Update from The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
Sustainable Publishing
As many of you will have noticed, last March we replaced VAN’s plastic packaging with a new eco-wrap, for postal distribution to individual members. Given that VAN is printed on newsprint using vegetable-based inks, the publication and packaging (including wrap and sticker) are now fully biodegradable.
In addition, we have recently enhanced the VAN Electronic Edition, available in the Members Area of VAI’s website. If you no longer wish to receive a hard copy in the post, you can select the electronic issue in your member profile.
VAN Nov/Dec Issue
VAN’s current November/December 2022 issue profiles a range of recent projects and exhibitions, including Eco Showboat Shannon Expedition, ‘Performance Ecologies’ at Interface, and Ron Mueck at The MAC, as well as Critique, Member Profiles, Regional Focus articles, and more.
Selected VAN articles are archived on the VAN website.
Contents of past issues are outlined on the VAI website.
Full back issues can be accessed on issuu.com
VAN Sections introduced in 2022
Ecologies – focuses on artistic practice and projects that examine social and environmental issues, with an emphasis on climate, ecology, landscape, and sustainable materials.
Member Profile – highlights the diversity of practice among VAI members at different career stages, from various cultural backgrounds, working in different regions across a broad range of visual art disciplines.
Angelica Column Series – invites contributions from members of the Angelica Network, established to amplify the voices of artists based on the island of Ireland who self-identify as women or minority gender, from underrepresented cultural or ethnic backgrounds.
Arts & Access Column Series – focuses on the practical, physical, conceptual, theoretical, and emotional barriers faced by those with disabilities who wish to engage with culture, both as producers and consumers.
LGBTQ+ Column Series – encompasses reflection across a range of curatorial, scholarly, archival, and artistic positions, pertinent to LGBTQ+ histories and current critical discourses.
Advertising
VAI offers several advertising options and bundles, which may be of interest to arts organisations in promoting upcoming events and programmes. Advertisers now have the option to promote different programmes or opportunities in print and online. These bundles are flexible with the needs of our advertisers in mind, to ensure that your ad is seen by the maximum number of readers and subscribers.
- VAN Print advertising – A well respected and durational advertising option, best suited to the promotion of forthcoming or seasonal programmes, events, and opportunities.
- Digital Banner Advertisement (VAI eBulletin) – A responsive advertising option within VAI’s twice-weekly eBulletin service. This option is best suited to the promotion of immediate or short-term programmes, events and opportunities.
- Social Media Advertising (VAI Facebook Page) – A targeted advertising option to run in conjunction with Digital Banner Advertisements, best suited to the promotion of immediate or short-term programmes, events and opportunities.
Please refer to our 2023 Advertising Rate Card for a list of competitive prices, as well as technical specifications for your advertisements.
VAI eBulletin
You can continue to promote your exhibitions, events, and opportunities by submitting a free listing for inclusion in VAI’s twice-weekly eBulletin service.