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Useful Links and Information
Firstly let me apologise if these links don't work, but if you are a regular user of the Internet you will know that sites change so fast that it is difficult to keep up. Nevertheless if you find a link doesn't work please let me know. Also if you know of any other sites that may be of interest to the gallerygoer in the North West then please let me know.
What's On
ma net is an organisation promoting "lens based and
installation art" in the North West.
www.ma-net.org
The ARTGUIDE is the art lovers guide to Britain an Ireland. This
guide covers the whole of the UK and includes museums as well.
The database is up to date, but it only covers the major venues.
Very well designed. Well done to my friends at Cognitive Applications.
www.artguide.org
ExhibitionsNet A listings service for UK museums and galleries. UK
coverage, but a little patchy.
www.exhibitionsnet.com/gallery
The Gallery Channel Listings, press releases and virtual walk-throughs of
selected exhibitions.
www.thegallerychannel.com
Art in Context another international listings service, very patchy coverage of
the UK.
www.artincontext.org
Arts Festivals around the UK.
www.artsfestivals.co.uk
Buying Art
Art Shopper
The UK commercial gallery listings site.
ü www.art-shopper.com
Red Rag Gallery List
A commercial gallery based in Gloucester whose website has a
comprehensive list of British galleries.
ü www.redraggallery.co.uk/art-galleries.asp
Art Price
Art auctions information listing. Also useful if you want to know
how much grandma's painting is worth.
www.artprice.co.uk
Wills Art Warehouse
www.wills-art.com
County Artists
David Slade runs County Artists, who put on temporary selling exhibitions of
local artists work in and around Cheshire. Details of individual exhibitions
appear in the listings section.
(
01606-551096
*
daveslade30@yahoo.com
ü
www.countyartists.co.uk
Commission a Painting
Get your cat/dog/partner/stately home immortalised by "Artists Working to Commission".
Magazines
Art Review magazine's website, provides listings of major UK and
International art fairs.
www.art-review.co.uk
Modern Painters Magazine
www.modernpainters.co.uk
Online Arts Journal, an international daily newspaper specialising in the arts
www.artsjournal.com
Art Monthly
www.artmonthly.co.uk
Galleries
www.artefact.co.uk
The Art Newspaper
www.theartnewspaper.com
Frieze
www.frieze.com
Tate Magazine
www.tatemag.com
General Information Sources
Disabled Access
Check on the accessibility of venues in the region at www.full-circle-arts.co.uk
Mad For Arts
www.madforarts.org supporting the well
established link between creativity and mental health. Lots of information - a
very active site.
a-n is a major resource of information for practicing artists. Originally
founded as the Artists Newsletter, and you can subscribe to a-n magazine
(recommended), the website includes loads of information on getting your work
shown, information about contracts, don't read any more, just click on the link
......
www.anweb.co.uk
The Regional Arts Boards Website. In this area the North West Arts Board (NWAB)
is the Arts Council's representative body providing funding, support and advice
to artists and art organisations.
www.arts.org.uk
The Arts Register - find out where to see paintings in private
hands that have been made available to the public in lieu of tax.
www.hmrc.gov.uk/heritage/index.htm
Cornucopia - A database managed by RESOURCE: The Council for Museums,
Archives and Libraries. Their objective is to put on line the collections of all
major regional galleries and museums. At the moment coverage of the North West
is very limited.
www.cornucopia.org.uk
EUCLID - set up through the Department of Culture, Media & Sport to
promote the spread of information about arts events and funding across Europe.
www.euclid.co.uk
A listing of commercial galleries belonging to the Fine Arts Guild.
www.fineart.co.uk
AXIS - the database of artists at work in the UK.
www.axisartists.org.uk
Worldwide Arts Resource
wwar.com
Art Gallery Worldwide
www.gallery-worldwide.com
World Arts Museums Online - more of a publicity forum for prestigious
international museums, than a useful listing service. Let me know your views, I
might remove this one shortly.
www.amn.org
British Arts - a UK wide arts resource. The link below is to their list
of galleries in the UK with an online presence.
www.britisharts.co.uk
The Public Monument and Sculpture Register - a record of public
sculpture in your area
http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/
Arts Hub - a jobs website for the UK artsworld. This is a
subscription service.
www.artshub.co.uk
Web Galleries
Arts Ablaze - Congleton based.
ü www.artsablaze.co.uk
Lateral Arts - an online contemporary art gallery.
ü www.larts.co.uk
Art Connection
ü www.art-connection.com
Art In The City
ü www.ArtintheCity.co.uk
based in Stockport, Greater Manchester.
