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- University graduates to create new play in link-up with acclaimed theatre company
- Arts Council England have today announced Simon Mellor as its new Executive Director, Arts: http://t.co/e4GCWgYe
- New website post: : Culture & Arts endorsed by CLG Select Committee for the National Planning Policy Framework http://t.co/JCTlTvWG
- @Blazearts Hi I think we met at ArtsDevUk in Blackpool. All the best for 2012. Do give me a shout if you need a youth/community poet.
- artsdevuk: New website post: : Culture & Arts endorsed by CLG Select Committee for the National Planning Policy Framework http://t.co/JCTlTvWG
- Turning Point Web Questionnaire
- Arts Council England appoints new Executive Director, Arts
- Back in the office today, and working on our Feb issue. Ad bookings are still open. Email ads@a-n.co.uk for info + ask about special feature
- Happy new year from everyone at a-n!
- voluntaryarts: Happy New Year to all of our followers! :-)
- More volunteers and more gallery visits reveals latest Taking Part survey
| University graduates to create new play in link-up with acclaimed theatre company Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:00 AM PST 4th Jan 2012 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ A group of Performing Arts graduates from Coventry University's School of Art and Design (CSAD) are working with internationally-renowned theatre company Frantic Assembly to produce and perform a pl... |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:17 AM PST Arts Council England have today announced Simon Mellor as its new Executive Director, Arts: http://t.co/e4GCWgYe |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:12 AM PST New website post: : Culture & Arts endorsed by CLG Select Committee for the National Planning Policy Framework http://t.co/JCTlTvWG |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:10 AM PST @Blazearts Hi I think we met at ArtsDevUk in Blackpool. All the best for 2012. Do give me a shout if you need a youth/community poet. |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:12 AM PST artsdevuk: New website post: : Culture & Arts endorsed by CLG Select Committee for the National Planning Policy Framework http://t.co/JCTlTvWG |
| Turning Point Web Questionnaire Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:49 AM PST Happy New Year!
Can you help us enhance the TPWM website by completing the questionnaire. There are just 12 questions and it will take only 2 minutes of your time. Please email your completed surveys to Penny.McConnell@bcu.ac.uk Many thanks. |
| Arts Council England appoints new Executive Director, Arts Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:06 AM PST Simon Mellor has been announced as Arts Council England's new Executive Director, Arts. Mellor, who is currently General Director of the Manchester International Festival (MIF), replaces Andrew Nairne who left in November to become the Director of the Kettle's Yard gallery in Cambridge. In a near 30 year career in the arts Simon Mellor has held a variety of roles. During his time as General Director the Manchester International Festival established a global reputation and featured work and performances from artists as diverse as Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett and Chen Shi-Zheng, Bjork and Victoria Wood. He also spent 12 years at the Lyric, Hammersmith, the last six as Executive Director, and previously held roles at the South Bank Centre, Gloria Theatre Company, the Battersea Arts Centre and the Pegasus Theatre, Oxford. As Executive Director, Arts Mellor will provide leadership in the development of Arts Council England's current and future national arts strategy and policy agendas, providing a national and international overview of the arts while ensuring a strategic coherence and alignment across the organisation. He will join Arts Council England in March 2012. Barbara Matthews will continue in her role as acting Executive Director, Arts until March when she will return to her post as Director, Theatre. |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:19 AM PST Back in the office today, and working on our Feb issue. Ad bookings are still open. Email ads@a-n.co.uk for info + ask about special feature |
| Happy new year from everyone at a-n! Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:01 AM PST Happy new year from everyone at a-n! |
| voluntaryarts: Happy New Year to all of our followers! :-) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:32 AM PST voluntaryarts: Happy New Year to all of our followers! :-) |
| More volunteers and more gallery visits reveals latest Taking Part survey Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:40 AM PST More adults are volunteering in the arts, and more are visiting art galleries and museums according to the latest Taking Part survey (covering the period October 2010 to September 2011). Taking Part is a continuous face-to-face survey with adults aged 16 and over living in private households in England and Survey is commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in partnership with a number of our arm's length bodies (Arts Council England, English Heritage, and Sport England). The survey provides a wide range of data about engagement and non-engagement in culture, leisure and sport as well as more diverse measures that support a range of Government objectives. The report presents headline findings for the main culture and sport estimates along with updates on data to support the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Big Society objectives. key findings: Culture • Between 2005/06 and 2011/12 Q2, the proportion of people visiting a museum or gallery in the last year significantly increased (from 42.3% to 47.1%). • In October 2010 to September 2011, 39.0 per cent of adults had used a library in the last 12 months, a significant decrease from 48.2 per cent in 2005/06, but showing no further change from 2009/10. • In the year to September 2011, the proportion of adults visiting an archive (in their own time and voluntary) in the last year remained steady at 3.7 per cent from the 2008/09 level. Big Society • In October 2010 to September 2011 88.9 per cent of adults had donated money (including any donations into a collection box) in the last 12 months. 31.5 per cent of all adults had donated to one of the DCMS sectors. Digital engagement • Since 2005/06, the proportion of people visiting heritage websites increased from 18.3 per cent to 27.7 per cent. • In October 2010 to September 2011, 25.9 per cent of adults had visited a museum or gallery website, an increase from 15.8 per cent in 2005/06. • In October 2010 to September 2011, 39.5 per cent of adults had visited a theatre or concert website, a significant increase from 30.5 per cent in 2005/06. • People are more likely to visit an archive or records office online than in person. 2012 Olympic and Paraolympic Games • The proportion of those strongly supportive of the Games has shown a significant decrease, falling from 48.4 per cent in 2005/06 to 39.7 per cent in 2011/12 Q2. The proportion of those who are slightly supportive has increased to 24.9 per cent from 22.5 per cent in 2005/06 whilst the proportion who are neither against nor supportive of the Games has also increased from 18.4 per cent to 24.5 per cent over the same period. • 85.6 per cent of adults intend to follow the London 2012 Olympic or Paralympic Games; with 25.3 per cent of adults actively getting involved in the Games. West Midlands statistics Proportion who have engaged with the arts once or more in the last year in the West Midlands ACORN (Oct 2010-Sept 2011/ West Midlands) Proportion who have visited a museum or gallery in the last year in the West Midlands Oct 2010-Sept 2011: 41.9% ACORN (Oct 2010-Sept 2011/ West Midlands) Proportion who have visited a heritage site in the last year in the West Midlands Oct 2010-Sept 2011: 68.5% Proportion who have digitally participated in culture in the last year in the West Midlands For more information, including Statistical Worksheets, see: www.culture.gov.uk/publications/8734.aspx |
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