Eight, a creative professional development event for professionals and volunteers working in the arts with young people, will take place in London on May 26. The speakers, workshops and debates will explore eight key areas that influence the successful provision of quality youth arts activity. t: 023 8063 0960;
e: claire@artswork.demon.co.uk; w: http://www.artswork.org.uk
A website providing a central register for artists and arts bodies in London has been launched by Brent Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Over 400 artists and arts organisations are represented. t: 020 8937 3115; w: http://www.theseer.info
An initiative to help applicants from ethnic and minority groups find jobs in the arts, has been launched by Arts Council England, East Midlands. The Pathways scheme will offer practical help in locating work, writing a CV, and preparing for interviews.
e: info@meriuk.com
A new visual arts magazine will be launched in the autumn 2004 by the publishers of Scotland?s leading arts and entertainment magazine, The List. Funded by a three-year investment of £170,000 from the Scottish Arts Council, the magazine will be editorially independent and published four times a year.
Congratulations to Richard Purkiss of the Mumford Theatre who was first out of the bag with correct answers to our membership quiz in issue 72. The answers were: 1c (British Naturism); 2a (Shakespeare?s Globe); 3c (28p in the £1); 4a (RSPCA). A copy of the newly-published Complete Membership Handbook by ArtsProfessional co-editors Liz Hill and Brian Whitehead is on its way to him. Further information about the book and how to purchase a copy is available at http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk