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We at World Heart Beat are a great example of having put this thinking into action- furthermore with the collapse of the musicians infrastructure, in the last few years with live streaming platforms and the traditional models of selling records, there is a massive need for us al to look at the role of venues and places like World Heart Beat to provide new models for musicians to thrive !! NIcholas - yes we totally agree here - but there really needs to be funding made available to support in order for them to work "We must protect our cultural infrastructure, and extend it into new housing developments, to support their development into communities. We must advocate for the role culture can play in local renewal, working with local authorities and mayoral combined authorities to ensure that cultural initiatives propel regeneration. We must collaborate with local leaders to harness and drive growth in the creative industries, expanding on the?Creative Corridors?model which is operating so successfully in the north of England.

"And to artists: continue to be as brave and challenging and uncompromising as you have always been. Stand by your choices, stand by your art, and know that we will stand by you." Nicholas Serota, chair of Arts Council England, has written a compelling piece for The Guardian, highlighting the opportunity for a cultural reboot in Britain. With the current political shift, there's a unique chance to weave creativity and culture into our everyday lives. Serota’s five-point plan includes boosting early childhood art education, ensuring every schoolchild has access to the arts, revitalising communities through cultural projects, promoting global artistic exchanges, and safeguarding artistic freedom. By focusing on these areas, we can drive economic growth, foster social change, and enrich our society. Is now the right time to champion the arts and unlock their full potential for everyone?

?? New research sheds light on the lasting impact of visiting cultural organizations as a child! According to Colleen Dilenschneider's latest article, the key to fostering future cultural enthusiasts might not be as simple as school group visits. Instead, personal family experiences play a crucial role. Discover why those who visited museums, zoos, and theatre's with their families are more likely to return as adults, feel a sense of belonging, and even recommend visits to others. It's a fascinating read that challenges assumptions and offers insights into nurturing the next generation of culture lovers. Dive into the full article to explore how we can better cultivate lifelong supporters of the arts and sciences. ?? ?? ?? #CulturalOrganizations #FutureAudiences #MuseumEducation

Arts Grants for Ethnic Communities ??? ? A new fund has opened to encourage creativity through cultural celebrations, supporting ethnic communities to feel connected and help them engage others in their customs and traditions.?? ? Administered by Creative Bay of Plenty, the Arts Grants for Ethnic Communities fund comprise grants of up to $2,000 for activities that celebrate cultural arts the take place in the Western Bay district. ? ? This includes drama, visual or object art, festivals, music, dance, performance, creative writing, and photography. The application process is simple and decisions are made within a month of the fund opening.? ? Ethnic communities include migrants, former refugees, long-term settlers, and multi-generational New Zealanders who identify as African, Asian, continental European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern. Applicants can be both for profit and not-for-profit organisations, however submissions will not be considered from organisations intending to make a profit from the activity applied for. Projects must have a defined start and finish date and cannot have started before funding decisions have been advised.? ? The first round of this fund opened on Monday 11 November and will close on Friday 29 November, with decisions expected by Wednesday 4 December.? ? If you would like assistance with your application, email [email protected].?? For more information and to apply, click here: https://lnkd.in/g3XWbdcu

I’ve witnessed some amazing arts and cultural regeneration policy-making and implementation over my 20+ years working in arts, cultural heritage development, and community and education. There’s not much I disagree with in the five-point plan to regenerate arts and culture in the UK/Britain, and it seems similar to what I’ve seen in Australia. What I would add as being key is an approach to arts and cultural heritage policy-making and implementation that continues beyond the shifts and turns of governments. This is especially important when one government seeks to overturn past strategic directions merely to rebrand for themselves, above true community, arts, and cultural outcomes. https://lnkd.in/ge8Baw9P

Announcing MAV's newest program: RETROSPECTION. The end of 2023 marked 50 years since MAV's inception as The Festival of All Nations. We are celebrating 50 years of supporting thousands of diverse artists, locally, nationally, and internationally. Legacy is complex, and ours is fascinatingly so. In Retrospection, we ask: How did we go? This emergent program is not bound to time or rigid expectations, but to cultural commitment, transparent relations, and community. If we want to evolve with our artist communities, we must critically look at the past through the lens of time, before we curate the future of MAV. This program will be a series of creative initiatives, original content and conversations designed to renew, invigorate and seek understanding. Created with and witnessed by community. What are we doing? We want to: ? Locate MAV in the context and history of the land. ? Reset precious relationships with artists and communities. ? Renew purpose, find joy, and commit to evolving via a public Strategic Plan. ? Develop new relationships and new works. ? Provide research and data about the engagement of CALD artists and Artists of Colour. ? Develop artistic provocations and responses. ? Deepen knowledge, understanding, and cohesion with communities. ? Examine values. ? Projects, events, artwork and open-source knowledge-share related to Retrospection, will be announced in due time. For more information, click the link below (and have a sneak peek of some archival photographs found!) https://lnkd.in/geKUtqQm

Not only is the UK arts sector making a positive economic impact on society,?it is also enriching our sense of community, by increasing awareness of cultural diversity through engagement.?#mckinsey #mckinseyinsights #artsandculture #economicimpact

?? OPEN CALL - Deadline: 10am, Friday 16 August 2024 ?? Collective, Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA), and LUX Scotland are inviting disabled artists to apply for studio visits as part of We Contain Multitudes ?? Deadline: 10am, Friday 16 August 2024 We are inviting applications from disabled artists who would like to present and discuss their work with us at one of this series of online studio visits. These studio visits are a way to broaden our knowledge of artistic practices, deepen our professional networks and also form part of the wider curatorial research phase of this project that will eventually involve commissioning three artists later this year. ?Who can apply?? ??Artists with lived, professional and/or caring experience of disability including neuro-divergence can apply. We follow the social model of disability, which says that people are disabled by barriers in society, not by their impairment or difference, and the definition of disabled used in this context are people who identify as ‘Disabled, D/deaf, chronically ill, neurodiverse, with mental ill health, mad, crip, sick, spoonie or otherwise’, regardless of whether you have received a medical diagnosis. ??People from the global majority, who are LGBTQIA+, disabled and/or from working class or low socio-economic backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply. This includes, but is not limited to, people of Black Caribbean, Black African, South Asian, East Asian, South East Asian, West Asian, Arab, Latine, Jewish, Romany and Irish Traveller heritage. ??Artists who are based in Scotland. ??Artists do not have to have been in formal education, attended art school or university to apply. ??Artists at any career stage. ??Visual artists working in any medium. ??Collectives, groups and collaborations are eligible to apply. ?? Find out more about eligibility, access, future commissions and how to apply on the LUX Scotland website - https://lnkd.in/e4kmEkim

The latest Western City issue highlights the City-led regional collaborative program Far South/Border North, where artists actively support our communities. Through their creative problem-solving and imagination, artists are increasingly playing a pivotal role in cross-sector work. They are creating deployable tools for communities to tackle challenges, thereby significantly impacting our society. https://lnkd.in/gn4FKaBw

Sobering reality of the landscape for Arts and Culture here- with an insightful report from University of Warwick - have a read- gives great insight and comparison to Europe.