Local communities are being invited to take part in Our Big Gig, a community music celebration that takes place across the UK from 11 to 14 July 2013, funded by the Department of Communities and Local Government and through Grants for the Arts funding from the Arts Council. Continue reading
Cultural organisations in Yorkshire have been coming together to discuss and debate diversity at a series of events called Food for Thought. Led by the cultural sector in Yorkshire, Food for Thought is part of a wider initiative – The Creative Case for Diversity. Continue reading
As part of the North area Creative Case for Diversity work, Liverpool-based 20 Stories High were asked to organise and lead a series of seminars to enable National portfolio organisations to convene sector-led discussions around the programme. Continue reading
It’s just one month to go until the UK’s biggest annual late night festival of art, culture and heritage, Museums at Night, opens, when hundreds of museums, art galleries and heritage venues all over the country will be opening late and putting on a rich selection of night-time events. Continue reading
The Boiler Shop in Newcastle’s Stephenson Quarter is one of the city’s most significant buildings from the industrial revolution, and in recent years has played host to a new kind of revolution, becoming a destination for new and interesting arts and cultural events along with the more unusual foodie and public festivals. Continue reading
A four-storey former headquarters building on Carlsberg UK’s brewery site in Leeds is to be transformed into a new centre for contemporary art and learning called The Tetley. Scheduled to open in autumn 2013, the centre has been funded by an innovative programme of private and public investment and will be operated and curated by Project Space Leeds (PSL). Continue reading
Leeds library and information service has been successful in bidding for Arts Council Grants for the arts funding of £10,000 to research the viability of a multi-functional arts space in Leeds Central Library. The Libraries Grants for the arts programme was launched in September 2012 and this is the first award to be announced in Yorkshire and the first project to have a Research and Development focus. Continue reading
The Creative employment programme has been officially launched by Matthew Hancock MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Education, on behalf of national delivery organisation, Creative & Cultural Skills. Continue reading
Booking has now opened for a series of road shows about the Creative employment programme run by Creative & Cultural Skills (CCSkills).
The programme provides access to funding to help arts and cultural organisations employ apprentices and interns. The events are aimed at providing more information about the programme. Continue reading
Last year’s Cultural Olympiad events and activities across the region acted as a catalyst for cultural tourism. Events like The Moment When in Cheshire, Lakes Alive in Cumbria, Blaze and Preston Guild with WE PLAY Expo in Lancashire, and Sacrilege – Jeremy Deller’s inflatable Stonehenge – appearing in both Preston and Oldham raised the profile of the places where they were happening and brought them national and international attention. The cultural offer in the North West of England has never been stronger. Continue reading