Trafford Council are seeking expressions of interest for new permanent site-specific public artworks to be suited in Sale, Greater Manchester, commemorating 200 years since the birth of physicist James Prescott Joule.
Read MoreAimed at artists and art organisers who wish to develop their reviewing, critical writing and journalistic skills, the a-n Writer Development Programme is currently open for applications.
Read MoreThe East Contemporary Visual Arts Network (ECVAN) is delighted to announce the launch of New Geographies, a three-year Arts Council England funded project that invites members of the public to nominate locations for 10 major site-specific visual arts commissions across the East of England.
Read MoreCreative Freelancers, is a new report published by the Creative Industries Federation aiming to transform the working lives of the self-employed in the industry.
Read MoreApplications are invited for the seventh programme of Standpoint Futures. Standpoint Futures is a residency programme for visual artists based outside the capital, providing high calibre, tailored opportunities for discussion and interaction with the London art world.
Read MoreOn Friday evening the shortlist for 2021 UK City of Culture was announced. Five out of the original list of eleven bidding cities were selected. Coventry, Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland and Swansea have made the shortlist.
Read MoreOn Thursday 12 October 2017 in Settle, Yorkshire, Chrysalis Arts hold the second in a series of training and development events which will explore how artists working in rural environments or with rural themes are developing new platforms and approaches to visual arts practice.
Read MoreThe Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM - the UK’s professional body for musicians) and a-n have announced their collaborative campaign #FreeMoveCreate to protect freedom of movement for all who work in the creative industries.
Read MoreYesterday a-n launched a five-year strategy to tackle the growing challenges artists face in sustaining their careers. The Valuing Artists strategy aims to ensure policy makers and commissioners value the artist as well as the art.
Read MoreLast night The Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire was awarded UK Museum of the Year. The venue, which opened six years ago, will receive a £100,000 prize from Art Fund.
Read MoreFollowing on from the launch of Untitled, the 10-year strategic vision for contemporary visual arts in the North East, the North East Contemporary Visual Arts Network (NECVAN) is seeking voluntary members to join its Advisory Group.
Read MoreJourneys Festival International celebrates the extraordinary journeys and creative talents of refugee and asylum seeker artists, and shares the refugee experience through great art and culture. The festival takes place in Leicester, Manchester, Portsmouth and tours several Europe cities this year. Jennifer Tipton and Emily Harris from the festival answered our questions.
Read MoreArts Council England's announcement of the recipients of its National Portfolio funding includes 831 organisations and an additional £170million outside London between 2018 and 2022.
CVAN welcomes this significant increase in investment outside London, particularly the support for the smaller-scale, diverse, innovative and artist-led outfits that bolsters the resilience of the visual arts ecology.
Read MoreYorkshire Visual Arts Network (YVAN) has commissioned artist collaborators Yoke to create a new work in response to March's live and media arts festival ReROOTed, which will be presented at YVAN’s Nourish 17 event in September. They are looking for people to contribute to their final piece.
Read MoreThis morning Arts Council England announced the recipients of its National Portfolio funding. Those who receive National Portfolio status, will receive regular funding from Arts Council from 2018-22. Arts Council England will invest an additional £170million outside London between 2018 and 2022, offering art and culture to more people and more places than ever before.
Read MoreManifest Arts Festival returns to Greater Manchester from 5 – 9 July showcasing the talent of North West-based artists. The festival will feature over 30 events, exhibitions and workshops across venues in Manchester, Salford and Bolton.
Read MoreJamm’Europe is an online platform, an open space, to discuss what role culture and the arts can play in the future of Europe. Register on the Jamm'Europe website and share your vision on Wednesday 5 July between 1pm and 8pm BST.
Read MoreArts and culture have been separated from the creative industries in a Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) restructure. This morning in a piece by Arts Professional, the move was criticised as ‘downgrading’ the importance of the arts and the creative industries.
Read MoreAn £8,000 commission is available to transform London’s longest pier into a piece of art for Totally Thames Festival (1-30 September).
Read MoreFamily Arts Campaign have announced a new year-round promotional campaign to families, to replace the October Family Arts Festival. The new Fantastic for Families listings website will offer year-round event information for families and extended marketing and promotional activity during school holidays and throughout the year.
Read MoreThe Contemporary Visual Arts Network’s ultimate goal is to nurture contemporary visual artists and organisations in order to produce internationally regarded, critically engaged work that is valued by our society.
