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Changing face of artists employment
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Changing face of artists’ employment

When the economic recession hit, it impacted on everything. But how in particular did it affect the livelihoods of artists in terms of access to employment and career opportunities, and what is the longer-term impact? [PDF version 153 kb]

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Changing face of artists employment
Resource Research paper

Changing face of artists’ employment

Explores the affect of the economic recession on the livelihoods of artists in terms of access to employment and career opportunities and raises concerns about how artists’ practice is likely to fare in this period of arts austerity. [HTML format]

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Everything you need to build a town is here
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Collaborative relationships index

A-n’s Collaborative relationships series exposes the working relationships between artists and the wide range of professionals they collaborate with. Running in its current format since 2008 we now have a rich archive of over thirty articles covering hugely varied projects. Here, some select quotes offer highlights and insights into the nature of collaboration.

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Investing in Scotland?s Creative Future
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New vision for Scotland

Launched in March, Creative Scotland’s first corporate plan presented an ambitious vision for the nation’s arts, culture and creative industries. This is backed by core Treasury financing of £35.5m with £14.5m of Scottish Government funds for specific initiatives, unspent reserves from the interim between Scottish Arts Council/Scottish Screen and Creative Scotland, some lottery funding back after diversion to the Olympics and reduced overheads due the merger that included a 30% staff cut.

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Culture Committee surprized, disappointed and… puzzled

Select committee reports are an acquired taste, but anyone with access to the internet and half a day to spare will find the Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s recent report, Funding of the Arts and Heritage, and the evidence that informed it, an illuminating read. Published just two days before English arts organisations received results of their applications for Arts Council funding from 2012, it attracted a quick flash of publicity for some of its bolder conclusions and recommendations.

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AIR members march for the alternative
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Future art and design under threat

In March, AIR – Artists Interaction and Representation – put its weight behind calls for art education to be accessible to all, following a survey in which 95% of its members gave hearty support to the view that art education should be accessible “irrespective of background and financial status”. Here we outline AIR’s campaign and the survey’s key findings to provide evidence for artists to use.

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How to work with artists
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Arts development UK launches

National Association of Local Government Arts Officers (NALGAO) re-launches this spring as Arts Development UK (ADUK), to reflect the changing nature of arts development and those involved. Lorna Brown, Head of Arts & Cultural Strategy West Sussex County Council and NALGAO Chair, reports.

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John harris
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Blogger profile: John Harris

As John Harris approaches his degree show at Nottingham Trent, he takes some time out to talk to Degrees unedited about a developing art practice, text appropriation and the likening of sculpture to a modern day comedian on stage.

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The Ultimate Painting
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Movement

A-n’s Collaborative relationships series exposes the working relationships between artists and the wide range of professionals they choose to collaborate with. In this article, artists Yoke and Zoom and Susan Miles of ACORP give their accounts of a cultural regeneration project with a difference – converting a railway station’s disused toilets into an art gallery.

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The Loli-Con
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Crossing over

That 63% of those currently on contract to a-n are practitioners demonstrates our commitment to providing income for artists.

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Wage rage

W.A.G.E. (Working Artists and the Greater Economy)

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Resource Archive Discussion

Debate – 2011 March

Concerning the word ‘spiritual’ in art. Mark Dean considers the historical roots of art’s contemporary alliances to spirituality and asks whether art is the new religion.

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Grey Area - NAN Go and See visit to Estonia
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NAN launches Futurific! bursaries

Following the successes of the Go and See Bursaries offered since 2004, NAN is piloting Futurific! – three new awards up to £800 designed especially to support the sustainability and resilience of artists’ groups and networks in the UK.

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That was the year that was

“The artist has always occupied a privileged but fragile position in the public eye. For centuries, we have looked to artists across all disciplines to inspire and entertain us, to help us explore the limits of human nature and human possibilities, [and] at times to lead debate and forment revolution.”

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Last portrait of mother
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Prizes and awards

A selection of forthcoming open exhibition competitions, bursaries and prizes for artists.

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