ongoing Paying Artists campaign.
Anna Dumitriu’s exhibition, The Romantic Disease: An Artistic Investigation of Tuberculosis, developed from a residency at the University of Oxford and culminates in a symposium on World TB Day. She talks about the ‘curious journey’ that led to her scientific and artistic exploration of this highly infectious, but curable, killer.
Artists talking blogger Stuart Mayes is celebrating seven years using the platform, which he says has provided him with an important thinking space and access to a supportive community of fellow artists.
Disabled artists organisation Shape and Artsadmin have been awarded £1.5million by Arts Council England to deliver Unlimited, a new three-year programme of commissions. With the launch of its Unlimited Allies scheme, it’s now looking for help and support so that the scheme can deliver a long-term legacy.
Creative Scotland has announced £9.4million of capital funding for 12 organisations in Scotland, including Collective Gallery, Fruitmarket Gallery, Cove Park and Hospitalfield Arts.
Glasgow-based artist Corin Sworn has been announced as the winner of the biennial Max Mara Art Prize for Women.
In a move that aims to emphasise its history as a membership organisation, London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts is to reintroduce its £1 Day Membership scheme.
Hotel Elephant’s recent move from the Heygate Estate to Newington Causeway in South London sees the launch of its first shop and café, along with studios, a gallery and projection room within 15,000 square feet of warehouse space.
As he looks forward to the gallery’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 2014, the director of Ikon remembers a year of challenges and achievements, including curating the Iraqi Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
The Warwick Commission is aiming to develop new policy thinking and practical recommendations related to the long-term sustainability of culture in the face of tough economic challenges.
This year’s Arts Development UK national conference took a food-related approach to professional development, networking and debate. Steffan Jones-Hughes donned a hairnet, plastic gloves and apron to join the lively conversations in the conference’s World Cafe, where a menu of playful ingredients from artists in residence SSoCial kept the conversations on track.
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