Led by curator Vicki Lewis and artist Katherine Clarke (muf), the We Are Artists, How Can We Help? action research project questions the presence of artists as a model in regeneration. What does the artist gain? Is there a benefit swap between the artist constituency and their neighbours?
A look at current projects and commissions taking place in unconventional settings.
Approached by Modern Art Oxford to deliver art sessions at a Sure Start children’s centre in the Rose Hill area of Oxford, artist Jon Lockhart began a four-year residency at the centre as part of MAO’s ambitious Paul Hamlyn Foundation funded offsite programme.
In 2009 and selected by regional groups, twelve arts commissions worth £5.4 million were awarded for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Emily Speed takes a look at how some of the Artists Taking the Lead projects are progressing around the halfway point between commission announcements and their presentation.
What do festivals add to a city?
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.
Education and community projects engaging artists and audiences across the UK and Europe.
A-n’s Collaborative relationships series exposes the working relationships between artists and the wide range of professionals they choose to collaborate with. In this article, artist David Cotterrell and Projects Director Carolyn Black reflect on the realisation of a unique and demanding work for the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail.
A selection of projects that focus on the development of artists’ practice and their engagement with local communities.
In advance of 2012’s arts cuts, some important production organisations supporting visual arts’ practice will shortly close.
News of current public realm and gallery commissioning projects.
Contents include: Features include ‘Commissioning 2011’ and ‘Prizes and awards’; Dr Jon Bowen debates ‘Democracy: the new way forward’; In Collaborative relationships Artsadmin’s Manick Govinda and Clare Qualmann of walkwalkwalk discuss recent commissions for the Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal […]
Resources, workshops and events for artists across the UK.
Savage, I’m a Fraud, 2010.
In June 2010, Darlington-based photography collective Wideyed was granted a NAN Go and See bursary to travel to Belgrade for research and development. Emilia Telese talks to Lucy Carolan of Wideyed about the bursary and its impact on the group.
This month we profile a selection of open exhibition and public art commissioning projects, from applied arts opportunities to innovative site-specific works.
Director of Situations Claire Doherty and artist Stephen Hodge (of Wrights & Sites) give their account of how they developed a contemporary public artwork to reanimate visitors’ experiences of Weston-super-Mare.
With bids starting at just £200, the UK’s first Chinese contemporary art auction aims to be accessible both to established collectors and those looking to start a collection.
Commentary arising from research into local authority arts organisers’ needs, aspirations and modus operandi, revealing how they value and engage with artists and the approaches they take to their own professional development and to supporting the environment for contemporary visual arts.
Artists Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson and curator Emma Underhill discuss their collaboration on a project to create a sculptural ‘habitat’ that will contribute to the life cycle of birds in two urban garden locations.
During its time as a hardware store, Rapid was proud to be the only independent to take up the entire street.
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.
Selected round-up of forthcoming events, training courses and professional development opportunities from the world of new media arts and imaging.
Kate Raggett and Mandy Fowler give their recollections of an ambitious one-day land art workshop in rural Herefordshire that involved nearly 200 participants, several bales of straw, and a Cessna aircraft.
Sideshow will take place between October and December for the second time around whilst the quinquennial British Art Show visits Nottingham.