August 27, 2015

NETWORK SPOTLIGHT: CVAN NW | Modern History Vols. II & III

August 27, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

NETWORK SPOTLIGHT: CVAN NW | Modern History Vols. II & III

Modern History Vols. II and III are distinct group exhibitions, guest curated by internationally respected curator Lynda Morris, who has selected new commissions and existing works by national and international contemporary artists based in the North West. nitiated by Contemporary Visual Arts Network North West (CVAN NW), the Modern History exhibition series promotes the talent of contemporary artists living and working in the North West.

August 26, 2015

Sluice_ Magazine Launch 13 October 2015

August 26, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

Sluice_ Magazine Launch 13 October 2015

Sluice_ is launching a magazine. It will showcase artists, curators and emergent discourse, projects and galleries from the greater national and international arts community. Sluice_ is offering the opportunity to advertise in their inaugural magazine with competitive rates

August 26, 2015

Associate Director (Arts & Culture), University of Southampton

August 26, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

Associate Director (Arts & Culture), University of Southampton

The University of Southampton is seeking a strategic leader to support the implementation of the University Arts Strategy and the development of activity and engagement linked with the 2016 opening of a stunning new contemporary arts complex in Southampton.

August 26, 2015

Applications open for Warwick Stafford Fellowship

August 26, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

Applications open for Warwick Stafford Fellowship

Applications are now open for the Warwick Stafford Fellowship, an annual prize aimed at early-mid career practitioners in Fine Art. The Fellowship is hosted by Northumbria University at BALTIC 39.

August 20, 2015

MP engagement strategy

August 20, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

MP engagement strategy

The Cultural sector supported through What Next? and University College London are running an MP engagement strategy, encouraging the cultural sector to contact their MP, make a positive and informed case for culture and invite them to an arts event.

August 20, 2015

CVAN attended the Cultural Campaigns Network meeting

August 20, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

CVAN attended the Cultural Campaigns Network meeting

The discussion centred around the Autumn Spending review and the need for the cultural sector to be submitting information now to inform thinking by Government in the early Autumn.

August 19, 2015

New Studios for Stoke-on-Trent

August 19, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

New Studios for Stoke-on-Trent

ACAVA (the Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Art) have announced that they have acquired a lease on premises in the former Spode Works in Stoke-on-Trent.

August 19, 2015

Calls for Proposals - Contribute to engage 37, on theme of hosting and commissioning artists

August 19, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

Calls for Proposals - Contribute to engage 37, on theme of hosting and commissioning artists

Proposals are invited for engage 37, which will focus on how hosting and commissioning artists relates to gallery education. The deadline for proposals is 5pm on Tuesday 1 September 2015

August 19, 2015

Bacc for the Future II takes off!

August 19, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

Bacc for the Future II takes off!

Together, we can keep up the momentum and ensure that the creative subjects that help make the UK’s creative industries the envy of the world are protected.

August 19, 2015

Jeremy Corbyn champions public investment in arts

August 19, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

Jeremy Corbyn champions public investment in arts

Jeremy Corbyn, the surprise front-runner in the Labour leadership contest, has been setting out his vision for arts and culture.

August 19, 2015

ACE Resources

August 19, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

Arts Council England has already created some great briefing materials as part of their advocacy toolkit

August 19, 2015

Arts and Culture contribute £7.7bn to the UK economy

August 19, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

Arts and Culture contribute £7.7bn to the UK economy

New Reports confirm that arts and culture contribute £7.7bn to the UK economy and drive growth in the wider creative industries

August 18, 2015

Summer Budget

August 18, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

In Summer 2015 What Next? submitted an emergency paper to Government. A further paper will be submitted in time for the spending review in Autumn 2015.

August 18, 2015

CuratorSpace

August 18, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

CuratorSpace is the result of a collaboration between myself, an artist/curator, and Philip Bennison, a web developer. Based in Leeds, we work with organisations all over the UK, and are starting to develop connections internationally.

August 13, 2015

Engage: Gallery Education

August 13, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

Engage: Gallery Education

To mark the 25th anniversary of engage, this issue of the engage Journal looks back at the development of gallery education over that period and reflects on where it stands now.

August 13, 2015

Job Opportunities at Redeye: The Photography Network

August 13, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

Job Opportunities at Redeye: The Photography Network

Redeye is seeking to make two appointments - a part-time administrator and a part-time programme co-ordinator.

August 13, 2015

Freelance Project Artist required at Laing Art Gallery

August 13, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

Freelance Project Artist required at Laing Art Gallery

The Laing Art Gallery is inviting applications from experienced and suitably qualified artists/facilitators to lead Changing Landscapes, Changing Lives a project that will engage a range of audiences and support them to explore archival material from the Tate archives online, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collections and local archives in the Newcastle area.

August 12, 2015

CVAN SPOTLIGHT: Sophie Dixon

August 12, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

CVAN SPOTLIGHT: Sophie Dixon

Sophie 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.

August 11, 2015

KULES II Call Out

August 11, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

KULES II Call Out

KULES is an annual artists’ residency in Stoke-on-Trent that seeks to offer artists the opportunity to develop new works and engage with a city that has a rich industrial heritage and unique resources. Early and mid career artists working in any medium are invited to respond to this year’s theme The Public As Material. Application Deadline - 6pm, Saturday 29th August, 2015

August 10, 2015

Opportunity: South London Gallery, Development Manager

August 10, 2015/ Rachel McDermott

Opportunity: South London Gallery, Development Manager

The South London Gallery (SLG) is a locally, nationally and internationally recognised centre for contemporary visual art with an acclaimed and award-winning education and outreach programme. The SLG is embarking on a period of significant growth and is seeking a Development Manager to work alongside the Head of Development on a range of capital and revenue fundraising initiatives. Application deadline: 10am Monday 24th August 2015

Contemporary Visual Arts Network

The 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.

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