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Double helix
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Netting sales

Tim Birch samples some of the websites selling art online.

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York open studios

The first York Open Studios was held over one weekend last March and included the work of nineteen different artists over nine separate sites in York. The work featured was largely a mix of painting, printmaking and ceramics with many […]

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Planet of the apes
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One year on

After 22 years in education, and with a first class degree in Graphic Arts from Liverpool University under her belt, Pip Stanley was feeling “well and truly institutionalised and very unsure of what to expect in the world of illustration”. […]

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Photosynthesis
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Art in public places

The Land and the Samling programme reached a climax in July when sixty young people from schools and colleges in north east England worked alongside professional artists at Kielder Forest, Northumberland. The result of a creative partnership between the Samling […]

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Tea Dance
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Manchester scene

Brendan Fletcher takes a look at how artist-led initiatives, and the Manchester galleries’ willingness to listen have helped shape the current changes in the Manchester art scene.

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Italian Landscapes
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Serious space

With a long history of working with artists, Habitat’s art programme provides the opportunity of prime viewing space that acts as a springboard for young artists.

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His birth was the death of him
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International partners

The Sculptors’ Society of Ireland The Sculptors’ Society of Ireland (SSI) was established in 1980 to improve the professional standing of sculptors, raise the profile of sculpture and to develop the quality and scope of commissioning procedures and opportunities in […]

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Llwynypia Gesholder
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Cywaith Cymru.Artworks Wales

Angharad Pearce Jones, an artist currently working with Cywaith Cymru.Artworks Wales explains how the organisation works to promote art in the public realm.

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Bird of Pray
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Safe as houses

Gordon Dalton visits ‘Highlife’, an exhibition of artist-designed bird boxes commissioned by Bristol City Council, working with lead artists FAT, as part of Bristol Legible City.

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Error 404
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Art online

Sue Jones, co-director and curator for e-2 explains the organisation’s remit to raise the profile and understanding of digital arts.

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Seen and unseen
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Generation

Inspired by contemporary architecture, bridges and Japanese textiles, I produce three-dimensional and quilted textile pieces in the form of screens and decorative hangings. The repeated shapes in my work create a sense of rhythm and harmony that is enhanced by […]

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Image from WAVE project.
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Respect where you live

In 1998 artists Simon Honey and Teresa Neal were commissioned to work with young people in a series of workshops in the Wandle Valley area. The WAVE project commenced in April 2000 and proved to be a challenging task for everyone involved.

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paraSITE
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Walking the tightrope

Moira Jeffrey attended ‘At the City’s Edge’ in Glasgow, a conference that amongst other things addressed ‘what artists are questioning and why’. Here, she feeds back on the projects discussed and the main debates that arose.

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Tobias, Sarah and the Salted Fish
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Landscape featured

A CD-Rom documenting Artsway’s three-year project ‘The World of Our Landscape’ aims to further knowledge and debate on the impact of landscape on contemporary practice. The project involved established and emerging artists who through exhibitions, residencies and commissions responded to […]

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installation in Princes Quay shopping centre
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Hart 2001

A new artist-initiated event took place across Hull during September. Here, David Briers explores how the event fits into the city’s existing arts infrastructure and discusses some of the national and European links it generated.

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Tate Thames Dig
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People and place

Roxane Permar considers a selection of the projects discussed at a recent conference, exploring what they tell us about current trends in public art commissioning.

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Gateway bridge
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Art2Architecture

September saw realisation of two public art commissions involving artist Peter Fink. In Edinburgh, the second phase of his artwork for the Fruitmarket Gallery was officially switched on. A light pavement running the length of the gallery façade, it completes […]

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Something Beautiful Something Free # 27 (U Look well interesting)
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In it to win it

Louise Coysh visited ‘Fresh Art’ at the Business Design Centre, London to find out how the fair met with the exhibiting artists’ expectations.

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The Eye in the Stone
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Far and wide

There is a long history of placing contemporary art in remote and rural locations as a method of encouraging tourism. The sculpture trail is now an established form of presentation. Here, Victoria Bernie – an artist based in Edinburgh – describes her participation in a small-scale project in Sweden and Public Art Officer Piers Masterson gives his view on the history and public reception of a much larger project spread across northern Norway.

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Matt Fraser wearing Short Armed and Dangerous
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Adorn, Equip

‘Adorn, Equip’ is an exhibition at the City Gallery, Leicester, that examines issues around the design of equipment and accessories for disabled people. As a knitted textile artist, I was commissioned to produce garments and gloves for, and in consultation […]

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mapmap
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Digital Arts Network

Lizzie Muller and Andy Roshay of the Digital Arts Network describe how the network addresses the need for regional collaboration in digital arts development.

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Andrew Stones - NESTA fellowship recipient
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NESTA invests in artists

The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) recently announced over forty new awards worth over £3.5 million, as part of its mission to spot and invest in UK innovation and creative talent. This brings the total awards […]

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Labyrinth in a Barn
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Crossing boundaries

Directors and committee members of The Landscape and Art Network expand on the cross-disciplinary nature of the organisation and its remit to defend and improve our environment.

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Renaissance
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Art benefits business

Recent research carried out in the UK shows that eighty per cent of major corporate collections began in the last twenty years, with collections ranging from less than fifty to over 5,000 works. Significantly, half of the works collected were […]

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