Contents include: ‘Are you International?’ A Liverpool Biennial event on the languages through which art is explored. South Africa’s re-entry into global art scene: Johannesburg and Cape Town feature in two commissioned articles. In Reviews, an exhibition exploring the relationship […]
We’ve a whole new set of essays available on www.a-n.co.uk as a result of November’s NAN event Quo vadis. They are freely available to all as part of a-n’s ongoing support for artists’ networking activities. Specially commissioned by Chris Brown […]
The decision as to which image to use on the cover of a-n magazine each month is never an easy one. We’re well aware of the impact on an artist of having an image distributed directly to 32,000 readers and […]
Bookville, a temporary bookshop project in Newcastle upon Tyne, opened its doors in February. Managed by artist Graeme Walker, Bookville is specialising in books made by artists, but also stocks artists multiples, zines, prints, film and music. The shop includes […]
In February, contributions were invited by a Parliamentary Select Committee from key visual arts organisations to an inquiry into DCMS’s support of the art market, in particular into “ways of supporting and encouraging living artists and the production of new work”.
The rolling out of a-n’s frameworks for good practice in artists’ fees and payments continues apace. Already referenced in The Guardian and Arts Professional, the fees and payments research is further endorsed by Arts Council England with Senior Visual Arts […]
I was interested to read Dominic Thomas’ article ‘Critical Contexts’ (a-n February) and wholeheartedly agree with his view that “many [professional development] schemes seem unable or unwilling to tackle the issue of the actual product of an artist’s labours”. ETA […]
EQUATA, the Disability Arts Development Agency for South West England, has announced the first ever Devon Disabled Artists Consultation Day, to be held on 31 March from 3 pm – 7 pm at the Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter. The […]
Gateshead Council launched a new-look Town Hall Square in January with the unveiling of John Creed’s public sculpture Acceleration. Commissioned by Gateshead Council and funded by One NorthEast under the Single Regeneration Budget, the artist was selected as part of […]
National artists’ organisation The Art House, will be building new artists’ studios in Wakefield following Wakefield Council’s decision to grant land for the project. The Art House is an inclusive organisation for visual artists, that particularly addresses the problems facing […]
APD (Artists Professional Development) network has received a £10,000 grant from Arts Council England to identify mechanisms to secure its future as the visual arts professional development umbrella. The offer arose after APD commissioned an independent strategic review from arts […]
The Creativity and the artist seminar will examine the argument by the Scottish Executive that “the creativity of Scots, from the classroom to the board room, is the edge we need in a competitive world” and goes on to charge […]
Arts organisations in Derby, Leicester and Nottingham have been encouraged to collaborate in new creative work through a commissioning fund offered as part of the Three Cities Cultural Consortium initiative, funded by Arts Council England and the Millennium Commission. Grants […]
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee instigated an inquiry into the sponsorship, by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, of the UK art market. A particular focus is ways of supporting and encouraging living artists and the production of […]
Arts Council England is to undertake a review of the presentation of contemporary visual arts to inform the development of a national strategy that will help create closer links and collaboration across heritage and contemporary visual arts and commercial sectors. […]
Finding the Common Threads is a two-year study being conducted by the Centre for Creative Communities with support from Arts Council England, London and Deutsche Bank. With London as its focus, the project is investigating some of the issues funders […]
An ambitious new media public art project for Perth opening in September includes a number of artworks commissioned by Iliyana Nedkova, New Media Creative Director of Horsecross, the organisation behind the project. The half million pound project is being developed […]
Twenty-three of Scotland’s leading writers, visual artists, poets, musicians, dance artists and crafts professionals have been shortlisted for this year’s Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Creative Scotland Awards. The £300,000 awards scheme is for projects that are inspiring and highly […]
Artists in Australia have the National Association for the Visual Arts to thank for an improvement of their tax status with the tax office. Tamara Winikoff, NAVA’s Executive Director confirmed the Australian Tax Office’s new stance, saying: “Finally, after eight […]
a-n’s Director of Programmes Susan Jones introduces Good practice in paying artists.
I arrived in Osaka, Japan with a certain amount of excitement and trepidation.
Hilary Thorn on a discussion event held at Static Gallery, as part of the NAN Artists’ research trip to Liverpool Biennial, which looked at the verbal languages through which art is explored.
Kathryn Smith on Johannesburg and Virginia Mackenny on Cape Town. The second part in a series commissioned by Deborah Smith.
Five years ago I had no choice but to shake my inbred cynicism, learn social skills and become a hairy artisan.
ROOM, Bristol
12 January – 13 February
