Commissioned by the North East Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN), this is the second of seven films exclusively launched in an on-going partnership with This Is Tomorrow.
Read MoreLeading UK and international artists have partnered with nine museums in the North East and Yorkshire to produce new artworks inspired by the museums and their collections.
Read MoreArts Council Collection Curators’ Days are designed to provide an informal forum for curators from around the country to meet and network. Each event has a special focus, either looking at particular areas of professional practice or visiting new buildings and important exhibitions. All include guest speakers and opportunity for discussion.
Read MoreA painting and sculpture prize open to all UK final year Fine Art undergraduates. Call for entries opens 1 February and closes 31 March. First Prize £20,000 + studio space | Second £9k | Third £6k | Discretionary Prize £5k | Judges include: Christine Borland, Artist and BALTIC Professor; Karen MacKinnon, Curator and Director, Artes Mundi; Laurence Sillars, Chief Curator, BALTIC. Awarded and presented by Northumbria University and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art.
Read More8 NEW ART COMMISSIONS ACROSS THE UK WITH FIRST OPENING TOMORROW
TWO NEW TOURING EXHIBITIONS: NIGHT IN THE MUSEUM CURATED BY RYAN GANDER AND DRAWN FROM LIFE: PEOPLE ON PAPER
ARTISTS ANTONY GORMLEY, BRIDGET RILEY, JOHN AKOMFRAH, HEATHER PHILLIPSON, RYAN GANDER, ROGER HIORNS, RICHARD DEACON AND MARK WALLINGER SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Now in its fourth year, the Family Arts Campaign has released an extremely positive independent evaluation of its initial three years following the third successful national Family Arts Festival.
Read MoreFind out ECVAN's winter highlights featuring exhibitions and opportunities
Read MoreArts Council England has produced a film of Turning Point West Midlands' 2015 graduate showcase `New Art West Midlands'.
Read MoreThe Culture Diary is a free worldwide events calendar of private, media, industry and public events produced by over 4,000 UK organisations covering every art form. Rachel McDermott, CVAN Web Editor, spoke to Reshma Gumani, The Culture Diary, about ways in which cultural organisations can benefit from membership.
Read MoreSophie Dixon, CVAN Platform Graduate Award 2014 winner, creates work that is rooted within extensive historical, social and cultural research. Writer & Editor, Rachel McDermott speaks to Dixon on her experience to date, arts networking and her upcoming exhibion at Turner Contemporary.
Read MoreOn Thursday 30 July at The Tetley, Leeds, Picture This will share the findings from the National Visual Arts cluster of the Arts Council England funded Audience Finder programme. The event is free but places are limited, so early booking is advisable.
In Certain Places is an arts collaboration between the Harris Museum and Art Gallery and the University of Central Lancaster (UCLAN). Led by artist/curators Elaine Speight and Charles Quick, the interactive programme of temporary artworks, residencies and events demonstrate how artists contribute to the form and functions of a place and explore alternative approaches to art, culture and urban development.
Read MoreChisenhale Gallery have produced a new report funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation that maps Artists’ Professional Development Programmes in the UK.
Read MoreVenture Arts has been working with learning disabled visual artists for the past thirty years. A key focus for 2015 is to look at ways of helping to build the professional careers of learning disabled visual artists through collaborative work and large scale programming of their work.
Read MoreThe Contemporary Art Society Annual Award 2014 has been presented to CVAN NW members the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston, to enable a new artwork by Nathaniel Mellors.
Read MoreIn September 2014 Robyn Woolston exhibited her photography in São Paulo, Brazil, while contributing as a panel member to the International Solid Waste World Congress.
Read MoreCVAN has joined the Family Arts Campaign Consortia – a large scale, national collaborative programme led by the visual and performing arts sectors to increase levels of art engagement by families. The second national Family Arts Festival began on 17th October and continues through half-term until 2nd November.
Read MoreMatt Hearn, Writer and Contemporary Art Society Head of Collector Development North East speaks to the Chance Finds Us group about the genesis of the project and its recent exhibition at Mima.
Read MoreManchester Contemporary opens in Manchester this month, and for the fourth year running one of our north west network members, International 3, are taking on the role of curatorial coordinators. Paulette and Laurence talk through their involvement and their approach to inviting emerging galleries to this year’s Fair.
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.
