Arts Admin

a-n The Artists Information Company

UK and international visual arts information, research and advocacy organisation. Publications include www.a-n.co.uk, a-n Magazine, Research papers and Code of Practice for the Visual Arts. AIR (Artists' Interaction & Representation) provides enhanced benefits and support for individual practising artists and NAN (Networking Artists’ Networks) offers professional and artistic development opportunities for artists’ networks and groups through events, bursaries, research and publications.

www.a-n.co.uk

Artichoke

Artichoke is a producing organisation run by Helen Marriage and Nicky Webb with the capacity to realise large-scale theatrical work in unusual settings. Marriage and Webb set up the first arts programme at Canary Wharf in the early nineties, and transformed the Salisbury Festival from a local event into what The Times called ‘a miracle of modern British culture.’ In 2006, after seven years of planning, their most ambitious project came to fruition when they produced the London performance of Royal de Luxe’s The Sultans Elephant.

www.artichokeproductions.co.uk

Bonnar Keenlyside Ltd

Judith Knight says "To be truthful, I really don't like consultants, but Bonnar Keenlyside is different..."   Founded in 1991, BK has been working with Artsadmin since 1996 on a variety of projects including its capital development of Toynbee Studios and the business planning and organisational development associated with it.   Other than that, we enjoy working across the UK and internationally in all arts and heritage sectors, with organisations large and small.

www.b-k.co.uk

Crying Out Loud

Crying Out Loud produces, commissions and programmes live performance in a multitude of spaces, both indoor and out. Often mixing art forms, their work includes dance, circus, music and theatre for audiences of all ages, focusing on high quality work for adults and children. Crying Out Loud works with UK and international artists and festivals both in the UK and abroad.

www.cryingoutloud.org

Curious

Curious was formed in 1996 and has produced over 30 projects which have been shown and exhibited widely by such venues as the Sydney Opera House, the British Council Showcase at the Edinburgh Festival and Artist Links, Shanghai. Company directors Leslie Hill and Helen Paris are artists working in performance, video and film, known for their edgy, humorous interrogations of contemporary culture and politics, work which has been called ‘as smart as it is seductive’.

www.placelessness.com

Dance Art Foundation

Dance Art Foundation is an independent national charity inspiring recognition of the cultural significance of dance, and advancing public and individual engagement, understanding and appreciation of dance as a contemporary art form. 

Led by Artistic Director Joe Moran, Dance Art Foundation celebrates and focuses attention on the artistic excellence, diverse practices and entrepreneurial spirit of independent dance artists. It works with a dynamic network of leading artists to create adventurous dance that questions the limits and definitions of the art form, and its role in wider cultural life. It aspires to a dance ecology where artists, art form, audiences and communities engage in critical reflection, fearless inquiry and informed exchange.

www.danceartfoundation.com

Franko B

Franko B has been creating work across video, photography, performance, painting, installation, sculpture and mixed media since 1990. He has performed at the Tate Modern, ICA, South London Gallery and Beaconsfield. Franko B lectures widely, including at St. Martins School of Art, DasArt, New York University and the Courtauld Institute of Art. His recent projects include a mentoring scheme with artists.

www.franko-b.com

Graeme Miller

Graeme Miller is a theatre maker, composer and artist whose work encompasses site-specific installations, theatre and dance works, all of which reflects a sense of landscape and place.

John Avery

JOHN AVERY is a composer & sound designer for Theatre, Dance and Film. He has collaborated with Forced Entertainment, Wendy Houstoun, Vincent Dance and Unicorn Theatre. With director Jo Cammack on "Body of Water" (BBC) and Emio Greco's "Piano di Rotta", with David Hinton on 'Diary of a Dancer', and recordist for Jane and Louise Wilson and poet Tony Harrison.

Kinoki

Kinoki documents performance and music on film and video for broadcast television, promotion and documentation. Script to screen production includes filming, editing, and design for DVD and web, drawing on the skills a small team of freelance camera, sound and IT specialists according to the needs of individual projects.

MAC

MAC: Stephen Watts is a poet who’s lived in Whitechapel for 25 years. He also edits & co-translates, mainly contemporary Kurdish, Persian & Slovene poetry. Most recent books are : ‘The Blue Bag’(Poems 2004, repr. 2005), ‘An Anthology Of Modern Kurdish Poetry’(2006) & ‘6 Slovenian Poets’(2006). In 2006 he was the first ‘embedded poet’ with HI-Arts in northern Scotland, working on issues of suicide : ‘The Language Of It’(2007) & a DVD are first fruits of that work. He is concerned with ‘nomad poetics’, with poetry & acts of walking in ongoing projects, & has often worked in hospitals & schools. He is establishing a very extensive web-site biblio-graphy of modern poetry in translation with CCH at Kings College London, among many other projects, & is well acknowledged as a strong performer of his own and other poetries.

National Federation of Artists' Studio Providers

The National Federation of Artists’ Studio Providers is the national voice for the affordable studios sector.  We celebrate the achievements of studio providers and create greater recognition of the work that they do. We act as champion and advocate, influencing policy and decision-making to create a climate that supports the studios sector and artists.

Whether you are a studio group or organisation, developer, local authority, housing association - anyone with an interest in developing studios for artists - we can offer advice, guidance and access to resources and networks.

www.nfasp.org.uk

New Work Network

New Work Network is an artist-led support organisation bringing together people working in live art, contemporary performance and interdisciplinary practice in Britain.

www.newworknetwork.org.uk

Richard DeDomenici

Gadfly | Trimtab | Quipnunc

Gadfly
Person who upset the status quo by posing upsetting or novel questions, or attempt to stimulate innovation by proving an irritant.

Trimtab
System specifically designed and placed in the environment at such a time, in such a place, where its effects would be maximized, thereby effecting the most advantageous change with the least resources, time and energy. Bringing about the most change with minimum effort. Doing more with less.

Quipnunc
Person who responds to current events, especially tragic ones, with quickly devised, sometimes callous jokes.

www.dedomenici.co.uk

Sound UK

Sound UK is committed to promoting the very best new music through PR, productions, consultancy and artist representation. Through our own events together with those of our clients, we are passionate about bringing the most exciting and creative new music to all audiences.

www.sounduk.net