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.
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This year’s engage International Conference took place in Birmingham and tackled the current period of ‘extraordinary change’ in art education across the UK while also exploring what an uncertain future may hold. AIR Council member Caroline Wright, who was presenting at the conference, reports.
A major multi-venue cultural programme of exhibitions covering the last 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland has announced its ambitious, nationwide programme for 2014.
Arts Council England’s update of its 10-year ‘strategic framework’ makes for sober and serious reading. But while there are no dramatic changes in its ambitions and priorities, Mark Robinson finds a worrying lack of solutions for cash-strapped artists and no recognition of the regional imbalance in arts funding.
ACE blames local authorities while DCMS points to the Lottery as the sector starts to examine the regional arts funding imbalance.
An ongoing funding bias towards London is denying huge proportions of England’s population fair access to the arts, according to a new independent report by three senior arts figures.
The Seven on Seven conference in London paired seven artists with seven technologists and challenged them to create and present something new in 24 hours. But as Lesley Taker reports, the event was as much about developing new dialogues and potential future collaborations as it was about creating ‘neat’ outcomes.
Ten artists and designers have been shortlisted for this year’s £25,000 Jameel Prize, an international award for contemporary works inspired by Islamic tradition.
This year’s Frieze Projects, the curated programme at Frieze London art fair, is programmed by former senior curator at Serpentine Gallery, Nicola Lees. We talk to her about this year’s artists and presenting work in an art fair context.
Over 70 non-commercial venues across east and south London are opening their doors as part of the first ever Art Licks Weekend.
Writing in an open letter, the new CEO of Creative Scotland, Janet Archer, has announced a new senior staff structure for the organisation and suggested that there are more changes to come.
Schools are playing a critical role in levelling access to the arts in London, but those in outer London are still missing out, according to new research.
An arts-rich approach to teaching could be a ‘game-changer’ for education in Wales, according to a new report commissioned by the Welsh government and led by Arts Council Wales’ Chair Dai Smith.
Arts Council England Chair Peter Bazalgette has set out his views on giving, and what needs to be done to attract it to the arts.
The Drawing Room in Bermondsey is set to open Outset Study – a free, open-access research hub with a specialist contemporary drawing library and study area.
For the latest instalment in our series on art books, Tim Clark pulls Simon Menner’s new publication, Top Secret, off the shelf and reflects on photographs from the Stasi archive that document the surveillance work of the former East Germany.
London-based studio provider Acme celebrates its 40th anniversary with an archive exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, looking at its first decade. Co-founder and Chief Executive, Jonathan Harvey, discusses how a group of recent graduates formed a charitable housing association, launched Acme Gallery and became the self-supporting organisation it is today.
Turning Point West Midlands has selected 24 graduates from universities in the region for the New Art West Midlands 2014 exhibition.
A new artist-led studio and gallery space housed in three shipping containers on the Somerset coast has just announced a residency opportunity for an emerging artist. We find out more from printmaker Susan Lowe, one of the project’s organisers.
The Design and Artists Copyright Society warns that artists could face a loss of income following changes to licensing mandates, and is urging artists to compete an online survey as part of its work to secure payments.
Five of the leading professional subject associations for art, dance, drama and music are working together to ensure that arts teachers are heard in discussions around education and arts teaching.
The UK-wide Art Everywhere project, which sees art on billboards and posters across the country, has been launched at an event in Shepherd’s Bush, London.
Two years on from the Oslo terrorist attacks, as an international competition for a memorial to the events is launched, Claire Doherty, Director of Situations, considers the implications of such a brief.
A residency in a disused chocolate factory in Derby by artists Ivan Smith and Nick Hersey is addressing the need for ‘dirty studio spaces’ in the city. S Mark Gubb reports.
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