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OUT NOW: a-n #DegreeShowsGuide 2025 🎉

From myth-infused textiles and absurd fashion to striking photography, playful living sculptures and documentary films, this year’s Degree Shows Guide captures the raw creative energy of emerging artists.

https://t.co/VoxE3RiM48

[Contemporary Visual Arts Network @cvanetwork]

1/ 🚨 New report launches today in Parliament:
Framing the Future: The Political Case for Strengthening the Visual Arts Ecosystem
Backed by the APPG for Visual Arts & Artists, it makes the case for bold government action ahead of the UK Spending Review.

[DACS - Design and Artists Copyright Society @DACSforArtists]

Today, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Visual Arts and Artists convened for its first meeting of 2025.

Key discussions centered on the findings of the 2024 Artists’ Earnings and Contracts Report, presented by Dr. Amy Thomas and Dr. Arthur Ehlinger from the @UofGlasgow, exploring how the visual arts and artists can be better supported and fairly paid.

Thanks to the APPG members @catecclesstour, @NickClancarty The Earl of Clancarty, @PollyBLabour, Lord Inglewood, Lord Freyberg, Lord Hampton, Ruth Cadbury MP and Baroness Bonham-Carter for attending

and to

@PrydeRonda, Senior Public Engagement Fellow and Dr. Joseph Owen, Research Fellow at @unisouthampton and @ElizaEaston, Erskine Analysis for attending and presenting.

DACS, together with @an_artnews and @cvanetwork, provide the group with secretariat support, highlighting key challenges and opportunities for the sector.

#DACS #DacsForArtists #APPG #VisualArts #ArtistsEarnings

[DACS - Design and Artists Copyright Society @DACSforArtists]

🎤 DACS will be at the @LondonArtFair tomorrow, on the panel ‘Protecting Creativity: Intellectual Property rights in the art world’.

Christian Zimmermann, DACS Chief Executive, will be joined by art world and art law experts in a discussion about the importance of supporting the future of creativity through protecting artists’ rights and intellectual property.

The panel will include an overview of copyright, moral rights, and resale rights for artists, proactive steps artists can take to protect their work from infringement and the importance of enforcing IP rights internationally. It will also highlight how valuable it is for artists to protect their copyright and pay, and how organisations, such as @an_artnews and DACS, can support this.

Speakers include:
- Margherita Barbagallo, Head of Litigation, IP and Art Law, @DragonArgentLtd 
- Christian Zimmermann, Chief Executive DACS
- Zarah Hussain, Artist
chairing, @JulieLomax, CEO, @an_artnews 

If you're attending the fair, you can RSVP via the link below:

https://t.co/g3MsxULi1D

Images, left to right: Christian Zimmermann, Julie Lomax, Zarah Hussain, Margherita Barbagallo

#DACS #LondonArtFair #DacsForArtists #Copyright #ArtistCopyright #UKCopyright

[Artists Now @artistsnowuk]

We’re making 2025 your year to thrive with new workshops, webinars and opportunities.

💻 Promote your practice.

💡 Understanding GPSR.

🎓 Submit work for Degree Shows Guide.

More at https://t.co/NIkc3T7B0e!  

#supportingartists

[Newcastle Uni Special Collections & Archives @ncllibspeccoll]

New archive collection available: a-n The Artists Information Company Archive, a collection of administrative documents advocating for the development of visual arts,along with publications produced by A-N. View the online catalogue https://t.co/VlTa3CnMCF @an_artnews @FineArtNCL

[Artists Now @artistsnowuk]

Ready to take your practice to the next level? Our bursaries are here to help you thrive.

Applications open now!
https://t.co/EXP4QYAPVN

[Julie Lomax @JulieLomax]

Thank you @garethharr @TheArtNewspaper for covering this important letter @lisanandy and thank you to all the @an_artnews members who signed https://t.co/B0bSdAmE4H

[The Art Newspaper @TheArtNewspaper]

Sonia Boyce and John Akomfrah join 4,000 artists calling on the UK government to support the visual arts with new cultural policies

https://t.co/XPzKqr3oq9

[Artists Now @artistsnowuk]

Over 4000 artists and arts professionals have co-signed our letter to Lisa Nandy MP, the Secretary for Culture, Media and Sport urging the Government to support the visual arts > https://t.co/EKlraOeCVO

@lisanandy @DCMS

[Artists Now @artistsnowuk]

Are you ready to enhance our brand visibility, drive growth and boost engagement? We’re looking for an innovative Programme and Communications Assistant to join our team > https://t.co/vdpsUPWu6l

[Artists Now @artistsnowuk]

“It’s so important to see ourselves reflected in art and culture, whoever you are” #GemmaRollsBentley, curator, writer and a-n member, chats to us about her newly published book; Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between. > https://t.co/pNQrjllgFr

[Irene Tortorella @irenetortorell4]

Great to see @MiddlesexUni Fine Art student Varshga Premarasa selected for the #degreeshowsguide 2024 @an_artnews for their cover! Full interview page 12-13 "I also use AI in generating the compositions, which adds another layer of fragmentation."

[Art Academy @ArtAcademy]

Congratulations to BA Fine Art student Yin Wang whose work was selected to appear in @an_artnews #DegreeShowsGuide 2024

https://t.co/OnRIJ2AxaW

[Artists Now @artistsnowuk]

⏰Last chance to apply! Don't miss out on the opportunity to join us as our Executive Assistant. Deadline is 12 noon, 29 May 2024. Apply now and be part of a team that champions artists. https://t.co/M7dlEmOqYR

[Artists Now @artistsnowuk]

Ready to make a difference? We’re looking for an exceptional Executive Assistant to join our team.

Join us in championing artists and shaping the future of a-n. https://t.co/M7dlEmNT9j

[Artists Now @artistsnowuk]

Shows by a-n members in Venice and the UK including @vlatkahorvat Croatian Pavilion and @MatthewKrishanu solo exhibition in London. Plus @RachaelClerke launches Art Business Ltd > https://t.co/vURiT0i15m

[Artists Now @artistsnowuk]

OUT NOW: a-n #DegreeShowsGuide 2024 🎉

Forget artificial intelligence. This year’s guide celebrates a different sort of AI - a unique kind of messy, unpredictable, always evolving artistic inquiry > https://t.co/VoxE3RiM48

[Artists Now @artistsnowuk]

Ready to make a difference? We’re looking for an exceptional Executive Assistant to join our team.

Join us in championing artists and shaping the future of a-n. https://t.co/M7dlEmNT9j

[Artists Now @artistsnowuk]

In celebration of #worldartday2024, a-n members @AdelaideDamoah, @mswatkiss and @PhoebeBoswell discuss the importance of their work being exhibited at @la_Biennale > https://t.co/zvzeH641FS

[Artists Now @artistsnowuk]

Congratulations Becca Clark, Benedetta d’Ettorre, Lily Hall, James Harper, Louise Hobson, Christy Eóin O’Beirne, Natalia Palombo & Zoe Watson who are taking part in our Curator Bursaries research trip to Northern Ireland, in partnership with @pssquared > https://t.co/CQUMLKe2qk