Opportunity: Call out for musicians for the BSO’s Rusty & Not So Rusty Musicians ‘Strings Day’

The Rusty Musicians Strings Day in Bournemouth on 9 December 2018 gives you the opportunity to perform alongside professional BSO musicians in rehearsals and a concert, as well as offering professional coaching to help you maximise your experience. More information and to register for this event, please follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HNMCKRQ  

Job: Senior Archivist – Bristol Archives, Bristol City Council

Bristol is a vibrant city with a lively cultural offer, noted for its creativity and quality of life. Bristol Archives is an Accredited Archive Service and part of Bristol Culture. We care for records spanning ten centuries of the city’s history – Designated as an Outstanding Collection – as well as archives in the British … Continue reading →

Funding: Woodmansterne Art Conservation Awards 2018/19

Applications from museums, art galleries, and country houses open to the public are now invited for the 2018/ 19 awards for the conservation of pre-twentieth-century easel paintings in oil. Each application is viewed by an independent panel of judges which makes an assessment of the importance of each work artistically, historically, locally, educationally; the urgency … Continue reading →

Funding: Rural Four – Catalyst, Collaborate, Create and Champion

This dedicated programme of support for community projects in England, Scotland and Wales is funded by Players of People’s Postcode Lottery. Now in its second year the project seeks to reach out and engage with up to 10 rural communities annually to help deliver and reinvigorate community assets and services. Overall, the Rural Four project … Continue reading →

Call for artists, craftspeople and groups – Wylye Valley Art Trail 2019

The application forms for the 2019 WVAT Art Trail are now loaded on to the trail’s website. To celebrate its 10th year, the Wylye Valley Art Trail is extending its usual 9 day to a 10 day festival of visual art and crafts in and around the Wylye Valley, South Wiltshire, from Saturday 18 May to Monday … Continue reading →

Resource: Heritage and the Economy report, Historic England

The 2018 ‘Heritage and the Economy’ report shows that in the South West, heritage is an important source of economic prosperity and growth with a large number of economic activities occurring within it, dependent on it or attracted to it. In the South West, the heritage sector is an important source of economic prosperity and … Continue reading →

Conference: Engaging Empathy through Creativity

Engaging Empathy through Creativity A Conference on Empathy Friday 30th November 2018, The Pound Arts Centre, Corsham We warmly invite you to join us on Friday 30th November 2018 at the Pound Arts Centre for a one-day conference which will explore the ways in which ‘creativity’, in all its forms, might foster empathy and connectedness … Continue reading →

Job: Marketing and Communications Manager, a space arts, Southampton

An experienced and skilled marketing and communications professional is required to develop and deliver effective marketing and communications strategy’s for a new arts and heritage destination venue, God’s House Tower (GHT), due to open in summer 2019. More details on a space arts website: http://aspacearts.org.uk/news/vacancy-marketing-and-communications-manager Deadline: 9.00am Friday 30th November 2018

Job: Arts Centre Manager, Minstead Trust

Hanger Farm Arts Centre is a wonderful environment that stimulates inspires and educates. It offers a year round artistic programme in performing and creative arts that focuses on an inclusive ethos. The site has a performing arts theatre, Art Gallery space and cafe/bar area with some limited retail space. Minstead Trust, a local charity that … Continue reading →