County networks
If you belong to a studio group and would like details of your
website posted here, please email the Arts consultant:
secretarial.services@libher.suffolkcc.gov.uk
Suffolk Craft
Society
Representing more than 170 designer craftmakers,
working in all disciplines from textiles to silversmithing, the
Society organises major annual exhibitions and smaller, showcase
events.
Suffolk Open
Studios
A network of artists who open their studios to the public each year
during June.
Suffolk
Artwork
A website devised and developed by Suffolk artists
to show and sell their work.
Professional development networks for artists
Artists Professional Development Network
(APD)
The Artists Professional
Development Network (APD), initiated by a-n in July 2001, is a
UK-wide intelligence and exchange forum for organisations that are
proactively developing information, advice, training and
professional development services for visual and applied
artists.
Members range from artist-led organisations to cultural industries
bodies and Higher Education institutions.
APD operates informally but effectively, responding to the need for
discussion and knowledge-sharing by organising networking events
and developing joint projects that strategically extend
professional development opportunities for artists and
trainers.
Networking
artists’ networks (NAN)
The Networking artists’
networks initiative (NAN) was set up by a-n, The Artists
Information Company, in 2004, following a period of research and
consultation.
NAN aims to facilitate exchange, dialogue and collaboration amongst
visual artists, whatever their practice and location. It offers a
focus for critical exchange and feedback and through research and
mapping, seeks to develop greater awareness of the value of
artists’ initiatives, and of artists’ changing professional
needs.
Regular updates on the NAN initiative appear in a-n Magazine every
month. Commissioned writing resulting from the events is published
on the A-N web site.
The Networking artists’ networks initiative actively seeks to
create partnerships with artists’ groups and networks and with
other organisations concerned with providing development
opportunities for artists, to deliver the artists’ events and
bursaries programme.