Joella Wheatley won the inaugural Platform Graduate Award at the end of November. Here, a-n’s Director talks to her about her practice, networks and getting good advice.
Hubs and Fictions, a satellite project to Edgar Schmitz’s Surplus Cameo Décor exhibition, took place in Dundee, Gateshead and London, and explored the role and consequences of the ‘fictions of elsewhere’ we all live with and respond to.
In light of funding cuts and the increasing emphasis on the digital sphere, the Director and Curator of the recently launched International New Media Gallery offer a view on the relationship between online and physical space.
Pioneering a new model for international residencies, Three Points of Contact brings artists together across a triangle of UK venues to collaborate, research – and just see what happens.
Turner Prize bashing is a national sport for some, but, argues a-n’s News Editor, this year’s winner has done a great job of reminding us why it is still important.
The recent INTERPLAY event, organised by Bristol’s Hand In Glove collective, brought together artist-led groups from across the South-West and beyond. The co-Director of Redruth’s Back Lane West describes its ‘egalitarian atmosphere of possibility’.
The ‘Things we can do in the North…’ panel discussion at the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester, saw opinions divided on what the pluses and priorities are for the visual arts in the north of England.
a-n The Artists Information Company is launching a new bespoke insurance benefit for creative freelancers, available to all subscribers to a-n’s Arts Organisers’ package.
Artist Noemi Lakmaier is raising awareness, and money, for disability arts by spending four weeks painting shoes in a pop-space in the City of London. We pay her a visit to find out more.
Bob and Roberta Smith leads new wave of artistic protests against sale of Henry Moore’s ‘Old Flo’.
Over two days in Cardiff, this year’s engage conference examined the relationship between international and grass roots artistic activity. Our correspondent reports from day one.
Four exceptional individuals recognised for their dedication to making the visual arts more accessible at the Marsh Awards for Excellence in Gallery Education.
Are there more effective ways to demonstrate the value of artists within culture? And what can we learn from policies in other countries? a-n’s Director reports on current UK developments and looks at approaches in Australia, Canada, Sweden and Norway.
Exhibition showcases works by Royal British Society of Sculptors Bursary Awards winners 2012.
Conjunction 12 is the third edition of Stoke-on-Trent’s contemporary arts biennial. We talk to artist and curator Anna Francis and to Bethan Lloyd Worthington, one of this year’s commissioned artists.
Making It Professional was a one-day development event for makers, organised by the Making It project. We report from Winchester on the practical ideas and inspiration it provided.
A new home for Edinburgh Printmakers and the expansion of Cove Park artists’ centre are among the projects receiving major investment from Creative Scotland.
Art Across the City is an exhibition of contemporary art across Swansea. Project manager Gordon Dalton and artist David Marchant discuss this celebration of publicly-sited work.
With a few days to go before 2012 nominations close, we hear from two of last year’s recipients, visual artists Tom Goddard and Laura Wilson.
Arts Council England announces new employment programme for young people in South east region.
Is the inaugural CAVE Art Fair a challenge to the commercial gallery system, or an alternative model that can work in tandem with it? One of the artists behind the fair offers her view.
As part of Brighton Digital Festival, artist David Blandy’s ‘Odysseys’ exhibition invites you to play his specially created arcade games. Our correspondent has a go.
As media sponsor, a-n is pleased to support Art Across the City 2012, which will see Swansea hosting an exciting programme of new public art commissions this September.
A new exhibition traces the ‘Glasgow Miracle’ back to the 1970s and the foundation of the city’s Third Eye Centre. Chris Sharratt reports.
Having undergone a major £5m redevelopment, Walthamstow’s William Morris Gallery reopens to the public today.
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