Contents include: ‘The Art of Conflict’ part one, a feature on art in response to war situations. Lucy Wilson looks at international making and selling opportunities for UK designers. Artists and environmental experts explore the collision between natural and manmade, […]
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 […]
Five artists from Poland and five from northern England performed in a programme of events in Tullie House gallery and on the streets of Carlisle in July as part of the artist–developed Cumbria Poland exchange. Artists went on to spend […]
A timely essay published in June was designed to create a public debate around The Right to Art Campaign, launched last year by VAGA (Visual Arts and Galleries Association) with a coalition of colleagues from across the visual arts sector. […]
ETA has recently published a workbook for artists to support the training and professional development programme for visual and applied artists. Compiled by Linda Ball with contributions from Judy Clark, Deborah Rawson, Monica Ross, Mark Slater and Christopher Stevens, the […]
A twelve month multi–media project by the Community Channel, funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, MadforArts comprises an interactive website and twelve two–minute short films for television. The main objective of the project is to get more […]
The third Liverpool biennial launches on 18 September as a UK and international festival of contemporary art. Delivered through a partnership between Tate Liverpool, National Museums Liverpool, Bluecoat Art Centre and FACT, it also encompasses exhibitions and off–site projects across […]
Sixty–one artists’ residencies in twenty–five countries have taken place since the inception of ACE’s International Fellowship Programme in 2001. These have benefited more than 130 artists. A celebratory event for this initiative was held in July at Über–trendy Sketch Art […]
Between November 2003 and August 2004 we will have undertaken twenty–five Code of Practice for the Visual Arts presentations or seminars with some 550 artists and arts professionals participating. Events have been organised in partnership with the APD network, Engage […]
Visitors to this year’s Cambridge Open Studios event, presenting over 300 studios open across the city, could not only view works for sale but also the ‘Wide Open’ exhibition. Held at Cambridge Artworks a co–operative artists studios based in […]
Nisha Duggal, our new Editorial Production Assistant is off to Kitchener in Ontario, Canada this month to take part in artist–led CAFKA’S annual international exhibition, ‘Peace of Mind’. Her work will include a sound installation and a series of off–site […]
We are pleased to announce that City and Guild MA graduate Klari Reis and University of Gloucestershire BA graduate Thomas Goddard have both won stand space worth over £1,000 at the forthcoming On the Wall art fair at Olympia 29 […]
As part of the quarterly meetings schedule, the Board of a-n will be meeting in Bristol on 6 December. We’d love to hear from artists’ projects and networks who will have work on show at that time, for inclusion in […]
Look out for details in the next issue of forthcoming Fast forward: professional development and networking events especially for new graduates to be held in North East England in October and Glasgow (in partnership with Cultural Enterprise Office) in December. […]
Kirsten Lloyd and Juliana Capes report back from a conference in Rotterdam that reaffirmed their belief that artist–led initiatives have a vital role to play in shaping the arts sector.
As part of the NAN initiative, artists from North East England visited Glasgow. Here Alison Unsworth and David Stamp give an overview of their experiences.
Jean Grant believes in “Art Action Change
Floating ip, Manchester
21 June
Crawford Arts Centre, St.Andrews
2 July
Waxham Barn, Norfolk
3–25 July
Artsway, Hampshire
3 July
Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich
3 July
There are things I want to touch or hold that lie beyond my reach, and ways to bring them closer.
Perhaps the letter in your August 2004 edition entitled ‘Girls, girls, girls’ was so named by the editorial staff to further provoke readers to respond to what was overall a misplaced and simplistic letter? Certainly to call grown women ‘girls’ […]
A new Demos report (See ‘Right to Art’ in News) argues that “the contribution of visual artists to the economy is underestimated and misunderstood” and is vital reading for artists who need to keep up–to–date with the political developments that […]
