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 about alias 

alias is a platform built by artists for artists for the development of artist led groups in the South West of England.

We aim to nurture artist led activity by providing a critical context, resources and advice to artist led groups through an advisory service and by fostering the creation of an organic community where cooperative and collaborative projects can thrive.read more

News...

alias 2010 Programme
alias is pleased to annouce that it has received Arts Council England funding to supprt its 2010 programme. In 2010 alias will be working with partners including Artquest and Somerset Art Works to supprt artist-led culture in the South West.

Artist Spaces
a reflection on the current challenges, conflicts and opportunities for artists workspaces.
Friday 22 January, 11am – 5pm -Saturday 23 January 10am-12noon
SVA. 4 John Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 2HA
£15 includes lunch, breakfast and refreshments. Booking essential
www.sva.org.uk 01453 751440office@sva.org.uk
An ALIAS partnership seminar with SVAMore information

Tree House Talk
A recording of the Practice & Reflection treehouse talk with Paul Harper, Helen Carnac and Russell Martin, that took place as part of Alias 10 Year Celebration, is now available to listen to onlineClick here...

alias Annual Report can now be read online
To read report click here...

Current guest editors: Artdept...

Artdept - Rebecca Weeks and Ian Whitford

Periodically, aliasarts.org invites a guest editor to contribute with texts and images, and generate and moderate discussions.

Artdept have focused within their editorship on gathering information about current projects from artist led initiatives across the South West.

This is a time of growth, heightened ambition and achievement for the artist led sector and Artdept felt that this should be celebrated and documented in some way and that the ALIAS website would be an appropriate repository for information about the wealth of activity taking place.

To view our selection of artist led projects click here...

Rebecca has written a new essay to accompany the Artdept editorial titled 'Artist Led Culture And Cultural Democracy' which reflects the central position of artists to driving not only cultural production but also discourse forwards.

You can read Rebecca's essay here...

List of previous guest editors and links to content...

Our forth guest editor was - Annabel Other
Read her editorial here...

Our third guest editor was - Gus Cummins.
Read his editorial:Tracing, placing, plotting:
mapping Disabled-led arts initiatives in the South West

Our second guest editor wasSally Reay
Read her editorial entitled How do artists sustain and develop artist-led initiatives?

Our first guest editor was Dominic Thomas
Read his editorial about The Rise of the Artist Led Group
and take part in the discussions about artist led culture at his forum

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Image: Transnational Breakfast Club, by Dominic Thomas