'Last year volunteering through libraries rose by 8%. If we play it right, we’re at a stage of development where we could see a whole new wave of public involvement through joined up arts/library/reading work. But there’s also the terrifying possibility that we’re about to blow it, that we leave a library network unable to act. It’s more than the buildings, the library development staff are hugely at risk. Without their expertise, there can be no outreach, no informed support as people explore the world’s ideas, no reading activities to act as an inspiring springboard for volunteering.'
Read the full transcript
Thursday 10 February 2011
Read the transcript of Ed Vaizey’s ‘The Creative Ecology’ – Speech at State of the Arts
'I want to take the opportunity today to make the case for the importance of the creative ecology – an alliance between the subsidised and commercial arts; the professional and the voluntary arts; and the arts and the creative industries.
I want to argue that arts policy should take this creative ecology into account, in order to see the bigger picture and the wider opportunities. We are a hugely creative nation. We have tough times to face, and we will get through them if we face them together.'
Read the full transcript
I want to argue that arts policy should take this creative ecology into account, in order to see the bigger picture and the wider opportunities. We are a hugely creative nation. We have tough times to face, and we will get through them if we face them together.'
Read the full transcript
Read the transcript of Arts Council Chair, Dame Liz Forgan’s keynote speech from State of the Arts
Dame Liz Forgan, today boldly stated her confidence in a reinvigorated Arts Council and our new approach to funding the arts.
In a keynote speech she commended the extraordinary contribution the arts make to our national life.
‘Ours is a nation of burgeoning creativity. Our artists, musicians, actors, directors, sculptors, acrobats, writers, dreamers and inventors are as precious a resource as North Sea oil or the coalfields, and they are a lot more renewable and enduring.’
Download the transcript
In a keynote speech she commended the extraordinary contribution the arts make to our national life.
‘Ours is a nation of burgeoning creativity. Our artists, musicians, actors, directors, sculptors, acrobats, writers, dreamers and inventors are as precious a resource as North Sea oil or the coalfields, and they are a lot more renewable and enduring.’
Download the transcript
Tuesday 8 February 2011
Post your comments on provocation papers from leading thinkers within the arts sector
The second annual State of the Arts conference brings together a wide range of creative voices to debate issues around resilience, audience and the value of arts and culture. To help kick off the discussions we have commissioned four pamphlets from leading thinkers within the industry to examine topics such as funding, collaboration and technology.
You can download and read the papers at the links below and also post your comments and reactions on this blog to join in the discussion.
About the provocations:
Arts Funding, Austerity and the Big Society: Remaking the case for the art
Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, RSA and John Knell Leading cultural policy strategist, are authors of 'Arts Funding, Austerity and the Big Society: Remaking the case for the art ' in which they maintain the arts sector urgently needs to strengthen the case for funding. Otherwise, it the arts will be ill-prepared during the tough fiscal decade ahead. The report calls for more precise definitions of artistic excellence; new approaches to engagement; and a better account of the relationship between artistic participation and individual and social outcomes.
Download Arts Funding Austerity and the Big Society PDF
Share this paper: http://bit.ly/artssoc
Collaborative Arts
Peter Aspden, Arts Correspondent for the Financial Times, is author of 'Collaborative Arts' in which he explores how arts bodies' activities could be harnessed to encourage and produce an environment of genuine collaboration; one that will support the arts and organisations through the forthcoming financial hardships, and produce a new creative synergy.
Download Collaborative Arts PDF
Share this paper: http://bit.ly/collabarts
Rethinking Cultural Philanthropy, Towards a More Sustainable Arts and Cultural Sector
Diane Ragsdale of Erasmus University, Rotterdam, is author of 'Rethinking Cultural Philanthropy, Towards a More Sustainable Arts and Cultural Sector ' in which she examines how the internet can help raise funds for arts projects, increase transparency and ensure a broader representation of community interests on the governing boards of arts institutions.
Download Rethinking Cultural Philanthropy PDF
Share this paper: http://bit.ly/culphil
Look Out - Look In
Moukhtar Kocache of the Ford Foundation in Cairo is author of 'Look Out - Look In' and maintains that the arts are out of kilter with an increasingly interdisciplinary and connected world. He argues that what's needed on both sides of the Atlantic is a new social contract for the arts in which the artistic community embraces itself within new models of creative production and artistic activity.
Download Look Out Look In PDF
Share this paper: http://bit.ly/kocache
You can download and read the papers at the links below and also post your comments and reactions on this blog to join in the discussion.
