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A look at current projects and commissions taking place in unconventional settings.

Profiling new courses and developments in postgraduate teaching across the UK.

An overview of some of the most exciting open studio events across the UK this summer.

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.

On 30 March, Arts Council England announced the winners and losers in the new National Portfolio Organisations (NPO) for funding 2012-15. Here’s a-n’s take on what’s happened, the likely impact on artists, independent arts professionals and the arts ecology as well as highlights from some of the many comments and discussions that are in train.

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.

The weeks and months after graduation can be a daunting time. After three years or more of support and guidance suddenly it’s time to go it alone. There are many different ways to pursue your career as a professional artist and no two people will follow the same path. Here, four recent art graduates describe their journeys: from joining a peer-led network to working as an artist’s assistant, they each have a different story to tell.

Education and community projects engaging artists and audiences across the UK and Europe.

A selection of projects that focus on the development of artists’ practice and their engagement with local communities.

News of current public realm and gallery commissioning projects.

A-n’s Collaborative relationships series exposes the working relationships between artists and the wide range of professionals they choose to collaborate with. In 2009-10 a series of permanent artworks were negotiated for a major redevelopment of Bethnal Green’s former Town Hall into an exclusive hotel. Artsadmin’s Manick Govinda and Clare Qualmann of walkwalkwalk give their account of these negotiations and the work resulting from one of the commissions.

Profiling studio and workshop facilities around the country, plus ambitious exhibition projects that are engaging with local communities.

A guide to career development and training opportunities as well as related services and resources that are designed to help artists and makers take their practice to the next level.

Striving and surviving in the do it yourself art world; curating, managing members, self-publishing. Richard Taylor talks to three recently founded artists’ groups about doing it ‘DIY’, progress so far and what the future holds.

Exploring research options on offer to post-graduate students at a selection of UK-based universities and art schools.

Workspace developments, studio residency projects and open studio events happening around the UK.

Cable car by Suzanne Moxhay.

Profiling studios and facilities around the UK.

Selected round-up of forthcoming exhibitions and events from the world of new media arts and imaging.

Matthew Darbyshire lives in a bubble of deep turquoises, fuchsia pinks and acid yellows.

What is an artist-curator? What makes a good collaborative partnership between a curator and an artist? What financial, practical and critical support is available to curators? Do you work with an organisation or go it alone?

Open studio events around the UK plus calls to take part.

Margaret James-Barber and buffy klama (yK) offer two complimentary points of view about ‘M6-M3 Underway/Unterwegs’, an artist-initiated exhibition programme for artists in NW England and Berlin, and its legacy for their own practices and future collaborations.

Audience development is core within galleries and arts organisations seeking diverse participation in programmes. Here, we examine how they create accessibility, inclusion and encourage learning and engagement with artists and artworks through activities including workshops, residencies and other projects.