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 Agency.
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Arts Quarter (AQ) has launched the second phase of its Hidden Wealth Research Project, which works with arts organisations to allow them to explore high-net-worth individual giving. Twenty-two organisations took part in Phase 1, the findings of which can be downloaded from AQ’s website. Arts organisations with an audience database containing individual data with address information are now being invited to take part in Phase 2 and explore their viability to engage effectively with high-net-worth individuals as potential donors. Participation is free of charge.
http://www.artsquarter.co.uk
A project by Music Theatre Wales (MTW) and Welsh National Opera (WNO) to enable emerging composers and writers to collaborate on an operatic venture without having to create an entire work will culminate on 29 November with a master class involving members of WNO chorus and led by composer Judith Weir. MTW and WNO have been acting as mentors for students from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Cardiff University to make an aria based on Franz Kafka’s short story, ‘In the Penal Colony’.
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 Agency.
http://www.turnercontemporary.org
The Bush Theatre has found a new home in the old Shepherd’s Bush Library building. The new venue will be accessible to wheelchairs, which the Bush’s current building is not. There will be places for playwrights to write, read and be in residence, and a small library of playtexts. The theatre has struck a deal with Hammersmith and Fulham Council which gives the Bush a 125-year lease with virtually no rent. The theatre is now fundraising to refurbish and refit its new home, which it hopes to open in 2011.
http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk
The winners of the 2010 Theatrical Management Association Theatre Awards have been announced. Paines Plough, a touring theatre company specialising in commissioning and producing new plays and helping playwrights develop their craft, has been recognised for its outstanding achievement in regional theatre.
http://www.solttma.co.uk
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has pledged to set out the Government’s plans for boosting arts philanthropy before end of this year. The Government wants to “combine ongoing public support for the arts while at the same time boosting private giving”.
http://www.culture.gov.uk
Composers Anna Meredith, Jason Yarde and David Fennessy, and visual artists Angela de la Cruz, Luke Fowler, Christina Mackie, Ben Rivers and Lindsay Seers, have been announced as the winners of this year’s £45,000 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists. The prizes are intended to support them at a critical time in their careers and enable their artistic development.
http://www.phf.org.uk
Six professional dancers have been awarded retraining bursaries by Dancers' Career Development (DCD). The £4,000 Ned Sherrin Bursary goes to Paul Read, the £3,000 Maude Lloyd & Rudolf Nureyev Bursary goes to Raquel Meseguer, the £3,000 Leslie Edwards Bursary goes to Ragnhild Olsen, the £3,000 Wallace Potts Bursary goes to Vinicius Salleand, and two Acting for Others Bursaries have been awarded to George Long and Thema Davies. Further DCD bursaries will be advertised in 2011.
http://www.thedcd.org.uk