About the provocations:
Arts Funding, Austerity and the Big Society: Remaking the case for the art
Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, RSA and John Knell Leading cultural policy strategist, are authors of 'Arts Funding, Austerity and the Big Society: Remaking the case for the art ' in which they maintain the arts sector urgently needs to strengthen the case for funding. Otherwise, it the arts will be ill-prepared during the tough fiscal decade ahead. The report calls for more precise definitions of artistic excellence; new approaches to engagement; and a better account of the relationship between artistic participation and individual and social outcomes.
Download Arts Funding Austerity and the Big Society PDF
Share this paper: http://bit.ly/artssoc
Collaborative Arts
Peter Aspden, Arts Correspondent for the Financial Times, is author of 'Collaborative Arts' in which he explores how arts bodies' activities could be harnessed to encourage and produce an environment of genuine collaboration; one that will support the arts and organisations through the forthcoming financial hardships, and produce a new creative synergy.
Download Collaborative Arts PDF
Share this paper: http://bit.ly/collabarts
Rethinking Cultural Philanthropy, Towards a More Sustainable Arts and Cultural Sector
Diane Ragsdale of Erasmus University, Rotterdam, is author of 'Rethinking Cultural Philanthropy, Towards a More Sustainable Arts and Cultural Sector ' in which she examines how the internet can help raise funds for arts projects, increase transparency and ensure a broader representation of community interests on the governing boards of arts institutions.
Download Rethinking Cultural Philanthropy PDF
Share this paper: http://bit.ly/culphil
Look Out - Look In
Moukhtar Kocache of the Ford Foundation in Cairo is author of 'Look Out - Look In' and maintains that the arts are out of kilter with an increasingly interdisciplinary and connected world. He argues that what's needed on both sides of the Atlantic is a new social contract for the arts in which the artistic community embraces itself within new models of creative production and artistic activity.
Download Look Out Look In PDF
Share this paper: http://bit.ly/kocache
Join the State of the Arts Flash Conference
The State of the Arts Flash Conference is an imaginative new project designed to create brief but electrifying bursts of thinking and conversation amidst the main State of the Arts conference programme, taking place on Thursday 10 February.
Harnessing the spontaneity and collective energy of a flash mob, we hope to bring people together to create a flood of brief but provocative and inspiring responses to a series of important questions about the state of the arts today.
The hope is that through encouraging this dynamic gathering of ideas, blogs, tweets, statements, dreams, manifestos, miniature speeches and provocations we can spark a host of interesting and diverse thoughts and conversations to naturally emerge, both in the inbetween spaces of the conference itself and in the great virtual spaces of the internet beyond it.
The Flash Conference was conceived by Andy Field, Hannah Nicklin and Laura McDermott in partnership with Arts Council England and the RSA.
For more information and to take part, visit the State of the Arts Flash Conference website.
Harnessing the spontaneity and collective energy of a flash mob, we hope to bring people together to create a flood of brief but provocative and inspiring responses to a series of important questions about the state of the arts today.
- How can art of all kinds play a more meaningful role in mass protest and popular resistance?
- What makes a good home for art (and for artists), and how can we ensure there are more of them?
- In an environment in which success is too often only measured by perpetual growth, how do we ensure that small remains beautiful?
- (How) Can art make more people's lives better?
The hope is that through encouraging this dynamic gathering of ideas, blogs, tweets, statements, dreams, manifestos, miniature speeches and provocations we can spark a host of interesting and diverse thoughts and conversations to naturally emerge, both in the inbetween spaces of the conference itself and in the great virtual spaces of the internet beyond it.
The Flash Conference was conceived by Andy Field, Hannah Nicklin and Laura McDermott in partnership with Arts Council England and the RSA.
For more information and to take part, visit the State of the Arts Flash Conference website.
Monday 31 January 2011
Watch the Cultural Question Time live video stream
If you can't make it to the conference you can watch the live video stream of the Cultural Question Time debate 2-3pm on 10 Febrauary 2011 at the link to the session in the programme above - there will be additional video content available here after the event.
The second annual State of the Arts conference, organised by the RSA and Arts Council England, brings together a wide range of creative voices to debate issues around resilience, audience and the value of arts and culture.
The second annual State of the Arts conference, organised by the RSA and Arts Council England, brings together a wide range of creative voices to debate issues around resilience, audience and the value of arts and culture.
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