Visual Arts
Fab new fest for Scotland's 'friendly' city
Glasgow City Council recently announced details of an exciting new Festival of Contemporary Visual Arts to take place throughout the…
A tsunami of celebration
Anyone involved or interested in the arts cannot avoid festivals; it’s impossible. They have become an intrinsic – almost a…
Culture and Development: developing the role of the arts in UK social policy
Recently Creative Exchange, the network for culture and development, released a discussion paper by Helen Gould that invites us to…
Creative Writing on Campus: What’s Happening in the UK?
Over the past ten years the number of university creative writing courses in the UK has more than doubled. This…
Disability Arts – a celebration of human difference
Xposure 2004 is the third annual month-long festival celebrating the diverse and imaginative world of deaf and disability arts. Venues…
Aspex Gallery – Art and dance to challenge the status quo
Portsmouth is synonymous with ‘the Senior Service’ and home to at least five museums dedicated to the Royal Navy and…
More than a biennial
In September of this year, Liverpool is set to host its 3rd Liverpool Biennial, the UK's biggest international event celebrating…
International Literary Fellowship announced
With the announcement of a new international literary fellowship, the Scottish Arts Council has honoured a great living Scottish writer…
Archer aims at Liverpool
When the announcement was made that Liverpool had won the coveted title European Capital of Culture 2008, David Henshaw, Chief…
Creativity: another 'new' concept
Creativity has become a much-vaunted concept in recent years, says Arts Hub UK's Patrick Garson. Richard Florida has argued that…