Creative Midlands Articles

Creative Midlands Articles


ace_westmids: RT @ace_national: Tues 24 Jan - we announce successful applicants to £20m/yr Renaissance major grants programme for regional museums #A ...

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 12:00 AM PST

ace_westmids: RT @ace_national: Tues 24 Jan - we announce successful applicants to £20m/yr Renaissance major grants programme for regional museums #A ...

artsdevuk: RT @capeuk: Strategic Commissioning for Arts Organisations: A Research & Development Project for Arts Council England http://t.co/40HKLvVs

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 08:41 AM PST

artsdevuk: RT @capeuk: Strategic Commissioning for Arts Organisations: A Research & Development Project for Arts Council England http://t.co/40HKLvVs

artsdevuk: RT @luciamasundire: Can anyone point me in the right direction for #steampunk networks/communities in the East Midlands. Much...

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 08:40 AM PST

artsdevuk: RT @luciamasundire: Can anyone point me in the right direction for #steampunk networks/communities in the East Midlands. Much...

An announcement regarding Scene Central

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 08:33 AM PST

As part of our closing down process, we've been working hard to ensure continuity for Scene Central - our 'what's on for the West Midlands' website which we successfully launched in 2009 on the back of ArtsCentral.


Sadly, after much negotiation, plans to find a new home for the site fell through at the end of last week, so it is with much regret we have to inform you that Scene Central will cease on Tuesday 31 January 2012. The last Scene Central newsletter will be sent on Thursday 26 January 2012.


However, while Scene Central as a website winds down, we are still able to offer bespoke emails to the complete Scene Central database until Friday 16 March.


In addition, over 1,800 Scene Central users have given their consent to be contacted by arts and cultural organisations individually. There is, therefore, an opportunity for a limited number of organisations to purchase this valuable audience data. This is priced at £400 (net) for Audiences Central members, and £500 (net) for non-members. To find out more please contact Alison Finn at alison.finn@audiencescentral.co.uk


In a further attempt to find a legacy for the site, we will shortly be announcing a tender process for the transfer of ownership of Scene Central. More information will be available on the Audiences Central website soon, or contact us to register your interest.


We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support of Scene Central over the past few years, and if you have any queries, please let us know.

artsdevuk: RT @gdnculturepros: "Can’t we just visit the Louvre by mouse?" essays on the role of #museums in the information age via @futureofmuseums...

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:55 AM PST

artsdevuk: RT @gdnculturepros: "Can't we just visit the Louvre by mouse?" essays on the role of #museums in the information age via @futureofmuseums...

artsdevuk: RT @ccblueprint: New blog post on creative industries statistics from @nesta_uk http://t.co/QvEIrSdG…

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:43 AM PST

artsdevuk: RT @ccblueprint: New blog post on creative industries statistics from @nesta_uk http://t.co/QvEIrSdG…

artsdevuk: RT @vagaconnectwith: Education Select Committee -what would you ask Gove? Submit your question using #AskGove , by 11am, 27 January...

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:52 AM PST

artsdevuk: RT @vagaconnectwith: Education Select Committee -what would you ask Gove? Submit your question using #AskGove , by 11am, 27 January...

artsdevuk: RT @gdnculturepros: Just launched: How to write a CV for the arts http://t.co/FLASmEQR #arts #culture

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:10 AM PST

artsdevuk: RT @gdnculturepros: Just launched: How to write a CV for the arts http://t.co/FLASmEQR #arts #culture

artsdevuk: Happy Chinese New Year to all our followers

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:33 AM PST

artsdevuk: Happy Chinese New Year to all our followers

West Mids museums secure £337k

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:51 AM PST

Thirty-six English museums and galleries have scooped a cut of £4million in grants through the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund.


The announcement follows on from the Spending Review which stated that the DCMS and the Wolfson Foundation would each provide a further £4 million to enable the Fund to hold two bidding rounds in the 2011-15 spending period, each one awarding £4 million. This is the first of these two rounds, the second bidding round will be held in 2013-14. 


West Midlands winners have grabbed at total of £336,900, and are:


Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery: Soho House Museum, Birmingham 
Refurbishment of Soho House Visitor Centre to house a new exhibition about  Birmingham industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton (1728–1809) and the Lunar Society.  Includes the return of the 'Soho sphinxes' to their original home. £65,000               


Compton Verney Compton Verney, Warwickshire 
Re-display of the Marx-Lambert Collection.  Enid Marx designed the striking geometric designs of 1937 for the upholstery of London Underground trains. £17,400


Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust: Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron Telford, Shropshire 
Redevelopment of the Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron, with new gallery spaces, a new education space and improved access. £150,000


Shakespeare Birthplace Trust & RSC: Shakespeare's Birthplace and the Shakespeare Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon 
Reimagining Shakespeare's Birthplace.  The re-display of key objects and treasures from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's unique collections.  £67,000               


Wolverhampton Art Gallery Wolverhampton 
Update to the display of Sensing Sculpture, Wolverhampton Art Gallery's interactive and tactile sculpture gallery originally developed in 2001 for visitors with visual impairments. £37,500


For more information, see:
www.culture.gov.uk/news/news_stories/8799.aspx        
www.flickr.com/photos/thedcms/sets/72157628951343381/

£75K scheme to fund craft in museums

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:10 AM PST

UK museums are being given the chance to acquire a piece of outstanding international contemporary craft with a 100 per cent grant.


The Art Fund and the Crafts Council have launched this year's £75,000 Art Fund Collect scheme, which aims to boost public collections with craft.


Curators from museums and galleries across the country are being invited to apply for exclusive preview access to COLLECT, Europe's leading art fair for contemporary objects, in order to select one work they would like for their museum.


Shortlisted curators will be given an hour before all other visitors to visit the 31 galleries of works at the fair. They will then present their chosen item to the Art Fund Collect judging panel, who will decide which objects have been best presented and most merit joining a public museum collection. In 2011, eight curators each had an object for their public collections funded through Art Fund Collect.


Curators have until 14 March 2012 to submit their applications to take part. The shortlist, compiled by the judging panel, will be announced in April.


For further information including how to apply, see:
http://www.artfund.org/grants/applications-for-funding/art-fund-collect


 

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Are you a current undergraduate Art and Design student at NTU? Take part in the...

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:51 AM PST

Are you a current undergraduate Art and Design student at NTU? Take part in the National Student Survey and we'll give you £5 printing credit as a thank you (T&Cs apply)!


National Student Survey - Current students - Nottingham Trent University
www.ntu.ac.uk
Nottingham Trent University

Students - support your fellow students and get yourselves down to the Hand in H...

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:37 AM PST

Students - support your fellow students and get yourselves down to the Hand in Horn on Saturday night!

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NTU Degree Shows 2012
Looking for something to do this Saturday night? Get yourself down to the Horn In Hand on Goldsmith Street at 7.30pm to watch some fantastic bands. Tickets are a bargain at £3.50, and all proceeds go to the BA (Hons) Design for Film and Television Degree Show fund. Students, support your fellow students!

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