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Led by curator Vicki Lewis and artist Katherine Clarke (muf), the We Are Artists, How Can We Help? action research project questions the presence of artists as a model in regeneration. What does the artist gain? Is there a benefit swap between the artist constituency and their neighbours?

News of successes from the ceramics and glass community.

Aimed at improving the mobility of artists into the UK, published recommendations add support to the campaign for changes to the points-based visa system for visiting artists.

In 2009 and selected by regional groups, twelve arts commissions worth £5.4 million were awarded for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Emily Speed takes a look at how some of the Artists Taking the Lead projects are progressing around the halfway point between commission announcements and their presentation.

Following successful integration into the 2010 London Design Festival, Origin, the Craft Council’s Contemporary Craft Fair, will be at Old Spitalfields Market 22-28 September in a purpose-built pavilion, presenting over 200 makers with work to sell.

Artists and arts organisations had the opportunity to debate current and future professional development needs and aspirations in June as part of strategic planning by Turning Point West Midlands.

Report from the recent conference held in London.

A new report reveals that a disproportionate number of artists’ membership and development agencies and practice-based organisations lost core funding, despite ACE’s aim of creating a “balanced portfolio”.

The photographs of Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen and Amber’s films have been inscribed in the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register as an archive of national cultural significance.