This Autumn, the stars align in the contemporary art world
of the North of England to produce a unique set of national and
international exhibitions and events that present the whole
spectrum of contemporary art practice, that tells the full story of
artists' careers from 'emerging' to 'making it' and
'arriving'.
All Points North (APN) is an initiative set up to
profile the strength of contemporary art events and festivals
happening in the North East, North West and Yorkshire and Humber
regions this Autumn, alongside promoting the major contemporary art
venues that surround them.
APN is centred around six satellite festivals,
exhibitions and prizes, highlighting the different stages in an
artist's working life and the internationalism and experimentalism
shown by contemporary artists working today.
The progression of an artist's career from graduation to 'making
it' is explored via Bloomberg New Contemporaries which
offers emerging artists a platform to be thrust into the art scene
and the Northern Art Prize which profiles artists
based in the North at all career stages. In addition,
the Turner Prize 2011 will be presented at BALTIC
in association with Tate - the first time this prestigious award
will take place beyond Tate.
In contrast to these, the Abandon Normal Devices festival
(AND) focuses on how contemporary artists, new, emerging and
established are working experimentally across new media whilst the
International Print Biennale is the UK's only event
dedicated to contemporary printmaking. Asia Triennial
Manchester 11 (ATM11) is a showcase of current contemporary
art from Asia and the UK and a partner of The Manchester
Weekender 2011 which completes the APN event
line-up, revealing the international aspect of contemporary art
practice today.
Alongside the events, APN brings to the fore some
of the UK's leading art institutions that are based in the
North. These include BALTIC, mima Middlesbrough
Institute of Modern Art, The Hepworth
Wakefield, Manchester Art Gallery and
Whitworth Art Gallery, Site Gallery,
Tate Liverpool and Yorkshire Sculpture
Park, spaces that consistently show innovative programmes of
contemporary art.
With this spectrum of high profile national and international
events and exhibitions, prizes, festivals and world-class
contemporary art venues, APN alerts audiences to the
excellence of the contemporary art offer in the North this
Autumn, all of which are in feasible travelling distance of
one another.
All Points North is initiated and driven by
Site Gallery, Sheffield in collaboration with the All
Points North partners.
All Points North is supported by the National
Lottery through Arts Council England, with support in kind from
Turning Point North West, Turning Point North East and Turning
Point Yorkshire and Humber turningpointnetwork.squarespace.com.
About the website
The All Points North website has been developed by
Axis (axisweb.org). The website
is based on the Art in Yorkshire platform, developed
in collaboration with fuse8 and funded by Arts Council England.