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Bird and Moon
Resource Archive Feature

Artist in residence

From subsidised studio and accommodation to one-on-one mentoring sessions, here we spotlight a selection of residencies that provide support to artists across the UK and beyond.

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The Detective #1
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Jennifer Picken: A juggler in the game

Jennifer Picken has been working with a-n since her MFA studies at Newcastle University, and continues her role in the Communications and Partnerships team working remotely from Amsterdam – where she has a studio. Here she maps her alternative working routes through undergraduate study, from volunteering to mentoring and beyond.

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My lovely desk at my home in York, circa 2009/10
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Becky Hunter

Becky Hunter is a freelance art writer whose blogs demistify, with honesty and intelligence, the processes of making art, writing about art, and finding a place in the wider world of art. Here she talks to Andrew Bryant about criticality and affect, the prickly subject of money, and why we need idealists.

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What are we worth?

Ania Bas reports on the first in a series of discussions under the theme of The New Economy for Art being organised by Artquest, Contemporary Art Society and DACS that addressed how artists can generate income during these challenging economic and social times.

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Artists' Suicide Pills
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Artists, markets and measurement

Artist, educator and AIR Council member Rosalind Davis reports on some recent events for and about artists and contexts for practice.

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Turning Point: A strategy for the contemporary visual arts in England
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Understanding Turning Point – A briefing paper

Over the past five years, the words Turning Point have been read, heard, written and spoken with increasing frequency by people in the visual arts in England, but for many individual arts practitioners, in particular, the origins and activities of Turning Point remain a bit opaque.  This briefing paper is for them and for anyone interested in understanding more about what Turning Point is and does.

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A fair share – direct funding for individual artists from UK arts councils

The key finding of this study reveals that shockingly few individual artists apply for funding in their own right, and even fewer are successful. What this means is that there is little direct funding being given to artists to pursue and develop their own projects, under their own control – under 20% of available funding for the visual arts in England, 14% for Northern Ireland and around 18% for Scotland and Wales in 2009-2010.

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March for the alternative, anti-cuts protests, London
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Making connections

News and updates on AIR’s strategies and activities designed to support professional artists within their practice and working lives.

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Resource Archive Discussion

Editorial – 2011 April

To play their part in the economic recovery, many workers who have retained employment are being asked to do more, for less.

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Title Call
Resource Archive Discussion

Debate – 2011 April

Anna-Marie Gray scrutinises unpaid internships and questions their impact on one’s career prospects.

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Nothing For Sale Except Nothing Itself
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How to save money

In these times of austerity, a-n Magazine has compiled a catalogue of money-saving ideas for freelancers that have been tried and tested by our readers.

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Bohemian graduates earn less

Once upon a time, bohemians were considered a sub-culture, an alternative group of individuals moved by lifestyle choices and artistic endeavours.

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Burst
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Joanna Waclawski: The darkroom graduate

2010 Fine Art Photography graduate Joanna Waclawski talks about studying at Glasgow School of Art (GSA), and reflects on how re-sitting a year amplified her perspective on photography as a medium.

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Evacuate
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Reflections on the arts funding crisis

Thoughts from artists and arts professionals about how cuts in public spending will affect their future working pattern. Plus April Britski gives an account of how recent governmental decisions to cut arts funding have affected Canadian artists.

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A crowd
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Ryan Riddington: Right course, right time

Ryan Riddington reflects on doing an MFA at The Slade, eight years on from his first degree, his reasons for doing the course, the challenges of working in a communal studio space and where he is now.

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