Highlighting new projects by organisations located in Aberdeenshire, Cumbria, Devon, Dumfries, Fife, Mull, Lancashire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Suffolk, and Western Isles. There is, in truth, nothing essentially backward-looking, conservative or traditional in rural culture. There are too many innovators, in too […]
Paul Stanley and Rachel Cattle in conversation about what defines success.
Emilia Telese describes Icelandic solutions to artists interaction.
Jane Watt examines NAN’s characteristics and its relationship to the current networking climate.
Jane Watt outlines the core strengths of NAN and looks to the future.
Artist David Macintosh takes a personal look at collaborative working.
Nina Edge on her portfolio career.
Artists motivations when working in the public realm.
David Briers examines The British Art Show 4.
David Butler discusses artists and urban regeneration.
Susannah Silver catches up with artists involved in one of the first NAN Scotland events at Cove Park, and finds out about networking in rural areas.
A series of Vox box style reflections by some of the artists who have experienced NAN.
Biographies of Import/Export speakers.
Anna Gray and Polly Verity, two artists who attended last months Networking Artists Network event in Glasgow, report on the days activities.
Sally O’Reilly’s contribution to ten two zero zero five, a-n Collections.
S Mark Gubb takes a look back at the first year of the NAN bursary scheme and the artists groups it has supported, exploring the advantages of knowing that “you are not alone”.
Jonathan Swain introduces a new series of articles resulting from Close proximity, a two-day NAN event that took place at New Greenham Arts in Berkshire, 21-22 May 2005.
Close proximity speaker, David Cotterrell gives his view of the pitfalls and advantages of work in the public realm.
Miranda Whall and Graham Dolphin discuss programming and participating in a research trip to Berlin.
Rohini Malik Okon introduces her selection of articles for the first a-n Collections.
Bruce Haines profiles Johannes Phokelas ongoing partnership with Gasworks in London.
This spring, as part of the Africa 05 arts festival, a number of artists from around the African continent are in London making new work for various cultural institutions. Paul Glinkowski introduces the work of five of them.
In February, contributions were invited by a Parliamentary Select Committee from key visual arts organisations to an inquiry into DCMS’s support of the art market, in particular into “ways of supporting and encouraging living artists and the production of new work”.
Kathryn Smith on Johannesburg and Virginia Mackenny on Cape Town. The second part in a series commissioned by Deborah Smith.
Dominic Thomas on the importance of a critical context for artists’ practice. One of a specially commissioned set of articles resulting from Quo Vadis available now on www.a-n.co.uk.