Commissioned by Creative Partnerships London East and curated by Manick Govinda, Artsadmin, Art for Whose Sake? looked at ways in which contemporary art, performance and live art practices engage young people, within and outside formal systems of learning. Invited speakers […]
Arts Council England cuts clients whilst remaining “brave and radical”.
From a-n Magazine May 1995 ‘Minky Manky’ at South London Art Gallery showed, amongst others, work by Damien Hirst and Mat Collishaw, along with Tracey Emin’s Love Tent; Christopher Pauling won the £4,000 Mostyn Open purchase prize; Leo Fitzmaurice and […]
An exhibition project launched 30 April will focus on the significance of the artwork as object and the nature of its creation. Bringing together emerging artists from around the UK, the Mill Workers project at Islington Mill on Manchester’s edge […]
Penny Klepuszewska, a 2003 graduate from Nottingham Trent University and Chris Boyd, a Manchester Metropolitan University second-year interactive arts student were joint winners of the UK Art Prize 2004, that attracted over 40,000 entries and created ten finalists. They shared […]
Established in 1988, London-based Delfina Studio Trust provides the largest international residency programme in the UK. Of thirty studios, twelve are allocated as an award that provides artists with studio space and related facilities free of charge for one or […]
Extensive research last year by Morris Hargreaves McIntyre revealed an extensive but as yet untapped market for art sales in England. However, by exploring notions of who and what ‘legitimises’ contemporary visual arts, Taste buds: how to cultivate the art […]
Search under ‘rural’ on www.a-n.co.uk and you’ll find a fascinating array of features and profiles of artists and organisations whose work context is rural. Artists including Roxane Permar in Shetland, PALP in Cornwall, Emma Baird Murray in Wales and Ian […]
For the first year, fourteen Hidden Art designer–maker studios will be opening their doors to the public in September during the London Design Festival and 100% Guaranteed. Hidden Art Open Studios provides a unique opportunity for design enthusiasts to visit […]
The training-led development programmes that were the norm in artists’ professional development delivery some years ago are giving way to new projects that focus around contemporary practice and are driven by ‘real world’ situations. They recognise that being a visual […]
The a-n team was at New Designers 2004 at Business Design Centre, London in July to launch the Artists’ toolkits – a brand new series of professional practice tools on www.a-n.co.uk that are of value to visual and applied artists […]
A recent Crafts Council report shows that female self-employed entrepreneurs have emerged for this growing sector, currently estimated to worth over £800 million. The report, the first on the crafts sector for ten years highlighted the importance of lifestyle satisfaction […]
Scotland’s largest studio provider, Wasps Artists’ Studios and sister charity the Wasps Trust, have launched capital projects worth £6.5million in three cities as part of strategies to benefit visual artists. To date, over £4.3 million has been earmarked to buy […]
In May, the Open Studios in Brighton celebrates twenty-five years as the longest standing artists’ studio in the city. Located in the historical fisherman’s arch directly between the piers, it has long been the workplace of artists and craftspeople of […]
Presentations by consultant Lee Corner and a-n Director of Programmes Susan Jones on the Code of Practice for the Visual Arts were incorporated into Engage’s Making Connections series of seminars during March. Held at Queen’s Hall Hexham, Artsway New Forest […]
Artist-led Leeds Sculpture Workshop has rented property in Leeds for over ten years. Now the studio has moved into a permanent home that will enable artists to rent studio facilities at affordable prices in a professional atmosphere. This is a […]
Open studios events in November and December in London give an opportunity to see work by some of London’s finest designer-makers. Organised by Cockpit Arts, these events are taking place at their two sites at Holborn WC1 and Deptford SE8. […]
Founded by sculptor Charles Hadcock and designer Russell Howard and housed in old water board offices, the Watermark in Preston is home to a unique blend of creative commercial businesses and artists’ studios. Twelve artists and designers located there grouped […]
A two-year pilot artists’ mentoring programme in Glasgow, aimed at recently graduated artists in the city who are unemployed or underemployed within the arts was launched in August. Developed by Impact Arts, a leading arts company specialising in arts and […]
The shortlist for the new Comme Ca Art Prize 2003 worth £10,000 for contemporary visual art in the North of England was announced in July, from an entry of 300. The biggest art prize funded by a commercial, non-public funded […]
Cardiff: Plans are underway to transform a Victorian tram shed in Cardiff into a new contemporary art venue. The brainchild of Cardiff 2008 and architects Caruso St John, once established in 2005, Depot will provide a major international showing space […]
The 2003-2007 Arts Council England capital scheme places artists’ workspace and studios as one of two priorities, with cultural diversity the other. The five stated aims for grants of up to £100,000 are that projects supported should: • change people’s […]
Yorkshire ArtSpace in Sheffield is hosting a national conference on 22 July on artists’ workspaces. Aimed at artists’ studio managers and others who work with studio groups, the intention is to expose good practice and demonstrate policies that are helping […]
Artsadmin has recently awarded £32,500 worth of bursaries to fourteen UK artists, as part of an much-needed support programme for artists who work in live art, performance, time-based media, installation or other innovative areas. The bursaries give artists time to […]
A UK network of organisations that help arts and crafts practitioners with their professional development, Creative People is due to complete its pilot period in June. An initiative of the Arts Council of England, the establishment of Creative People in […]
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