FAB curator shows can include: Performance, intervention, installation, multi-media and video work through to photography, drawing, painting and sculpture (and all spaces in between).Anyone can apply with any level of experience - students, graduates and artists all welcome.Check out some of this years shows http://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/fab-at-the-officers-club-stall/
Submission is by a 500 word proposal detailing the underpinning themes with supporting images (optional) and C.V all saved as a PDF or word doc.
via email fringeartsbath@ymail.com or post hard copy to Fringe Arts Bath 103 Walcot Street Bath BA1 5BW. Deadline 7th October 2011
Showing posts with label WAP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WAP. Show all posts
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Arts Audiences: Insight
I'm working from The Pound Arts Centre today and Ian (WAP's Chair and Director of The Pound) handed me a beautiful, unmistakably Arts Council published document entitled Arts Audience: Insight and said 'So which one are you?'. Confused, I began to explore the document full of lovely 'wordle like' art work and fold out pages.
So what is it?
It is the culmination of what must have been extensive research which has moved away from the traditional ACORN and MOSAIC definition of the population to that focused on arts attendance. Groups are divided into three sections: Highly engaged, Some engagement and Not currently engaged. Within these sections are sub sections:
Highly Engaged: (Reps 9% of population)
Urban Arts Eclectic (5%)
Traditional Culture Vulture (4%)
Some Engagement: (Reps 70% of population)
Fun, fashion and friends (18%)
Mature Explorers (11%)
Dinner and Show (20%)
Family and Community focused (11%)
Bedroom DJs (3%)
Mid-life hobbyists (4%)
Retired arts and crafts (3%)
Not currently engaged: (23%)
Time-poor dreamers (7%)
A quiet pint with the match (8%)
Older and home-bound (6%)
Limited means, nothing fancy (2%)
The document goes onto to define these groups by their leisure pursuits, arts engagement, demographic, and their media use (with rather clever artwork to illustrate that information).
I am left wondering whether the investment in this is worthy of the usefulness in terms of an audience development strategy, having said that the section that looks at engaging each group is fairly useful. It does feel a little like reinventing the ACORN and MOSAIC wheel to limited value, although given that there is apparently 70% engaging 'sometimes', and 23% not currently engaged it does suggest we have some work to do! What do you think?
Oh and in reply to Ian's question 'which one are you?' I think I am probably 'Family and Community Focused', though I would like to have fitted into the 'Urban arts eclectic.'
So which one are you?
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/media/uploads/Arts_audiences_insight.pdf
NB: I am sharing my own personal opinion in this post and is not intended to represent the opinion of WAP members!
So what is it?
It is the culmination of what must have been extensive research which has moved away from the traditional ACORN and MOSAIC definition of the population to that focused on arts attendance. Groups are divided into three sections: Highly engaged, Some engagement and Not currently engaged. Within these sections are sub sections:
Highly Engaged: (Reps 9% of population)
Urban Arts Eclectic (5%)
Traditional Culture Vulture (4%)
Some Engagement: (Reps 70% of population)
Fun, fashion and friends (18%)
Mature Explorers (11%)
Dinner and Show (20%)
Family and Community focused (11%)
Bedroom DJs (3%)
Mid-life hobbyists (4%)
Retired arts and crafts (3%)
Not currently engaged: (23%)
Time-poor dreamers (7%)
A quiet pint with the match (8%)
Older and home-bound (6%)
Limited means, nothing fancy (2%)
The document goes onto to define these groups by their leisure pursuits, arts engagement, demographic, and their media use (with rather clever artwork to illustrate that information).
I am left wondering whether the investment in this is worthy of the usefulness in terms of an audience development strategy, having said that the section that looks at engaging each group is fairly useful. It does feel a little like reinventing the ACORN and MOSAIC wheel to limited value, although given that there is apparently 70% engaging 'sometimes', and 23% not currently engaged it does suggest we have some work to do! What do you think?
Oh and in reply to Ian's question 'which one are you?' I think I am probably 'Family and Community Focused', though I would like to have fitted into the 'Urban arts eclectic.'
So which one are you?
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/media/uploads/Arts_audiences_insight.pdf
NB: I am sharing my own personal opinion in this post and is not intended to represent the opinion of WAP members!
Monday, 25 July 2011
Minutes from WAP's last members meeting
Here are the minutes of our last full membership meeting.
There are a couple of things for you to consider:
1. Would you like to be trained or have any of your team trained to be Arts Awards Advisors? Do have a look at the notes from Ruth Jone's presentation. WAP will be able to organised subsidised training if we have a cohort of 8 or more. Let me know by commenting on the blog or email if you would like to consider this.
2. Would you like me to organise another opportunity to meet with Simon Jeffery to look in more detail at the process of tendering? Again please do leave a comment if you do.
3. Please do share any plans or thoughts you have around the Cultural Olympiad/ Torch relay. I am meeting with Team Wiltshire on Thursday and would be happy to pass on anything from WAP members.
Thanks all
There are a couple of things for you to consider:
1. Would you like to be trained or have any of your team trained to be Arts Awards Advisors? Do have a look at the notes from Ruth Jone's presentation. WAP will be able to organised subsidised training if we have a cohort of 8 or more. Let me know by commenting on the blog or email if you would like to consider this.
2. Would you like me to organise another opportunity to meet with Simon Jeffery to look in more detail at the process of tendering? Again please do leave a comment if you do.
3. Please do share any plans or thoughts you have around the Cultural Olympiad/ Torch relay. I am meeting with Team Wiltshire on Thursday and would be happy to pass on anything from WAP members.
Thanks all
Open publication - Free publishing
Joint Strategic Assessment
At our last full members meeting the Joint Strategic Assessment developed and published by Wiltshire Council was mentioned as a possible useful read. Here it is do have a look if you fancy.
Open publication - Free publishing
WAP's priorities for 2011 - 2013
I have recently submitted an Grants For The Arts application to ACE to provide us with the resource to deliver the priorities that we have identified though our consultations. The application is an 8000 word document but I have wordled it for you (If you haven't discovered wordle yet do google it, you paste in words from a document and it shows you the words used most often, the larger the font the more it appears in your document). I think this 'wordle' gives a really good representation of what WAP plans to achieve during 2012 and 13.
If anyone would like to see the full application please do let me know and I'll forward it to you.
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Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Salisbury International Festival Launch
It wasn't a tough day in the office to go along to Salisbury International Arts Festival's launch hosted by Salisbury Arts Centre. It was a lovely affair where the SIAF team get to spoil the festival's very supportive friends and share this years exciting festival programme. There was a real sense of expectation the events being kept a well guarded secret before we were guided through them by Maria Bota (WAP's current Chair) and her team. Do take a look at the festival's website http://www.salisburyfestival.co.uk/home.aspx there is, as ever, a huge array of the very best music, dance, theatre, literarture and art from around the globe!
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