Information update April 2009
Hello
Welcome to our Spring 2009 update for arts development officers; we hope you find it useful and informative.
1. Update on NI 11 and Active People data
The last Essential Guide focused on engagement in the arts, particularly the results from the Active People survey and NI11. Here’s an update about the availability of NI11 data for districts and the Active People diagnostic tool.
District level data for NI11 has not been usable up to this point as the 250 sample per district is too small. By June 2009, once a full year’s data has been collated and weighted by IPSOS MORI, DCMS have paid for us to have additional reports for districts
Sport England and DCMS have agreed to let us use the Active People diagnostic. This online tool is relatively user friendly. The first tier of data is presented as a series of readymade reports, broken down by basic demographics. Arts Council has also bought into the main diagnostic tool for Active People, which allows users to select their own queries. The district level data will be added in to the diagnostic. Given the small sample users should keep in mind that there are small confidence intervals (so very specific searches will be of limited robustness).
For full details about Active People survey http://www.sportengland.org/index/get_resources/research/active_people.htm
Sign up for the Active People diagnostic tool
2. Grants for the arts seminars – dates for 2009
Here at Arts Council England, East’s Cambridge office we hold Grants for the arts seminars every month. The seminars are aimed at individuals or organisations who are thinking of applying to the scheme. Our officers take potential applicants through the process, including guidance on filling out the application form and how applications are assessed.
The next seminar will be held on Wednesday 22 April from 10-1pm.. Please contact any of our administrators for more information or to book a place.
Future seminar dates are:
Thursday 21 May
Thursday 18 June
3. Essential Guide
The next Essential Guide for local authority arts officers will be held at Arts Council East’s office on Wednesday 17 June. So please put this date in your calendars, and look out for the email flyer with more details and information on how to book which will be sent out later in April.
For more information about the Essential Guides, see our website page http://www.artsgenerate.org.uk/events/essential-guide.html
4. Arts Council England East staff update
Latest staff list is attached at the end in the Documents section.
5. Arts Council England Organisation Review
A press release about our organisation review is attached in the Documents section.
6. Cultural Olympiad update
See the latest update in the Documents section below.
Artists taking the lead
Artists of all kinds from across the UK are being challenged to use the nation as a blank canvas for twelve inspirational commissions that will showcase our creativity to the world, as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
12 commissions of up to £500,000 will be awarded to create 12 new works of art across the country; one in each of the nine English regions, and in the nations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The project provides artists across the country with an unparalleled opportunity to create work that celebrates the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and reflects the rich cultural diversity of the UK.
From 19 March, until Friday 29 May 2009, artists can submit their ideas for the commissions online at www.artiststakingthelead.org.uk
7. Get Involved with Writers’ Centre Norwich
Writers’ Centre Norwich (formerly New Writing Partnership) is a literature development agency that works with both the artistic and social power of writing. Between April and August they are running a number of events across Norwich and Norfolk, and advise anyone interested in literature to sign up for news on their website: www.writerscentrenorwich.org.uk. Please visit the website for further event details and booking information, or call 01603 877177
Writers’ Services:
Writers’ Centre Norwich also run writing workshops. We have monthly poetry workshop from April – August with poets Tim Turnbull, Josie Long, Ross Sutherland, Francesca Beard and Jacob Sam-La Rose. In May and June there are an array of prose workshops with such writers as Naomi Alderman, Henry Sutton and Robin Hemley.
8. Menagerie and The Junction present HOTBED 2009
25 June - 4 July
Hotbed is back, bigger and better than ever before and for the first time is extending across all three Junction venues and into locations across Cambridge. At the heart of the 2009 festival is a major new co-production from Menagerie, The Junction and the Pleasance about an extraordinary endurance competition to win a pick-up truck; Stand By Your Van. There will be something for everyone at Hotbed from one-act plays and full length pieces, to experimental works-in-progress, guest productions, workshops and the now legendary 'One-Page-Play-Competition-Athon'.
Please see www.hotbedfestival.co.uk for details of opportunities to get involved for writers and interns, detailed programme information (in May) and to join the mailing list for news and updates.
9. Junction Master Class – 25 April with NIE
The Junction Master Class series is a practical programme of artist development workshops for creative professionals facilitated by the country’s leading performing arts practitioners. The next event, on 25th April, is a devising workshop, led by NIE’s Artistic Director, which explores clowning and improvisation as the stimulus to create work. The lab encourages playfulness in performance through games, group work and exercises in musicality and rhythm. NIE is a company of international and multilingual collaboration between theatre workers from different European countries and traditions.
For booking or more information call 01223 511 511
10. EUCLID
Cultur€uro Seminar - Peterborough, Tuesday 19 May 2009, 2pm
The Cultureuro Seminar is the perfect way to learn about the funding opportunities available to the cultural sector. This half day seminar will provide detailed information on the Culture Programme, the latest programmes for education, training, young people, the environment, research & development programmes, Structural Funds, and possible new opportunities for rural areas from changes to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budgets. And as the UK's official Cultural Contact Point, EUCLID has the very latest news on the programmes for 2009-2013.
For more information, including prices, please visit www.euclid.info or email info@euclid.info
Mailing list
The email address list for this information update includes contacts on our lists of arts development officers and invitees to the Essential Guides and other events. If this email has been forwarded to you by another colleague and you would like to be added to the list, or if you would prefer not to receive these updates in future, please let me know.
With kind regards,
Helen
Helen Dixon
Administrator, Resource Development
Arts Council England, East
48-49 Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR
Tel: 01223 454407
Email: helen.dixon@artscouncil.org.uk
Documents
- ACE Organisation Review (Word, 25.5Kb)
Press release with details about the Arts Council's organisation review during 2009.
- Arts Council England East staff list at 1 April 2009 (Word, 45.5Kb)
- Cultural Olympiad update (Word, 32Kb)
Latest news about the Cultural Olympiad from our regional Cultural Programmer, Steph Hogger