Graduarts - buy work from students and recent graduates
ü www.graduarts.com
Lucy Art - "Designer Art"
ü www.lucyart.co.uk
(
01924 362009
fax 0870 122 7055
*
sales@lucyart.co.uk
Information for Artists
ACID
ACID can provide small grants up to £1000 to artists working and living in Liverpool to assist with business planning, capital equipment, marketing and distribution and market testing.
Sara.Kearney@liverpool-plus.co.uk
(
0151 242 5566.
Art & Spirituality Network
11 Birch Grove,
Rusholme,
Manchester
M14 5JX
(
0161-224-4985
* sarah@highaskew.freeserve.co.uk
ü www.multifaithnet.org
Art for the Over 50's
Artists Access to Art Colleges
www.aa2a.org how to get to use art college facilities.
Art Assist
Resources for artists to exhibit their work through an established network of supportive companies and individuals.
20 Mersey Rd
Aigburth
Liverpool
L17 6AD
Tel: 0151-475-7633
Artech
Bringing together artists and designers in Manchester and the Wirral.
(
0151-649-0099
*
ferguson.a@enterprise.plc.uk
ü www.artech.org.uk
Artscape
The online national directory of artists/organisations working in education. www.artscape.org.uk
art x
A website to put artists in Wales in touch with one another, but it does also have a gallery listings page.
Comme Ca Pr
1st Floor
42 Edge St
Manchester
M4 1LQ
(/fax
0161 833 0090 (mobile 07958 340 723)
*
info@commecaart.com
ü
www.commecaart.com
Comme Ca Pr promote artists in Manchester and the wider North West, arranging exhibitions in bars, cafes and shop windows. (Well done Claire & Alyson - keep up the good work).
Commissions in the Environment
A new public art commissioning body that emerged from the Irwell Sculpture Trail.
22 Lever St
Manchester
M1 1EA
(
0161-228-1400
ü www.citeuk.org
Creative LETS
Graphics House
107 Duke St
Liverpool
L1 4JR
(
0151-708-9034
* creativelets@hotmail.com
Cultural Industries Development Service
A free service for Manchester's independent cultural and creative community. Advice on funding, marketing, professional development and exports.
1st floor
The Department Store
5 Oak St
Manchester
M4 5JD
(
Tel: 0161-834-3378 / 0800-169-1143
Fax: 0161-834-3728
* enquiries@cids.co.uk
ü www.cids.co.uk
Design Initiative
5 Oak St
Manchester
M4 5JD
(
0161-834-3722
* info@mcr.designinit.org.uk
ü www.designinit.org.uk
Free advice and specialist information for commissioners, buyers and producers of visual art. Maintains a database of northwest artists at www.designbank.org.uk
IDEA
Innovation in Digital and Electronic Arts
Grosvenor Building
Cavendish St
Manchester
m15 6BR
(
0161-247-1907
* idea@mcr1.poptel.org.uk
ü www.idea.org.uk
LIME (formerly Hospital Arts)
St Mary's Hospital
Hathersage Rd
Manchester
M13 0JH
(
0161-256-4389
* lime@ic24.net
ü www.lime.ic24.net
Develops art based projects in a healthcare context.
Littoral
42 Lodge Mill Lane
Turn Village
Bury
BL0 0RW
(
01706-827961
* sealion@projenv.demon.co.uk
ü www.littoral.org.uk
Arts trust developing projects with an environmental or social change angle.
Mobile Phone Art
North Star Promotions
North Star Promotions do not profit from exhibitors stand fees at their alternative health/lifestyle events, and they provide free space to talented young artists at some of their larger events, where space allows them to do this. They believe young artists of talent deserve all the help they can get to promote themselves & their workmanship. They take no commission from their sales, nor charge them for space, where space allows to display their work, the criteria being that it must be sufficiently interesting, and possibly controversial, to attract more visitors to their events & happenings.
ü www.northstarpromotions.co.uk
Tel/Fax 0151 651 2207
North West Disability Arts Forum
2a Franceys St
Liverpool
L3 5YQ
(
0151-707-1733
* nwdaf@nwdaf.co.uk
ü www.nwdaf.co.uk
Organisation supporting disabled artists.
Northern Ceramic Society
www.northernceramicsociety.org
Prescap
Preston Community Arts Project
5a Waltons Parade
Preston
PR1 8QT
Shisha
The Department Store
5 Oak St
Manchester
M4 5JD
(
0161-838-5250
Fax 0161-838-5255
* info@shisha.net
ü www.shisha.net
Shisha supports South Asian artists and promotes contemporary crafts and visual arts from South Asia.
St Helens Cultural Partnership
The Rivington Centre
Rivington Rd
St Helens
WA10 4ND
(
01744-455322
ü www.creative-in-sthelens.org
Offers support to artists on Merseyside
Sound Minds
An organisation for arts in mental health ü www.soundminds.co.uk
Starving Wife Art Company
A promoter of work of local graduates.
