Talks aimed at negotiating a merger between the Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management (ILAM), the Institute of Sport and Recreation Management (ISRM) and the National Association for Sports Development (NASD) have ended following ISRM?s withdrawal from the process, which began in April last year.
Studio ON, an interactive centre for training and experimentation in creative learning, new media and the arts, has opened in Belfast. The centre will work with students, teachers, young people and youth workers to provide workshop and moving image media technology projects. It will also support the piloting of new qualifications such as the Moving Image Arts AS Level.
The City & County of Swansea has announced the official formation of a new opera company, Swansea City Opera, and its educational arm, The Opera School Wales. Local authority support for the company has been granted in recognition of the importance that attaining a high-profile cultural status have for the regeneration of a region.
Creative Arts Marketing has become the first arts marketing text to be translated into traditional Chinese (pictured). Co-authored by Liz Hill, co-editor of ArtsProfessional, the Chinese edition has now been published in Taiwan, following the publication of a new English edition in the UK last year.
w: http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk
The Lime Tree art gallery in Fort William is undertaking a £600,000 expansion to enable it to host exhibitions from national collections. The gallery will operate on a semi-commercial basis hosting community events as well as operating a four star hotel.
The newly formed European Creative Forum is seeking artists and arts organisations to stage a series of events to coincide with the anti-globalisation UK-European Social Forum which is taking place this autumn in London. t: 020 8880 7055;
e: gareth@europeancreativeforum.org
A website has been launched by the London Schools Arts Service to bring together information to support teachers in the capital wishing to engage in arts activities. Arts organisations that provide services for schools should register online.
w: http://www.artscape.org.uk
The Lyric Hammersmith?s £2.6m extension will open with the theatre?s annual international season, The Catch, on April 3. This will be followed by the last ever London performances of Shockheaded Peter. t: 0870 050 0511.
National Family Learning Week will run from October 11-17, with a number of family friendly learning events staged across the country. Project organisers are seeking arts organisations, actors, musicians and artists to enhance their activities. t: 020 7766 0017; w: http://www.familylearningweek.com
Dance Northwest is hosting a series of career support days open to artists nationwide. The workshops will offer practical advice and professional training. t: 01606 863845;
e: admin@dancenorthwest.org.uk
Volunteering charity TimeBank is calling on the arts community to volunteer workshops, training or classroom time to Big Arts Week 2004, June 21?25. t: 020 7654 0023;
e: info@bigartsweek.com; w: http://www.bigartsweek.com