Meeting Point, a year-long project led by Arts&Heritage, sees new contemporary art installations at four museums in the North East and five museums in Yorkshire during 2016.
Read More
The Art House is seeking a Chief Executive/Artistic Director who can lead this ACE NPO as a champion for the Creative Case for Diversity, supporting and developing visual artists and creative communities to achieve their full potential.
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce is launching a new annual arts prize thanks to a public grant from the Arts Council England and sponsorship from the business community. The prize is open to practising semi-professional and professional artists working or living in one of the 10 local authorities across Greater Manchester.
Read MoreIt has been 50 years since the Government wrote its last White Paper for Culture, this week sees a new one, drawn from consultation with the sector over recent months.
To read more click here
CVAN welcome a number of announcements made by the Chancellor in his budget on March 16, particularly in relation to a of tax break for museums and galleries.
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 MoreCeramic Art London (CAL), the leading international fair for contemporary ceramics, will move to the new venue of Central Saint Martins for its 2016 installment. Now in its 12th year, Ceramic Art London will take place from 8 - 10 April 2016, presented by The Craft Potters Association in partnership with Ceramic Review.
Read MoreHOUSE is the contemporary visual arts festival, taking place every May as part of the festival season in Brighton & Hove, this year, the 8th festival, runs from 30 April to 5 June across the city.
Read MoreThe Get Creative Family Arts Festival will run throughout October 2016, marking the fourth year of this hugely successful national initiative funded by Arts Council England. On 30th March this year’s Festival will be officially launched at the Family Arts Awards event held at The Albany in Deptford, London.
Read MoreArts Council England has commissioned a new national study, to find out directly from visual artists in England about the economic, social and cultural factors which affect their ability to develop a sustainable practice.
Read MoreVisual Arts South West seeks a highly motivated and experienced professional with excellent knowledge of the visual arts is sought to work with the visual arts sector across the South West region.
Read MoreOn Saturday 13 February 2016, DACS will join artists across the UK in celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Artist's Resale Right (ARR) - one of the most important rights supporting the livelihoods of artists and estates.
Read MoreThe next Bacc for the future campaign meeting takes place on Thursday 18 February 2016. The meeting will take place between 16.00-17.00 and will be held at 4-5 Inverness Mews (W2 3JQ)
Read MoreThe Creative Case for Diversity is the Arts Council's approach to diversity and equality, setting out how both can enrich the arts for artists, audiences and our wider society. Eight organisations in the North have been awarded Creative Case NORTH bursaries to support them in exploring how they contribute to the Creative Case for Diversity.
Read More
A 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 MoreAs applications for this year’s Clore leadership programme open, a-n announces the first ever dedicated Visual Artist Fellowship.
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
Yesterday The Times newspaper published the cultural sectors’ collective letter about the EBacc. The have also published an article about the letter in the main paper (including in the print edition).
Read MoreCreative Future has just completed Arts Council funded research into the barriers marginalised and disabled artists face when accessing mainstream arts opportunities.
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.