51 Rookery Lane
Rainford
St Helens
WA 11 8BL
Tel: 01744-883895
Arts in Cheshire
DAN - Development of the Arts in Northwich Promoting arts events in Northwich - based at Northwich public library.
ü www.danarts.demon.co.ukCheshire County Council Arts Service siddallau@cheshire.gov.uk
Cheshire Artists Directory ü www.cheshire.gov.uk/artists
Cheshire County Council ü www.cheshire.gov.uk/arts
To sign up to Chainlinks the Cheshire arts newsletter contact audrey.siddall@cheshire.gov.uk
Cheshire Artists Network ü www.c-a-n.co.uk
Cheshire Open Studios ü www.artistsatwork.org.uk
Wear Purple Arts organisation for the over 55's. ü www.wearpurple.com
Cumbrian Arts
The Lake Artists Society
ü www.lakeartists.org.uk
The Cumbria Network
Kate Brundrett
Network Co-ordinator
The Cumbria Network/Fold
* post@thecumbrianetwork.co.uk
(
01931 714070
ü
www.thecumbrianetwork.co.uk
MAP
ü www.matrixartprojects.org
Grizedale Arts
* info@grizedale.org
ü www.grizedale.org
Arts on Merseyside
The A Foundation
In 1998, James Moores created A Foundation to support the development and exhibition of contemporary art in Liverpool. The A Foundation (a registered UK charity) was the vehicle through which he initiated the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art in 1999. This is now the UK’s largest contemporary visual arts festival.
Merseyworld
A general information site giving a good coverage of venues on Merseyside. Kept up to date and well designed.
ü www.merseyworld.comNMGM
The National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside - already very well referenced on this website. The NMGM institutions include Liverpool Museum, The Conservation Centre and the Walker Art Gallery in the city centre, Merseyside Maritime Museum at Albert Dock, the Museum of Liverpool Life on Mann Island The Lady Lever Art Gallery at Port Sunlight and Sudley House. A single ticket gives entry for a year to all venues and NACF members get free entry.
ü www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
Staffordshire Arts
Staffordshire Arts & Museum Service
Shugborough, Milford, Stafford,
ST17 0XB
(
01889-881388
fax 01889-882461
*
chris.copp@staffordshire.gov.uk
Staffordshire Multimedia Archive
Creative Stoke
Manchester Arts
Arts about Manchester
aimed at helping families get the most out of art. Call them on 0161-953-4238 or write to them at
FREEPOST, 23 New Mount St, Manchester, M4 8BB to join their mailing list.
or contact them at aida@aam.org.uk
AWOL Studios
AWOL Studios is home to over 30 art studios in Greater Manchester
Wellington House
Pollard St East
Manchester
(
07968 361 506
* philwalton@aol.com
ü www.awol-studios.co.uk
On In Salford
City of Salford Leisure Department Website
http://www.salford.gov.uk/council/publications/oninsalford.htm
Redeye
Redeye are a support group for photographers in and around Manchester. They've been going for several years and organise events, training and provide a support network. They have very strong links with the Richard Goodall Gallery in Manchester's northern quarter.
PO Box 232
Sale
M33 3WZ
ü www.redeye.org.uk
fax 0161-434-3455
(
0845-4560260
Start
START in Salford provides arts training and opportunities for people of all ages experiencing mental ill-health or social exclusion.
Brunswick House
62 Broad Street
Salford
M6 5BZ
(
0161 351 6000
ü www.startinsalford.co.uk
* info@startinsalford.co.uk
Manchester City Council
www.manchester.gov.ukManchester Arts Yahoo Group
groups.yahoo.com/group/manchester_arts
Black Labrador
Community Arts Group
(
0161-833-3050
* arts@communityarts.co.uk
ü www.communityarts.co.uk
The Toolkit
A support website for Manchester arts projects. Co managed by Community Arts Northwest and Creative Industries Development Service.
Lancashire Arts
LAN - Lancashire Artists' Network
LAN is a new opportunity for artist focused professional development. All visual artists and craftspeople living and practicing in Lancashire are encouraged to participate and help build the foundation for long term artist-led initiatives.
To register your interest in receiving further information about LAN contact Carol Palmer at Folly Gallery, 26 Castle Hill, Lancaster, LA1 1YQ Tel: 01524 388 550 or e-mail: admin@folly.co.uk . You can also view details and submit your contact details on www.folly.co.uk
North Wales Arts
North Wales Society of Fine Arts
contact Jo Hodgson,
(
01606-351662
fax 01606-351663
Royal Cambrian Academy
ü www.rcaconwy.org
* info@rcaconwy.org
North Wales' senior art institution.
Yorkshire Arts
CIDA
last updated 30th November 2006