Art Culture
A Win-Win ‘Loophole’ Giving Artists Space to Create
On a recent afternoon, in a ground-floor retail unit in one of London’s many vacant office buildings, a pair of flame-red platform heel boots with what looked like tentacles growing out of them and a multimedia sculpture of a coffin-like object circled by plastic shark fins were on show.
“I’m against empty space,” said Camilla Cole, the founder of Hypha Studios, a London-based nonprofit that persuades commercial landlords to let artists work and exhibit for free in unoccupied stores and offices. Cole had organized MELT, a group exhibitionshowcasing works by 32 recognition-hungry artists who work with Hypha and a fellow studio provider, Creative Land Trust. The show opened in Euston Tower, an empty 1970s high-rise in the city center, on the same day as the V.I.P. preview of the nearby Frieze London fair.
Read More: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/arts/design/hypha-studios-free-artist-space.html
Labelling arts courses “Mickey Mouse” degrees was “economic madness” during a UK film and TV boom, the culture secretary said.
Speaking ahead of a visit to Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare’s birthplace, Lisa Nandy said targeted support for the arts and culture sector will help create jobs and achieve economic growth throughout the country.
Read More: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mickey-mouse-degrees-arts-lisa-nandy-b2701925.html
- Intervention is next step of Government’s Plan for Change to help boost local economies and increase opportunities to gain creative skills
- Comes as Culture Secretary marks the 60th anniversary of the first ever arts white paper
People across the nation will benefit from access to the arts and culture on their doorsteps as a result of a major funding package to boost growth and opportunity.
Read More: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/major-investment-to-boost-growth-and-cement-britains-place-as-cultural-powerhouse
Art Culture
Bradford 2025: BBC’s plan for Bradford’s UK City of Culture year including Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey, Antiques Roadshow and Gardeners’ World
For the Senior Head of Content Production for Yorkshire, the vision was about showcasing Bradford to audiences on the radio, television and online – and that meant not only spotlighting the vast number of events taking place in the city, but also supporting Bradford 2025 with a series of new commissions from the media organisation itself.
