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a-n Magazine 2009 July - a-n The Artists Information Company
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a-n Magazine July/August 2009
Contents include: Support schemes for artists, art in the public realm, slack spaces. Big picture features Nina Murdoch. Nick Slater and Kathrin Böhm in Collaborative relationships. PDF version [size 6.2 MB]. Requires PDF reader.
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Publicly sited
The most versatile of artforms, art in the public realm includes permanent works as well as temporary installations and architectural manifestations. The appetite for such work has been enhanced through the Big Art Project that enabled communities themselves to make the running for art projects and nurtured their ambitions and narratives over four years. A record one million viewers were attracted to the resulting Channel 4 programmes broadcast in May.
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Big picture – 2009 July
Nina Murdoch’s Rockingham Row.
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More access to art colleges
AA2A has secured a further two years’ funding from Arts Council England through the Grants for the Arts lottery fund.
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Art moves – 2009 July
This month’s art world movers.
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Diemar/Noble Photography
London’s photography scene just got a whole lot richer thanks to the arrival of Diemar/Noble, a new commercial gallery situated in the heart of the West End.
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The Fishmarket Project
From the 1930s to early 2000, The Fishmarket served as a market hub for Northampton
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Artists and students
A new Artists Programme launched in June as part of the development of the Barking Creative Quarter within the Thames Gateway.
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The London Group
The London Group is a community of nearly 100 visual artists, with a shared commitment to studio practice and exhibiting their work.
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AIR advisers on Cultural Leadership Programme
AIR Advisory Group members David Cotterrell and Erika Tan are amongst twenty-one artists selected to participate in a new pilot cultural leadership programme.
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Arts Reverie
A unique project for artists, creative thinkers and cultural practitioners, Arts Reverie is located in the heart of a traditional pol (neighbourhood) in the historic city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
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It’s unfair in Amsterdam
As a response to this year’s Amsterdam Art Fair, the Unfair Project was set up by the ParachutArtists Foundation to explore the phenomenon of the contemporary art fair and art economy.
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Canadian artists’ news
Having celebrated its fortieth birthday in 2008, CARFAC is keen to rebuild ties with the UK.
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Art in Action
Art in Action (16-19 July) create a relaxed and friendly environment where artists and craftspeople can demonstrate and discuss their techniques with the public.
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Cultural jobs promised
Government plans to create between five and ten thousand new jobs for young people who will be paid the minimum wage were announced in May by the then Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell and outgoing Culture Secretary Andy Burnham.
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Turning Point revisited
Arts Council England’s ten-year visual arts plan turned a corner in April when a-n became aware of a new pilot scheme designed to create ‘a national network for a stronger visual arts’.
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Winner takes all
Prizes and awards taking place over the summer months.
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Morphic Resonance
Project Space Leeds, Leeds
25 March – 27 June
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The Little Shop on Hoxton Street
Limoncello, London
7-21 May
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Editorial – 2009 July
This double issue of a-n Magazine profiles the work of two artists who have received a total of
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RE. Letters in response to ‘Mobile Conference’ piece.
Let me start by offering my sincere apologies to Frances Williams for referring to her as both Frances and Sally in the text.
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MA and Post-Graduate course index
Further details from a selection of this month’s MA and post-graduate course advertisers.
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Group process
Nick Slater and Kathrin Böhm relate the project by public works and myvillages.org, commissioned as part of Radar’s ‘Group Process’ programme.
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Art is not hardware
The Government has announced new money to help creatives keep the high street alive. Shouldn’t we be queuing up to get in there? No way, argues Fiona Flynn.