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Continuing my series on emerging women, this post focuses on Amy Nettleton, a conceptual artist working in installation and sculpture. We chat about studio time, juggling multiple jobs and finding the determination to succeed.
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When I decided to leave my job last year and go “freelance”, I wasn’t really certain of what I was letting myself in for. All I knew that was after almost 4 years in the same job, I...
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The beginning of a new year for me as a freelancer has always been met with a certain amount of trepidation. Looking down the long horizon of a full year ahead, I am always concerned about what lies...
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I’m guessing that some of you might have had an iPhone or android phone for Christmas. And you might have made some New Year’s resolutions about being more productive and less distracted...
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We will never have it so bad. The only thing that’s going to save us now is business. Business is the only saviour the arts has thanks to a government hell-bent on squeezing the cultural life...
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Having recently joined a contemporary Art Gallery in Surrey on a traineeship, the first couple of exhibitions I have assisted on have been a fairly steep learning curve.
And after several very wall-...
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It seems abundantly clear to me that small arts organisations are facing a real battle at the moment, by which I mean organisations small in terms of infrastructure, not in terms of ambition, profile...
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I herald from a small town in the West Midlands known as Shrewsbury; the folk of Shrewsbury have just one theatre and the repertoire is generally safe as houses. Which actually isn’t saying...
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Last weekend I read Vanessa Thorpe’s article about gallery rage and felt compelled to respond to the piece from the point of view of a museum professional.
The press can be our very best friends in...
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Published in 1831, the enormous popularity of Victor Hugo’s novel Notre Dame de Paris led to the restoration of the cathedral itself. Indeed, the de-Christianisation phase of the French...
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In my early days as a graduate, not living in a major city meant I relied on the internet to find out what interesting things were happening within the arts; sites such as MySpace allowed me to make...
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I’m pleased to present another interview with a hardworking and talented woman in the arts. Jane Boyer is a practicing artist and a dedicated member of non-profit, artist-led space, Core...
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And so I went to the Drum Theatre, to see the culmination of a mouth-watering project that the Theatre Royal Plymouth has been running with local schools.
Year 5/6 pupils from Stoke Damerel Primary...
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This article is about the arts sector, but it's also about arts venues, those supposed crisp and modern chapels of culture that should lift the population onto their shoulders and say "this is...
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Former Chief Executive of South East Tourism, MICHAEL BEDINGFIELD, is joining Brighton Festival Fringe as its new Director. He has previously worked as Marketing Director at VisitBritain and as Head...
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The rich can do exactly what they like with their money, and philanthropy is just one option. So what do philanthropists make of the Government’s plans to stimulate private giving to the arts? Rosalind Riley gives a personal perspective
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AP EXCLUSIVE: John Nicholls reveals the findings of Arts Quarter’s legacy fundraising survey, which show opportunities for significant growth but also reveal a need for capacity building in the future
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Greg Klerkx considers the US model of arts philanthropy, and looks at what might work here and what just won’t translate