Presentation and talk led by Peta Murphy-Burke: Relationship Manager Digital & Creative Economy, Arts Council
Who are Arts Council England?
Arts Council England is an organisation whom develop and invest in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people's lives. They support a range of creative activities across the arts, museums and libraries - from theatre to digital art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections. Between 2011 and 2015, Arts Council England will invest £1.4 billion of public money from government and an estimated £1 billion from the National Lottery to help in order to grant funding to applicants across the UK. The government funding is received from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
What funding to they do?
Grants for the arts. Grants for the arts is a Lottery-funded grant programme by the Arts Council which is for individuals, arts organisations and others who use the arts in their work. A grant will be awarded to a activity/project which the Arts Council can see will engage people in arts activities, help the artist and other artists across the network and arts organisations in England.
What do they fund?
Arts Council fund projects such as exhibitions, productions, community events, artist development, R&D Research and development, training and other arts related activities.
How much do they fund?
Arts Council England fund projects ranging from £1000 to £100,000. Applications for 15k or less will take approximately 6 weeks to process and applicants over 15k will take up to 12 weeks. In 2013 out of approximately 6500 applications received only 2000 were granted funding for their activity.
Presentation and talk led by Saira Lloyd: Artist, Curator, Scientist and Cultural Entrepreneur . Nottingham based Director of Synapse Arts and a Co- Creative Director of Chromatic Cultures.
Saira Lloyd is an artist, curator, scientist and cultural entrepreneur based in Nottingham, United Kingdom. She is the Creative Director of Chromatic Cultures and also runs Synapse Arts. Incorporated into her own practice she links themes of a scientific nature with an exploration of memory. She manage festivals, exhibitions, cultural events and residencies and has many links with arts organisations and artists across the East Midlands region making her an integral member of the artistic network involved in the provision of arts across the region. She has also valuable contacts with artists and organisations working abroad, particularly in Baroda, India, and is committed to broadening her awareness of artistic and cultural practices. Saira is a group member for the East Midlands Visual Arts Network, EMVAN. Here she has a particularly keen interest in delivering professional support for entry level and emerging artists through her business Synapse Arts. She is also a member of the EMVAN sub-groups for Regional Opens, Continuous Professional Development, the Annual Event 2012 and the Curators’ Network, as well as being a member of the National Turning Point Network’s affiliated National Knowledge Sharing Group and a board member for City Arts, Nottingham.
Maria Falconer – Photographer
Whilst at the event it was a great opportunity to network with other creatives and artists. As part of a group discussion we met a lady named Maria Falconer who is a photographer. She is a Derbyshire based photographer whose aims are to shoot a varied range of commercial assignments around the UK, she works on shoots including production and Advertising photography for Theatres and Performing Artists, PR, Editorial and Documentary photography, Corporate Event Photography, Wedding and C/P Photography. She also offers teaching and photography tuition in the UK and also abroad. Due to her passion for her work and excellent recognition she has gained a Fellowship with the Royal Photographic Society for her work. Some of her clients include; Dance Base, Deda, HP, The Red Consultancy, Scottish Dance Theatre, Gary Clarke, Festival Theatres, Teenage Cancer Trust and Royal Society of Scottish Country Dancing. Whilst talking to Maria she gave us her business card and invited us along to her forthcoming exhibition held at Deda in Derby on 6th March.
Learning Outcomes
Throughout this event it was a great opportunity to learn about the arts council and the way that they work. This workshop as to enable artists and creatives to understand what sort of things the arts council look for in an application for funding and made you think about your creative idea. Personally for not knowing much about the arts council before this event I went away having learnt a lot more about it and knowing what sort of things I need to think about in the future about my projects. It is important to think about your audience and others – how will you engage them? How many people do you intend to engage through your project? The Arts Council look for these things in your application it needs to be justified – a well thought out and planned project is more likely to get funding than a project which doesn’t have ambition and direction. It was highly beneficial information as a designer starting out I found it useful and I will be bearing in mind all of the information received from this event. As also mentioned above it was also a fantastic chance to network – as we went in it was clear that many people knew each other as local artists and soon they were all talking and networking. Through group projects we were able to talk to others about their practice, goals and projects. It was a great place to meet new people and get contacts.
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