In the twenty-five years since its foundation, Castlefield Gallery has evolved, adapted and outlived many of the buzz words first used about it, but one thing has remained absolutely constant – its aim to support artists.
On 2 September, the BBC posted a news story on its website claiming that “Two-thirds of people agree with the government’s stance on cutting arts funding and increasing reliance on private cash, a survey has suggested.”
Frieze Art Fair 2010 is fast approaching, and with over 170 galleries exhibiting in Regent’s Park this year, London’s most influential art fair is bigger than ever.
This month’s selection of shortlists and winners.
The annual Craft Curators Forum, a networking and discussion event from the Crafts Council, was held in London 23-24 September.
Alongside AIR’s campaigns and work looking at the issues affecting artists, a group of AIR activists (myself included) have volunteered to play a more active role; raising awareness of the value of artists. These are early days in what will hopefully prove to be long-term and ever-widening effort, but conversation has begun and some activists already have events planned.
For twenty-five years Manchester’s Chinese Arts Centre has focused on exchange of creative practice from one culture to another.
It has been eight years since Australian economist, David Throsby last reported on the financial status of artists for the Australia Council and found a third of them living below the poverty line.
This month’s bites.
Sideshow will take place between October and December for the second time around whilst the quinquennial British Art Show visits Nottingham.
Soundbites.
For the best part of twenty years, established artist-duo Thomson and Craighead have been experimenting with technology, producing installations and site-specific pieces involving video, sound and electronic networks.
A research project in North Wales is using a market stall to promote making skills and provide connections between students and the local community.
Comings and goings amongst arts professionals and curators, designed to aid networking and collaboration.
A-n The Artists Information Company and Artquest have recently announced a new partnership programme that will provide increased professional development opportunities for artists throughout the UK.
ExtInked, a project by collective Ultimate Holding Company, saw 100 people get tattooed by Ink vs Steel last November.
Active members from AIR recruited to proactively contribute to raising the profile and widening recognition of the value of artists.
Transmission Gallery’s resource room and archive opened to the public in July, enabling all to explore what has put Transmission Gallery at the forefront of Glasgow’s art scene since 1983.
Artists are in effect micro-enterprises that hold long-term objectives for their practice that bear little or no relationship to arts and governmental policy time-frames and achievement measurements.
Last September, artist collective Tether embarked on a road trip across the UK to visit and interview the many artist-led galleries, arts initiatives and collectives in cities as far and wide as Dundee, Birmingham, Bristol, Brighton and Liverpool.
Supported by Arts Council England, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and its Renaissance Programme, museumaker involves sixteen museums across the UK in commissioning makers to create new work in response to the venue, and its collections.
A National Trust and Arts Council England partnership will build links between the Trust and contemporary arts and craft sector.
Led by the PITT artist-led space and Worcestershire Contemporary Artists in partnership with the main Worcester City Gallery, The Worcester Open 2010 Contemporary Art project is organised for artists by artists.
The Hive on Lever Street in Manchester’s notorious Northern Quarter launched events of May’s Future Everything Festival 2010 art strand.
“It’s hard for all working mums (and dads) to find a work/life balance isn’t it – what’s so different for artists?” This was a question posed recently by a friend over dinner. I’d been banging on about APT – Artist Parents Talking – specifically about APT’s current search for funding, without stopping to think that she might not understand the basic premise of the network.
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