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| ABOUT US |
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Art & Architecture Journal
(A&AJ) was founded in 1980, and re-launched with issue 61 in
February 2005 and is the leading UK magazine on public art commissions,
projects, collaboration - contemporary urban culture - architecture. |
| The A&AJ has a campaigning ethos to enable the
continuing development of successful and qualitative public art
commissions, projects and collaborations. It promotes knowledge
sharing and professional networking and provides an essential information exchange and reference resource. |
| The
A&AJ
communicates to a dedicated and specialised professional readership
including artists, arts administrators, architects, public art agencies,
libraries, academics, local authorities, health authorities, interior
designers, urban designers and planners, landscape architects, craftspeople,
environmental organisations and property, construction and development. |
| The
A&AJ comments on commemorative
and memorial public art - environmental and land art - sculpture
parks and gardens - architecture and urban design - urban regeneration
- art in health - craft, design
and applied art - temporary
projects, performance and installations - festivals and biennales
- experimental areas of film, digital
media and sound - the written word. |
| The A&AJ is published four times a year as a 96
page double issue presenting over 80 articles per
annum together with news and opinion dedicated to public art. Each issue is also linked to a conference and is part of the A&AJ Conference Programme. |
| The A&AJ is a bespoke
publication and organises a programme of bespoke, partnered
conferences. Professional partners provide resources and finance to
collaborate in each issue of the magazine and its related conference. |
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issue and its conference has a theme such as Art
& the Traveling Landscape - Art in the Urban Context - Art &
Urban Renaissance - The Great Artistic Metropolis - Art, Architecture
& Light - Art & Landscape - European Public Art - Art &
Health - Art, Architecture & Sound - Art & Transport - New
Icons of the North. This enables a specialised review and qualitative debate focused on
specific trends, relevant questions and real-life practice and case
studies. |
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| The A&AJ is
continually looking for partners to collaborate with in hosting,
partnering and contributing to, the magazine and it's conferences. Click here
for information on: |
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PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIPS: collaborating with the A&AJ in it's
magazine and conferences including using it to promote your own
activities |
| - E-PROMTIONS: promoting
your activities through an e-mail send-out to our highly specialised database |
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| The A&AJ issues and their related conferences for 2009 are are Genius Loci, British Ceramics Biennial and Ireland: European Public Art Forum. |
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WHO WE ARE
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| Art
& Architecture Journal Team |
Editorial
Board |
Editorial
Advisory Group |
| Jeremy
Hunt, Editor and Director |
Ian
Banks |
Christian Barnes |
Sam
Jacob |
| Oliver Bennett, Associate Editor |
Cameron Cartiere |
Kathy Battista |
Noel Kelly |
| Ian Banks, Deputy Editor |
Michael
DaCosta |
David Bickle |
Wiard
Sterk |
| Jonathan Vickery, Book Reviews Editor |
Denna Jones |
Jo
Darke |
Jonathan
Vickery |
| Tom
Evans, Conferences |
Vivien
Lovell |
Craig
Downie |
Binita
Walia |
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Isabel
Vasseur |
Jane
Duncan |
David
Wright |
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Peter
Fink |
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| OUR PARTNERS |
| Click on logo to go to website |
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The
Architecture Centre Network is an independent organisation representing
centres of architecture and the built environment in the UK. |
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Founded in 1991, Axis hosts the largest directory of professional artists practising
in the UK and includes a Public Realm programme. |
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Fraser
Brown MacKenna Architects have a long history of collaborating with
artists. |
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ixia are a think tank for public art practice, initiating debates, promoting research and encouraging innovation and change |
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The
Northern Way brings together the cities of the North of England to work
together to improve sustainable economic development of the North. It
is the main A&AJ partner behind issue 66/67 |
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The
Royal British Society of Sculptors (RBS) is a membership society for
professional sculptors, founded in 1904 and granted royal patronage in
1911, which continues with HM Queen Elizabeth II. |
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The Resource for Urban Design Information
(RUDI) are the leading online resource for news, guidance
and best practice information on planning and design in the urban
field. |
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Based
in 500 acres of 18th century designed landscape, the Yorkshire
Sculpture Park (YSP) is a leading open-air gallery of modern and contemporary sculpture. |
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