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Live Art Development Agency

The Live Art Development Agency (LADA) is a small independent organisation with a big remit! It exists to support the development of individual artists and the live art sector in London.

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The Lighting Stabile
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Lighting stabile

The Lighting Stabile was my proposal for the MA by Independent Project course at Brighton University. I had been a designer-maker of contemporary jewellery for eight years prior to embarking on the course and had regularly participated in Chelsea Crafts […]

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Building On and Building Up
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Start

To mark the opening of Greenfield Community and Arts Centre in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, I was commissioned to produce a permanent artwork. As part of this commission, I spent a residency period running design workshops in schools and colleges […]

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Figure - Langdale
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Naturalized

‘Naturalized’ is a re-mapping of one location and a perspective on nature, artifice and convention. The three installations were the culmination of a residency at Ambleside Youth Hostel, Windermere, during August 2000. The first used dirt and dry pigment to […]

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Claylines
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Claylines

Claylines was an installation of predominantly unfired clay structures, sited within the landscape of Errol Brickworks, the oldest surviving industrial site in Scotland. The installation took the form of a circular sculpture trail constructed around a disused claypit. This is […]

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Buckley Heritage Trail
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Heritage trail

I was appointed as artist-in-residence to carve ten brickwork sculptures for the newly established Buckley Heritage Trail at Etna in Flintshire. Buckley has a rich heritage as a centre for the manufacture of bricks and rustic pots which dates back […]

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Dreaming and drowning
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Genius loci

Can eight artists, working under threat of severe gales and the worst floods for forty years produce any substantial work? Last November provided just such a challenge for Phase two of ‘Genius Loci’, a Year of the Artist project at […]

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Travel Narratives
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Referencing the collection

In the May 2000 issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE Norfolk Museums Services advertised for a project artist and five associate artists to work on a public art project for Norwich Castle Museum. Over 100 applications were received and Sue Ridge was one of the successful candidates.

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Le Colesse
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Gasworks goes international

THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY programme at London-based Gasworks aims to encourage and promote cultural exchange between artists from a variety of backgrounds and cultures. A priority is to attract artists from places where the arts structure is limited, or give space […]

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Redcourt School
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Arts breakthrough announced

A partnership between the Arts Council of England and the ten English regional arts boards has resulted in £1.2 million going to sixteen arts organisations to fund new developments. £420,000 is set to go to visual arts organisations whose work […]

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Scottish Resources

The Scottish Arts Council will get an increase for 2001/02 totalling £4.4 million, bringing the annual government grant to £34.3 million fixed for three years. Arts funding in Scotland comes through the Education Department, under the wing of Minister Jack […]

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Footprints
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Awards buy time

Although much funding for artists is firmly tied to delivery of a service – such as a community residency or commission – it’s heartening to hear about opportunities, which enable artists to ‘buy time’ instead. Notable examples include the Hamlyn […]

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edible installation
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Artist goes bananas

COSTA RICA’S National Gallery was the recent venue for a temporary installation by US artist Doug Fishbone – temporary because the mound of some 40,000 bananas was literally devoured by the public and vanished within a few hours. Installed in […]

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Using less energy

Artists’ comfort is now on the agenda for the Design Advice agency, part of the government’s Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme. This aims to provide professional, independent and objective advice on the energy-efficient and environmentally conscious design of buildings. In […]

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MC o.T on tour
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Cultural tourists

Five members of German artist /motorcycling group MC o.T. were invited by Cleveland Arts to spend a week in the North of England, on a residency supported by Year of the Artist and Tees Valley Tourism.

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still from 'Seeing For Oneself'
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Tales from the Trust

Artists Simon Grennan and Louise K Wilson discuss their commissions and working collaboratively with the staff of Hastings and Rother NHS Trust, whilst project manager Penny Jones outlines the aim of the arts programme and some of the project’s benefits.

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Flying Saucers
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Vivre sa vie

A cross-venue festival of work by artists based in France, ‘Vivre sa vie’ took place at various locations across Glasgow and Edinburgh. It comprised exhibitions, screenings and events, evidence of a resurgence in French creative activity, brought together by independent curator Tanya Leighton. Here, Jenny Crowe samples some of the highlights.

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An invitation to the Polish group's dinner.
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Networking Europe

At the end of August, curator Sophie Hope was offered a place on the Oreste 3 residency programme in Italy. An opportunity to meet and work with artists from all over Europe seemed too good an opportunity to miss.

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Image
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Community Arts Resources

A selection of UK organisations working in community arts to assist urban regeneration and social cohesion.

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Panopticism 3
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The Art House

The Art House is a membership organisation for all artists, that addresses the issues faced by disabled people who wish to work in the visual arts and crafts. It aims to be a truly inclusive organisation giving artists the support they need, as individuals, to benefit from its activities. Director Liz Whitehouse describes how the organisation functions and what it has to offer.

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25 Pyramids
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Beach project

I’d had the idea for 25 Pyramids in 1998. I’ve always been fascinated by the spaciousness, at low water, of Porthmeor Beach, St Ives, and wanted to try and come up with something that, if possible, could describe, or add […]

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Wander
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Wander – commission for New Cancer Centre

I have recently completed a series of site-specific artworks at the new North Wales Cancer Centre in Bodelwyddan, near Rhyl. The £200,000 arts project was the initiative of Steve Brake, County Arts Officer for Denbighshire County Council and the project […]

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River Rocks
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River Rocks

The River Lune Millennium Park occupies five miles or so upstream from Lancaster. It is a lovely salmon river, flowing through beautiful countryside. The project has involved improving footpaths and cycleways, installing lighting (very controversial with some locals), and commissioning […]

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Recipes for well-being (installation detail)
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Recipes for well-being

My work responds to specific sites and situations. The Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art is located on the top floor of a five-storey building that also houses the city library and local history studies section, a careers centre, an adult […]

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