09/09/11

Some early morning musings on Labour Party new creative industries network plans

Last night, the shadow culture secretary, Ivan Lewis MP, announced the launch of the Labour Party’s new Creative Industries Network, established it seems to link arts organisations with businesses. Members will include arts organisations, trade unions and businesses, and the network will be tasked with determining what arts organisations need in order to develop important [...]

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08/06/11

Kicking off a summer of work with the National Campaign for the Arts

the hub is excited to be working with the National Campaign for the Arts this summer. Over the next three months we’ll be working with the NCA, which campaigns and avocates for the arts sector across the UK, to help the organisation chart a new strategic course. At a time of almost unparalleled change in [...]

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06/02/11

New speakers announced for ‘Sustaining Innovation Through Collaboration’ event at Tate Liverpool

Baba Israel, Artistic Director at Contact Theatre, Doris Pearce, National Portrait Gallery’s Adult Programmes Officer, and Fiona Gasper, Executive Director at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre, along with Regis Cochefert, Arts Programme Manager at the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, are the latest additions to our Sustaining Innovation Through Collaboration event at Tate Liverpool on 15 March. ...

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06/12/10

New approaches to marketing UK creativity internationally – presentation for the Westminster Media Forum

Earlier this week, I took part in a panel at Westminster Media Forum’s ‘The UK Creative Industries in the International Market’ seminar, chaired by Mike Weatherley MP.

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06/11/10

Life after the cuts – roundtable discussions at Association of Festival Organisers’ conference

Last week, I headed to the Association of Festival Organisers’ conference, charged with facilitating a roundtable discussion on life after the cuts. Conference organiser and AFO chief, Steve Heap’s, brief was clear. ”You’re not here to pretend it’s all going to be fine…We want you to give delegates some pointers on how to manage the changes [...]

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06/07/10

Should the arts resist polluting corporate sponsors?

Mike Bradwell in the Evening Standard today argues that arts organisations should resist entering into corporate sponsorship agreements with major polluting organisations (he cites BP and Shell) because it can compromise their integrity. “By consorting with polluters, arts organisations are polluting their own reputations,” he says. Here’s the link to the full article…http://tinyurl.com/3y63lm4 ...

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