ARTIST-RUN CONTENT LIBRARY
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
How has the artist-run concept evolved throughout art history? When did artist-run initiatives emerge and why? Learn about the past, present and future of the artist-run movement, important milestones and all those who took part in the story of artist-run initiatives.
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ARNE ( ARTIST-RUN NETWORK EUROPE )
Artist-Run Network Europe (ARNE) is a European project with focus on artist-run initiatives co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. ARNE aims to strengthen the self-organised artist-run sector in Europe with focus on local and international cooperation, and to create a simple information framework for art professionals and art students, namely through a collaborative online platform, Artist-Run Resource Centre (ARRC).
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Welcome to our ongrowing archive list of online resources and content platforms that gather information and services relevant to artists and artist-run initiatives. Here you can find open call- and job platforms, art associations, independent art guides, magazines, blogs, university and academic databases, video channels, and networks.
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Self-Assessment Organisational Development
An online tool for self-assessment for organisational development. With minor adjustments, this tool can be used by artist-run spaces. Created by: www.changethegameacademy.org

(In)dependent Contemporary Art Histories: Artist-run Initiatives in Lithuania 1987-2011
This is one of the first attempts to compile stories about the genesis and evolution of contemporary art in Lithuania from the period of Revival (1987) and the restoration of Lithuania’s independence to this day (2011). History unfolds in the critical texts by art critics and artists themselves, as well as in first-hand accounts – conversations with the initiators of art events.

Candyland Portraits: Amanda Hedman Hägerström
Candyland Portraits: video interview with Amanda Hedman Hägerström in Swedish (no subtitles). By: Emilia Ekman Larson

Make Your Own Institutions
The text is an edited lecture experiences from working within the artist-run sector as artist and curator from 2012.
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Self-Assessment Organisational Development
An online tool for self-assessment for organisational development. With minor adjustments, this tool can be used by artist-run spaces. Created by: www.changethegameacademy.org

Memory of Water: Mary Conroy
Mary Conroy’s work investigates humans’ connection with nature through socially-engaged practice, including participation & intervention. In this podcast, she talks us through her 3 projects developed during the international residency programme in Levadia, Gdańsk & Govan, engaging with the natural environment in three distinct locations. She also shares how she adapted her contribution in Scotland through a remote but authentic engagement with local community following COVID-19 restrictions.

(In)dependent Contemporary Art Histories. Artist-run Initiatives in Lithuania 1987-2014. 2nd volume.
This is the second attempt to compile stories about the genesis and evolution of contemporary art in Lithuania from the period of Revival (1987) and the restoration of Lithuania’s independence to this day. History unfolds in the critical texts by art critics and artists themselves, as well as in first-hand accounts – conversations with the initiators of art events.

(In)dependent Contemporary Art Histories: Artist-run Initiatives in Lithuania 1987-2011
This is one of the first attempts to compile stories about the genesis and evolution of contemporary art in Lithuania from the period of Revival (1987) and the restoration of Lithuania’s independence to this day (2011). History unfolds in the critical texts by art critics and artists themselves, as well as in first-hand accounts – conversations with the initiators of art events.