Arts and Festivals Network Events
Shropshire Council Community Arts Service will be hosting a series of art cafes across the county throughout 2011 and 2012.
Artists, festival organisers and community and voluntary arts organisations are invited to attend the art cafes, please feel free to attend any as they are not area specific.
Throughout the evenings, there are a number of presentations and opportunities for artists to network and exchange ideas and information.
To book a place at the network event please contact the Arts Service via the details on this page.
Art Cafe Dates
Monday 14 November 2011 in Shrewsbury, Abbotts Wood Day Centre
Theme – Arts and Health
Thursday 12 January 2012 in Oswestry, time and venue t.b.c.
Theme – Social Media
Training
Bid Writing for Festivals
Tuesday 15th November 2011 at Wilderhope Manor
Practical tips on writing, approaching funders, budgets, relationship with funders and evaluation.
Event Safety Management
Thursday 24th November 2011 at Wilderhope Manor
For anyone who will have responsibility for running an event or responsible for health and safety at an event - how to write and implement an Event Safety Plan. Table top exercise, discussion and specific training by top event management specialists.
Marketing for Festivals
Tuesday 29th November 2011 at The Crown Hotel, Bridgnorth
How to market with a small budget, social media, top ten tips, communication management, the usual and the unusual.
Please note, there is no charge for the training days and lunch will be provided. The training is supported by the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) and Shropshire Council.
People who register and do not show up (and do not provide a deputy) will be charged £25 to cover costs.
Shropshire and Telford arts partnership
The partnership is made up of local authority officers with responsibility for the Arts in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin and the Arts Council England West Midlands' Officer for Regional Partnerships.
The partnership produce a fortnightly e-newsletter which includes information on:
- jobs, exhibition and performance opportunities
- training, support, conferences and seminars
- useful Information
- funding
- events
If you would like to receive the e-newsletter, please complete and return the registration form attached to this page.
If you have any opportunities that you would like to be included in the next e-newsletter please send details to: stapmailinglist@googlemail.com.
Please ensure that any information you send is accurate and in a simple format that is easy to cut and paste directly into a word document.
Funding
For funding advice and guidance, please contact the Community Arts and Festivals team via the details on this page.
Please note, the Shropshire Council Community Arts Grant Scheme has now closed. All arts funding will be distributed through the Local Joint Committees (LJCs). Please go to the LJC pages for further information following the link on this page.
Funding information is included in the fortnightly Shropshire and Telford Arts Partnership (STAP) e-news. Newsletters can be downloaded from the STAP website following the link on this page.
Main Funder Websites:
Arts Council England, Grants for the arts
Big Lottery Fund
Awards for All
Useful Websites and Contacts
For further information on creative industry support, please follow the links to the websites listed on this page.
- Arts Council England
- Arts and Media (A+M): A Coventry based leading independent development and advisory resource for artists and arts organisations. They work across all art-forms to provide professional development and business advice to creative people.
- Artquest: Advice and information to visual artists and craftspeople.
- Axis: The largest on-line guide to professional artists practising in the UK. The information resource contains biographies, reviews, images, video and audio clips. It is the essential tool for arts professionals, educators, curators, gallery owners, researchers and enthusiasts to find artists.
- Business Link: Self-help portal of action-focused information for small and medium businesses, linking to all relevant ministries and departments.
- Community Dance: The Foundation for Community Dance is the UK development agency for access, participation and progression in dance for all. The website offers a wealth of information about the organisation and about community dance in the UK and beyond.
- Crafts Council: National development agency for the contemporary crafts in the UK.
- Made in Shropshire: A collaboration of artists, designer makers and craft producers. Exhibiting a wide range of beautiful, inspirational, hand made products.