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Making connections
News and updates on AIR’s strategies and activities designed to support professional artists within their practice and working lives.
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From seafronts to stables
A selection of projects, residencies and exhibitions taking place outside the big cities this autumn.
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A preoccupation with cultivation
Elizabeth Wewiora looks at allotment-based practice among contemporary artists.
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Resources, knowledge and sustainability
Current professional development support schemes for visual artists in the UK.
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Re-openings… and closings
New developments in the gallery sector.
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Copyright and collaboration
Artists are increasingly working with organisations and other artists in collaborative situations where issues of Intellectual Property may be less clear. We asked solicitor Nicholas Sharp for his advice in response to an artist’s recent query.
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Arts losses
Organisations around the UK facing cuts or closure.
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Big picture – 2011 July
Phoebe Cummings, Flora, detail from the floor of the residency studio, Victoria & Albert Museum, unfired clay, 2010. Photo: Sylvain Deleu
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Castles, stations, streets and stadiums
A look at current projects and commissions taking place in unconventional settings.
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Culture cuts
Report from the recent conference held in London.
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Big picture – 2011 June
Ben Ashton, At Home with the Ashtons (detail), oil on board, wooden structural installation and mirror, 2011.
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Beyond the commission
As an increasing number of publicly-funded arts organisations seek out new models and initiatives for support, Artsway is providing a valuable platform to debate and explore what already exists, raising the issue of how longer-term support of artists can be maintained and increased in a period of arts austerity.
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International relations
Supporting the international activities of artists and arts organisations is a key function for many national arts funding agencies. In order to investigate this area of arts policy and identify key issues affecting the programs and priorities of such agencies, the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) conducted a worldwide survey in English, French and Spanish, the results of which have been analysed and supplemented by other research and presented in a report.
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New vision for Scotland
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.
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Keep moving
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.
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Art and learning
Education and community projects engaging artists and audiences across the UK and Europe.
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a-n Magazine March 2011
Contents include: Features include: Residencies and collaborations and Funding the arts locally; in Debate Mark Dean asks is art the new religion? In Collaborative relationships artist David Cotterrell and Projects Director Carolyn Black discuss communication, mutual trust and the benefits […]
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Big picture – 2011 February
Ben Washington, We’re Being Kept Informed As The Situation Unfolds.
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Resources for artists
Resources, workshops and events for artists across the UK.
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That was the year that was
“The artist has always occupied a privileged but fragile position in the public eye. For centuries, we have looked to artists across all disciplines to inspire and entertain us, to help us explore the limits of human nature and human possibilities, [and] at times to lead debate and forment revolution.”
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Partners in arts
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.
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Space to create
Profiling studio and workshop facilities around the country, plus ambitious exhibition projects that are engaging with local communities.
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Spontaneous City in the Tree of Heaven
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.
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Supporting professional practice
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.
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Rural initiatives
Featuring a selection of the UK’s arts organisations that are providing vivid cultural life to rural areas.
