Jerwood Arts has published a new employers toolkit on socio-economic diversity and inclusion in the arts.
A combined effort with the Bridge Group, the toolkit gathers practical ideas and case studies to support long-term change in the arts sector. It includes top 5 tips, which are:
Construction has begun on East Bank, a new cultural district located in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which will cost £1.1 billion.
The new district, planned for a 2022 opening, will contain a new dance theatre for Sadler's Wells, a venue for the V&A, a new home for the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus plus the BBC Singers, and a new campus for University College London, and the London College of Fashion (part of the University of the Arts London).
2019 sees 28 New Zealand companies at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with many festival favourites returning : Scotland’s favourite New Zealand showband, Modern Māori Quartet return with two very different shows; A Slightly Isolated Dog take on the Edinburgh inspired novella Jekyll and Hyde; Julia Croft and Nisha Madhan, the team behind the acclaimed Power Ballad at Summerhall, return with a new performance work exploring gender and sexual politics; Java Dance once again
Sixteen years after the breakthrough grime album Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal was released, Stormzy headlined Glastonbury Festival 2019 bringing this resolutely British sound to a global audience.
The Royal Exchange, with the aid of the Oglesby Charitable Trust, has developed a new pop-up theatre for Manchester residents to make and share theatre, as well as see Royal Exchange Performances in their own areas.
The Den, created by Haworth Tompkins, will visit areas of Manchester as part of the Royal Exchange's long-running community programme, Local Exchange. The theatre will be constructed and operated by residents in each community becoming its ushers, door staff, technical team and audience.
The Centre for Cultural Value will now have a home at the University of Leeds.
Announced by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in August 2018, the centre will explore the impact of arts and culture on society. The Centre is jointly funded by the AHRC, Arts Council England and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation with investment for £2.5 million over five years.
Building on existing research, the Centre aims to address the following main questions:
Arts Council England (ACE) wants your input into their draft 2020-2030 strategy now published and out for consultation from 1 July–23 September 2019.
Read Deputy CEO (Arts and Culture) Simon Mellor's blog on the consultation for more background and insight.
Britain is a dynamic and evolving country with young people coming from a wide variety of backgrounds, yet the children's sector does not always reflect this. We need to ensure young people are represented, recognised and given role models within the sector and that is exactly what Vital Spark hopes to do.
Arts and culture bring people together, through sharing perspectives and appealing to wide audiences. There are plenty of UK organisations and events that are actively pushing to include a greater spectrum of people from differing backgrounds and experiences.
The Trampery is working with the British Fashion Council (BFC) to provide creative workspace for new designer womenswear businesses at their Hackney Wick Fish Island Village location.
The BFC's annual NEWGEN programme provides finance, support and showcasing opportunities to emerging talent and helps to build future high-end fashion businesses.
