Groups of arts organisations across England have been funded by Arts Council England's Catalyst programme to increase their earning potential. Trevelyan Wright tells the story so far in Stoke-on-Trent.
For the last two years consortia of arts organisations up and down England have been working together on diversifying sources of earned income, funded by ACE’s Catalyst programme.
In Stoke-on-Trent six arts organisations the Making It Work consortium (Airspace Gallery, B Arts, Bitjam, picl, Restoke) have been working together for almost eighteen months now. We’ve been to look at how other organisations are working together in Sheffield, gone and seen work in Bristol and Wales; and completed training programmes that have varied from video editing and web design to running a community bakery.
Now it’s decision time. We spent a day working together with Anamaria Wills from Cidaco on what we might actually do together for private sector partners, other public funders – what our value proposition would be as a consortium.
We looked at the Stoke we wanted to see in ten years time, as that’s really what unites us. Our practice varies widely from a contemporary visual art gallery and a site-specific performance company to a digital innovation agency. Our individual organisations have very different missions and work in very different ways... Keep reading on Trevelyan Wright's blog
For the last two years consortia of arts organisations up and down England have been working together on diversifying sources of earned income, funded by ACE’s Catalyst programme.
In Stoke-on-Trent six arts organisations the Making It Work consortium (Airspace Gallery, B Arts, Bitjam, picl, Restoke) have been working together for almost eighteen months now. We’ve been to look at how other organisations are working together in Sheffield, gone and seen work in Bristol and Wales; and completed training programmes that have varied from video editing and web design to running a community bakery.
Now it’s decision time. We spent a day working together with Anamaria Wills from Cidaco on what we might actually do together for private sector partners, other public funders – what our value proposition would be as a consortium.
We looked at the Stoke we wanted to see in ten years time, as that’s really what unites us. Our practice varies widely from a contemporary visual art gallery and a site-specific performance company to a digital innovation agency. Our individual organisations have very different missions and work in very different ways... Keep reading on Trevelyan Wright's blog