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Pest visit to Artpool Art Research Centre, Budapest
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NAN in conversation with Pest

North West England based artist-led publishing initiative Pest was awarded a NAN Go and See bursary in March 2009 to visit artists’ groups in Hungary for research and development. In this NAN report, Emilia Telese talks to Pest about their experience.

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La Marea - The Kiss
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Publicly sited

The most versatile of artforms, art in the public realm includes permanent works as well as temporary installations and architectural manifestations. The appetite for such work has been enhanced through the Big Art Project that enabled communities themselves to make the running for art projects and nurtured their ambitions and narratives over four years. A record one million viewers were attracted to the resulting Channel 4 programmes broadcast in May.

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Testing prototypes at STI.
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Group process

Nick Slater and Kathrin Böhm relate the project by public works and myvillages.org, commissioned as part of Radar’s ‘Group Process’ programme.

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The Royal Standard, Liverpool
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NAN in conversation with Worcestershire Contemporary Artists

In December 2008, Worcestershire Contemporary Artists (WCA) was awarded a NAN Go and See bursary to look at different artist-led organisations in urban and rural areas. Emilia Telese talks to Nathaniel Pitt of WCA about the initiative’s development and the impact the bursary had on its activities.

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Notations Journey
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NAN in conversation with Notations

Notations is a group of four artists based in the UK and The Netherlands who describe their practice as psycho-geographic. They were awarded a NAN Go and See bursary in June 2008 to travel between the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium for research and development. Here, Emilia Telese talks to Notations artists Rebecca Birch, Sara Bjarland, Florencia Guillen and Karien van Assendelft about their work and their bursary.

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Toynbee Studios Launch Event
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Curatorial practice

What is an artist-curator? What makes a good collaborative partnership between a curator and an artist? What financial, practical and critical support is available to curators? Do you work with an organisation or go it alone?

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La Decision Doypack
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Jobs and opps

Find and advertise work in the visual arts with employer profiles and good practice resources at www.a-n.co.uk/jobs_and_opps

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Production shot from Our Name is Legion
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Our name is legion

Beacon co-director John Plowman and artist Kelly Large discuss the project ‘Our Name is Legion’.

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Platte Ist Kiez
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Good project – what sort of collaboration?

Margaret James-Barber and buffy klama (yK) offer two complimentary points of view about ‘M6-M3 Underway/Unterwegs’, an artist-initiated exhibition programme for artists in NW England and Berlin, and its legacy for their own practices and future collaborations.

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Descendants of the Unfamiliar
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NAN in conversation with Faye Claridge

Faye Claridge received a NAN Re-View bursary in February 2008 in order to initiate mentoring with curator Katy Barron. Emilia Telese talks to her about the bursary and its impact.

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Mare Liberum
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Widening the audience for visual artists

Audience development is core within galleries and arts organisations seeking diverse participation in programmes. Here, we examine how they create accessibility, inclusion and encourage learning and engagement with artists and artworks through activities including workshops, residencies and other projects.

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The Way Out (production shot)
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The Way Out

Artist Aaron Williamson and Directors of Beaconsfield gallery David Crawforth and Naomi Siderfin discuss the 15mm Films collective.

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The Artist’s voice

The recent flurry of arts consultations across the UK has raised the question of artists’ representation on decision-making fora. Here we report on developments surrounding AIR and the proposed Creative Scotland merger, and the willingness (or otherwise) of others to listen to artists’ opinions.

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