The BBC kicked off its new Get Creative initiative with a live Front Row debate from Hull Truck Theatre titled ‘Are artists owed a living?’ Chris Sharratt reports.
This year’s Venice + Scotland presentation at the 56th Biennale will see 28 students and recent graduates from seven art schools across Scotland taking part in a major learning programme.
Digital Utopias was a one-day conference in Hull organised by Arts Council England that set out to create debate about how new technologies are enabling creativity across the arts. Richard Taylor reports from the 2017 City of Culture.
The director of Hospitalfield Arts in Arbroath, Scotland – which will be curating the Scottish pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale, alongside its ongoing programme of artists’ residencies – reflects on a busy year of new partnerships and future possibilities.
This Saturday, Newcastle upon Tyne’s Globe Gallery is hosting a celebratory night of ‘audio visual stimulation’ to mark the closure of its current space – and a move to pastures new.
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art has announced Alistair Hudson of Grizedale Arts as its new director.
a-n The Artists Information Company has successfully secured continued support from Arts Council England as part of its National Portfolio of funded organisations 2015-18.
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.
The recent Europa Re-Imagined symposium in Cardiff was the latest event organised by the European Prospects project, exploring issues of experience and identity through photography and contemporary art in Europe. Rory Duckhouse reports.
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.
Scotland’s Creative Learning Plan has set out a vision for creativity in education over the next ten years.
The highly-regarded Director and Chief Executive of Arnolfini, Tom Trevor, is leaving the institution for pastures new.
Arts producing agency Forma is celebrating a decade of working with leading artists by reappraising previous projects and announcing a raft of new ones. We speak to founder David Metcalfe and artists Matt Stokes and Graham Dolphin about the past, the future and the role of the producer.
Peter Bazalgette uses inaugural speech as Arts Council England chair to highlight how the arts can cement its ‘world class’ position whilst dealing with shrinking budgets.
Arts & Business Scotland has announced that its new Chief Executive will be David Watt, currently Director of Glasgow Sculpture Studios.
Wondering what 2013 has in store in terms of conferences and events, art fairs and festivals? We take a look ahead to provide a snapshot of things we think are worth noting in your diary.
Edinburgh tapestry studios celebrate centenary with showroom of hand-tufted rugs designed by contemporary artists.
AIRTIME, the fast-paced information and networking experience, is partnering with Nottingham’s WEYA festival in September.
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