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Culture3 – DARE TO BE DIFFERENT
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Learning and Scientific Institute -
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March 29, 2019 at 04:30 PM -
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South West England
Rural Context - a-n The Artists Information Company
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A Q&A with… Alex Hartley and Tom James, artists with a blueprint for the future
Artists Alex Hartley and Tom James have created a geodesic dome constructed from reclaimed materials and situated it in the Capability Brown-designed gardens of Compton Verney, a Georgian mansion and gallery in rural Warwickshire. Anneka French finds out about their plans for the future.
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Are rural communities and artists disadvantaged?
In July 2010 the Rural Cultural Forum (RCF) produced a report, Creative Rural Communities (CRC), that sets out why a Rural Cultural Strategy (RCS) is needed and the form it might take.
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Sam Firth
Sam Firth is currently working on a year-long video project on a remote Scottish peninsula near her home on Knoydart, an isolated community of just over 100 people. She talks to Andrew Bryant about personal narrative, securing funding and recent media criticism attracted by her current project.
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From seafronts to stables
A selection of projects, residencies and exhibitions taking place outside the big cities this autumn.
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On the cover – 2011 March
Nicola Williams, Cement Garden, 2009.
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Rural initiatives
Featuring a selection of the UK’s arts organisations that are providing vivid cultural life to rural areas.
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Culture clips
Soundbites.
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Trust New Art
A National Trust and Arts Council England partnership will build links between the Trust and contemporary arts and craft sector.
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Jayne Knight
Jayne Knight is Arts Development Manager at Suffolk County Council. She was the driving force behind Making Art Work, an ambitious and widely regarded professional development programme for Suffolk-based artists that ran from 1999 until 2006. She talks to Jane Watt about how the scheme developed, her work in a local authority and survival tips for rural-based artists.
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Rural report
Featuring a selection of UK’s most interesting rurally-based organisations and artists’ projects.
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Glittering prizes (and awards)
Contemporary Art Society’s latest initiative, the Annual Award for Museums, will provide
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The specials project
Artist Neil Armstrong and pharmaceuticals company Specials Clinical Manufacturing talk about working towards a special commission in the latest of our collaborative relationships series.
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Rural response
With half the UK’s population residing outwith urban conurbations, and regional and arts and cultural policies prioritising local engagement, locations often regarded as countrified are strategically raising their art world profile through imaginative programmes and project.
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Inside the studio
In this month’s round-up we profile six open studio events.
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Festival in town
Over 160 artists are showcasing work in Wirksworth Festival’s Art and Architecture Trail.
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The Institute of Psychoplasmics
The Somafree Institute of Psychoplasmics first appeared in David Cronenberg’s 1979 film The Brood, yet despite once suggesting that if he failed as a filmmaker he could always set up a real life Institute, its 21st Century emergence is not his own doing.
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Student competition
Information on the Cecil Collins Memorial Award for students.
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Annual collection
‘Beacon’ is a recurring feature within the Lincolnshire expanse, with 2007 seeing the fourth annual collection of sited works in the county’s rural landscape and towns.
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Country living
Country living puts a spotlight on artistic activity in rural locations. Rosemary Shirley’s opening essay explores her frustration with the dominance of urban culture and assumptions often made about artistic practice that takes place outside of it. She highlights practices […]
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Wysing Arts Centre
What gives a particular place its characteristics? Why are some cities hip and others lame? How does a neighbourhood change from good to bad?
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Kypros Kyprianou
Sally Davies profiles Kypros Kyprianou, discussing his interest in scientific themes, collaborative working and residencies at Artsway and Allenheads Contemporary Arts.
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Karen Lubbock
Karen Lubbock is the creator of Karen magazine, which delights in the ordinariness of everyday life, providing an antidote to the mainstream celebrity and lifestyle magazine world.
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Country living
Rosemary Shirley explores her frustration with the dominance of urban culture and assumptions often made about artistic practice that takes place outside of it, in an a-n Collection that puts a spotlight on artistic activity in rural locations.
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Rural initiatives
Highlighting new projects by organisations located in Aberdeenshire, Cumbria, Devon, Dumfries, Fife, Mull, Lancashire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Suffolk, and Western Isles. “There is, in truth, nothing essentially backward-looking, conservative or traditional in rural culture. There are too many innovators, in too […]