Import/Export: Dynamos: Sustainable power-cells and creative support networks
Samuel Dowd and Hayley Skipper of SpRoUt respond to Import/Export.
Samuel Dowd and Hayley Skipper of SpRoUt respond to Import/Export.
Janie Nicoll reflects on her continuing relationship with NAN events.
Susan Jones introduces Beyond the UK – the fourth in the a-n Collection series – selected and edited by Chris Brown.
Anna Gray and Polly Verity, two artists who attended last months Networking Artists Network event in Glasgow, report on the days activities.
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”.
Miranda Whall and Graham Dolphin discuss programming and participating in a research trip to Berlin.
Shifting practice is the second in the a-n Collections series, published to coincide with our 25-year anniversary. Guest edited by John Beagles and Paul Stone, it takes the artist-led initiative as its starting point.
Laura Hewitt on Hotel Mariakapel, an artists initiative where the ideas of intimacy, dialogue and collaboration are fundamental concerns.
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”.
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.
Paul Glinkowski on the circumstances around cultural barriers and how they can be breached or transformed.
Philip Babot on the cross-border and international achievements of artists’ organisations in South Wales.
A-n Director of Programmes Susan Jones reviews artists jobs and opportunities over the years.
Studio-based artists have been made vulnerable by the recent property boom as run-down former industrial buildings attract developers with an eye for a lucrative conversion. Some studio providers though, have managed to stay put and in some cases have moved on to better premises. Paul Glinkowski offers this progress report on artist-led studios projects in Leeds and in Stroud.
Paul Stone examines some of the issues arising from the a-n event in June.
Michelle Cotton examines how the local art scene reacts to the international attention focused on the city during the biennial.
Mark Gubb visits Thanet in Kent to meet artists and hear about the cultural revival underway.
Rosemary Shirley visits Reading-based gallery and studio complex Open Hand Open Space and discovers what makes the organisation tick.
Carolyn Black profiles the intensive ideas laboratory run by PVA MediaLab.
Chris Noraika discusses the pros and cons of working outside
of the commercial gallery stable system.
Gillian Nicol explores the gap between the expectations of artists and others of ‘alternative’ activity.
Dany Louise reports on the Urban Ecologies seminar in Liverpool, and highlights recent projects which have successfully engaged with urban issues whilst balancing artistic aims and community involvement.
Jeni Walwin, investigates Blast Theory an innovative, yet pragmatic artist-led company that’s proving to be inspiration for many artists working in performance and new media.
Jessica Loseby searches the net and discovers what’s what and who’s who on the internet art scene.
Recent developments at the APT studios and gallery at Creekside in Deptford are establishing it as one of the most exciting artists’ workspaces in London. And artist-run Temple Arts Group in Bethnal Green is establishing links between the London art community and residents in the East End.