Art Sheffield 05: Spectator T is an ambitious city-wide contemporary art event taking place within the city’s major galleries, project spaces, non-gallery venues and public sites between 28 October and 27 November. The programme includes a mix of emerging and […]
We’ve already had fourteen establishments sign up to our new subscriber package, offered in conjunction with JISC (The Joint Information Systems Committee) within a couple of weeks of its launch and have many more currently taking part in a free […]
Exchange between public and private can be difficult – as politicians find when arguing for corporate investment into education, healthcare and transport. But what might first appear to be radically different viewpoints are perhaps less so when notions of sustainability […]
Our 25-year publishing schedule continues with guest editors appointed for the forthcoming months. In October Deborah Smith is guest editor for the third in the a-n Collections series with a newly commissioned set of writing “embedded within sites of specifity” […]
As well as this year’s rigorous paper publishing schedule alongside a-n Magazine (see a-n news for upcoming guest editors and themes) we’re pushing ahead on new strategies for web-specific material and interactive content. This month sees publication on www.a-n.co.uk of […]
The success of the Future forecast research-based publication series has generated many favourable comments (including Manick Govinda’s epithet of “provocative”), and has been the catalyst for a new publications series due to start in June 2006. a-n Research papers will […]
Feedback from artists involved in July’s artists’ research trip to Berlin highlights some of the benefits from artists’ involvement in the NAN initiative. Miranda Whall, in Berlin for a six-month residency, and organiser of the Berlin programme confirms how doing […]
Karen Watson reports on a national studios forum
Research undertaken by Axis (formerly Visual Associations) reveals a lack of interest amongst black and minority artists in being labelled by cultural identity unless this is relevant to their work. Findings suggest that current diversity policies are counterproductive because artists […]
This month sees the second in the a-n Collections series published.
a-n was at Glasgow Art Fair from 28 April to 2 May, with an information stand in the Extension. Staff from the Editorial Production and Communications and Sales Teams were on the stand each day to promote a-n to artists […]
Contents include: Launch of Future forecast publications and events in Ipswich and Derby mark 25 years of a-n. New beginnings for recent graduates plus Acme Fire Station work/live residents announced. Non profit organisations network in Chicago; issues around city-wide art […]
This month begins the celebrations around a-n’s 25th anniversary. The main focus of the year’s programme is developing a-n’s campaigning role, making sure artists and their needs are ‘visible’ in the wider world. See the Committee for Culture, Media and […]
Funded by Arts Council England, this research study in 2004 prefaced new resources from a-n to extend the Code of Practice and demonstrate good practice within artists’ fees and payments, for use by artists and public-sector employers and commissioners. For current sample rates go to Guidance on fees and day rates and for latest Paying artists research go to www.a-n.co.uk/tag/paying-artists
Remote relatives I found the recent APD event in Liverpool very thought provoking. It was certainly an eye-opener to hear what it’s like on the other side of the proverbial fence. To have four very different views presented served to […]
Identifying future patterns of living and working – within our sector and the world beyond – is a core function for national arts organisations like us. If we don’t know what people are thinking, and how their behaviour and relationships […]
Primarily aimed at self-employed artists, this guide sets out why people should be considering a pension or retirement plan and offers advice on a number of different choices that are available.
A round-up of projects that explore approaches to making and siting art beyond conventional white cube spaces – from travelling fairgrounds and riverboat processions to site-responsive installations and public sculpture.
This Research paper forms part of a series that looks specifically at the nature and value of openly-advertised work and opportunities for visual and applied artists. Drawing on data published on www.a-n.co.uk/jobs_and_opps, this series set out in 2007 to track on an ongoing basis the key categories of awards/fellowships, academic posts, art vacancies, commissions, exhibitions, residencies and competitions/prizes, and by doing so, to identify any trends arising, and provide commentary and contextual evidence and analysis from other related sources, to contribute to arts and cultural consultations and policy.
‘Ladders for development’ argues that the visual arts sector should pull together and support small visual arts organisations cut by Arts Council England because they “punch above their weight” and provide vital development of future artists. Six months on, Dany Louise interviews these arts organisations again, to find out how they’ve fared and what their futures hold.
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]
We are heading for straitened times. The UK’s government departments have been ordered by the Treasury to plan for unprecedented cuts of 40% in their budgets as the coalition widens the scope of its four-year austerity drive.
Alice Bradshaw and Matthew Geraghty discuss Temporary Art Space’s six-month tenancy in the council-run Piece Hall in Halifax.
Artist-led strategies to support professional development have often proved to be the most successful.
The trains of thought that permeate through the writing we commission each month provide indicators for the future. Highlighting what is on the edge of becoming significant within artists’ practices, is a characteristic of a-n’s work, providing a very different […]
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