Following a multi-million pound redevelopment, funded in part by the Scottish Arts Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Tolbooth in Stirling has opened as a new arts venue and the new base for Stirling Council?s Heritage & Cultural Services.
The Brazilian Embassy in London has created Gallery 32, a new exhibition space dedicated to the promotion of Brazilian art. The Gallery will form a focal point for ?ArtBrazil+?, an 11-month showcase of Brazil?s most exciting artists, which starts next month. t: 020 7399 9247
Families in the South East of England are being asked to vote for their favourite theatres in Kent, Sussex and Surrey, through Theatre for Families, a regional project funded through the Arts Council of England?s new Audiences Programme. Family Friendly Awards will be given for the best family friendly theatre, the theatre with the warmest family welcome and the theatre with the most family friendly facilities w: http://www.theatreforfamilies.net
The Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the second biggest theatre-owning company in the UK and one of the country's foremost theatre producers, celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. ATG employs 3,000 people and last year had a turnover of £65m.
Pushing the Envelope, a one day seminar on maximising the impact of direct mail and marketing, is being presented by the Theatrical Management Association in association with the Arts Marketing Association. The seminar will take place in London on April 12. Contact Naomi Jones t: 020 7557 6706
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is inviting applications to its Small Grants Programme. Support is concentrated on projects in the UK which address issues of inequality and disadvantage, particularly in relation to young people, through arts and education. t: 020 7227 3500 e: information@phf.org.uk w: http://www.phf.org.uk
A new website launched by Sussex Literature Development Network aims to establish an online literary community, promoting live literature events to a targeted audience. Highlights include a hotline to visiting authors; online writers in residence; opportunities for writers to publish new work online; listings; and interactive reading groups. w: http://www.sealit.org
Nine innovative arts, libraries and museums partnerships are underway in the East Midlands as part of the Books Connect project, through which books and reading are used as a springboard for collaboration between public libraries, artists and museums. Details of the projects are at http://www.artsandlibraries.org.uk and practitioners throughout the country are being invited to contribute their own examples of arts, libraries and museums partnerships.
Advice and information for visual artists in London is now available from Artquest at http://www.artquest.org.uk. Areas covered by this new service include presenting and selling work, research and development, financial advice and information on training opportunities.
A city centre site, adjacent to the Market Place, has been recommended for Derby?s new Visual Arts and Media Centre. The new centre will provide a purpose-built space which will also provide a new home for Metro Cinema, Q Arts and MACE (the Media Archive for Central England) as well as studios, workshops, performance and exhibition spaces, reading room, media suite, shop and café-bar.
A handbook describing the innovative work of the Geese Theatre company in the criminal justice field has been published by Westside Press. t: 01962 855567