Monday, 17 January 2011
A new cross-disciplinary cultural centre dedicated to raising awareness of climate change is to open in Liverpool on 21 January with two photography exhibitions. The venue, EDGEspace (Experimental Dialogues for Generating Eco-culture), is the brainchild of artist-led organisation High Tide. It will offer 900 sq ft of public space and aims to be the hub of creative activity around ethical,... read more
Monday, 13 December 2010
Caroline Cardus has won the Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary, which was set up in memory of sculptor Adam Reynolds. The bursary is awarded annually to a disabled artist to provide time, space and support for an artist to work without pressure to deliver a particular outcome. Cardus receives £5,000 and a three-month residency at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.
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Monday, 22 November 2010
Margate’s Turner Contemporary gallery, one of the largest spaces for art outside London, will open to the public in April 2011. The development of Turner Contemporary is at the forefront of plans to revitalise one of Britain’s oldest seaside resorts. The majority of the costs have been met through funding from Kent County Council, Arts Council England and the South East England Development... read more
Monday, 01 November 2010
A pop-up gallery has appeared in one of the London Eye’s capsules, showing specially commissioned works by British artist Kate Jenkins. It is organised by Champagne Pommery and the Rebecca Hossack Gallery as part of the Frieze Art Fair. Champagne Pommery sponsors the fair and a £10,000 prize awarded to the gallery with the most innovative display.
The Royal Opera House (ROH) has put its plans... read more
Monday, 11 October 2010
An estimated £14.6m worth of contemporary art has been bought through 88,000 ‘Own Art’ loans since 2004. More than 250 galleries currently participate in the Arts Council England scheme, which offers customers an interest-free loan of up to £2,000 (to be paid back over 10 months) to buy a work of art by a living artist. The average value of a loan taken through the scheme last year was £800.21... read more
Monday, 27 September 2010
Sketchbooks ready: The Big Draw 2010 has officially launched and is inviting individuals and organisations to register their events and receive guidance, publicity and the chance to win one of 16 Drawing Inspiration awards. Organised by the Campaign for Drawing with the patronage of artist David Hockney, The Big Draw aims to boost public participation in drawing in museums, schools, libraries,... read more
Monday, 13 September 2010
The Jerwood Charitable Foundation has launched a new Painting Fellowship (replacing the Jerwood Painting Prize), for “outstanding artists in the first five years of their professional practice”. Three UK-based artists will be selected to receive a bursary of £10,000 and six months of mentoring, prior to a group exhibition of work. The closing date for entries is 24 September. Winners of the... read more
Thursday, 26 August 2010
A planning application has been submitted for Doncaster’s new £22m performance arts space, which has yet to be named. Construction of the venue, which will contain a 600-seat auditorium, a second space for up to 200 people seated or 400 standing, and dance and drama studios, is scheduled to begin in 2011 with the venue due to open in spring 2013. Earlier this year, regional development agency... read more
Monday, 02 August 2010
A new report from Audiences Northern Ireland has revealed that the arts contributed more than £16m to the economy in Northern Ireland in 2009, up 11% on the previous year. The ‘Audience Audit’ shows that although only 17% of households in Northern Ireland booked tickets for arts events in 2009, this equated to more than one million tickets sold. The research also highlights that attendance at... read more
Monday, 19 July 2010
The Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham has been awarded a grant of £500,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to restore the theatre auditorium. The theatre, which celebrates its 120th birthday next year, will close for 17 weeks in order for the work to be carried out. The plasterwork and historic fabric of the auditorium will be restored, improvements will be made to the front of house areas,... read more
Monday, 05 July 2010
A new dance agency has been launched in Plymouth to enable the public to find out more about dance and extend opportunities for the artform across the city. Plymouth Dance will collaborate with the key dance developers in the city, such as the Theatre Royal, Barbican Theatre and Plymouth University, with the hope of facilitating strategic and effective partnerships.
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Monday, 07 June 2010
Arts buildings are well represented among the 93 UK winners of the Royal Institute of British Architects’ 2010 Awards for architectural excellence. Whitechapel Gallery, Nottingham Contemporary, Hull Truck Theatre, Chapter Arts Centre, Trongate 103 and Aldeburgh Music Campus have all picked up awards, and a number of arts education facilities have also joined the list of winners.
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Monday, 24 May 2010
The East Kent Festival Cluster has brought together the region’s cultural festivals for the first time to stage an interdisciplinary opera, ‘Xenon’. It was launched as part of the ‘Sounds New’ contemporary music festival in Canterbury. Visitors to were encouraged to record messages, using Bluetooth technology, for imagined alien visitors. Each message was attached to a balloon to form a floating... read more
Monday, 26 April 2010
Dancers in Belfast with learning and physical disabilities have worked with Queen’s University students and service users with mental health difficulties in a collaborative dance project. The project works with two integrated dance companies, Orbit Dance and Kompany Maine, created by Arts Care, a Northern Ireland arts and health charity. The dance troupes comprise service users with severe brain... read more
Monday, 12 April 2010
A new national advocacy campaign, DanceVote 2010, has been launched. The campaign challenges dance fans and professionals across the UK to contact their local candidates standing for election and ask them to pledge their support for dance.
http://www.dancevote2010.com
The DCMS has pledged to deliver £60m of savings as its departmental contribution towards Government efficiency targets. It... read more