Empty shops network
When artists use empty shops, everyone wins – artists, town centre managers and local authorities working together are proving that.
When artists use empty shops, everyone wins – artists, town centre managers and local authorities working together are proving that.
London’s Whitechapel Gallery reopens in April following a
London-based Artquest has launched a new free international networking and studio exchange site for visual artists. By joining Artelier, users anywhere can create and update a free profile, providing details about your studios across the Artelier network. The aim is […]
A round-up of some artists’ info sites beyond the UK that we rate.
Recent months have seen changes to the artistic landscape in Nottingham, reflective of a wider shift occurring in the surrounding cultural environment. These changes demonstrate that Nottingham is an increasingly attractive base for artistic activity, with a rising retention of graduates leaving higher education as well as enticing artists from the region and further afield.
A new study has revealed that exports account for 30-40% of designer-makers’ business within Cockpit Arts, with France, Japan and US the main markets.
Organised by University of Westminster research fellow Clare Twomey to coincide with London Design Week, September’s one-day symposium Collaboration: Artist and Industry held at The Building Centre, London offered international and UK perspectives on artists in residence within the ceramics industry.
New art spaces opening around the UK.
Over 160 artists are showcasing work in Wirksworth Festivals Art and Architecture Trail.
Opinions on arts council investments, attitutes towards artists, and studio politics.
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Creative ambition 2 and ixia.
Plans for a major new centre for the contemporary arts, the first of its kind in the North of Scotland, were approved in February by the Scottish Government.
News of gallery developments, expansions and relocations.
Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre has succeeded Isa Suarez as Southwarks artist in residence. The successful recipient of the Acmes second studio residency in Southwark, she is based at Galleria Studios, Peckham. Ana Laura, who talked about her practice […]
Herts open studios celebrated its seventeenth year in September.
MASA Artists a group of visual arts practitioners with studios on Blackfriars Road, Salford are celebrating the organisations 25th anniversary with a series of artistic initiatives over the forthcoming months.
Although it is sometimes considered that having an individual studio space is the aspiration of artists, for those who need to use expensive specialist equipment for a limited or specific period, gaining access to a workshop facility with technical support to hand is sometimes the better option.
Zoo Art Fair has announced its list of exhibitors for the 2007 event, running 12-15 October.
In response to artists own needs for greater engagement with arts interested audiences whether for selling or conversational purposes many artists cluster together to create open studio events.
By popular request Pensions for artists is running more seminars this autumn.
Melanie Stidolph reports from the recent professional development session.
News on Airspace Gallery, Midlands Textile Forum and Exeter Studio Project.
Its the drive and imagination of artists that is leading major exposures on contemporary visual arts in Leeds and Stroud in May and June that both focus on location.
The opportunities available for visual and applied artists to participate in professional development programmes and develop their careers continue to expand.
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