The Artsminds Information Hub has been set up to provide useful information on topics that have relevance to the arts, and to Swindon creative practitioners.
SWINDON MUSIC FORUM – Artsminds is now supporting the set up of the Swindon Music Forum. Last year a music symposium attracted over 60 people from the local music scene to provide feedback on what they wanted to help them. 5 months on the Swindon Music Forum has been set up and a meeting held to understand how to move it forward. Work has been going on to look at how the Swindon Music Forum will fit and work within the South West Music Forum and support the strategies that it is looking to roll out.
If you want more information call Steve on 07751271069 or email contact@swindonmusicforum.org.uk
FREQUENCY HAS A WHOLE HOST OF WAYS TO GET INVOLVED – over the past year Frequency Magazine has made huge strides in supporting the local creative scenes providing free editorial space for local organisations and individuals. Supporting events and festivals as well as setting up partnerships with local organisations to provide even more opportunities for promotion. If you have not been involved with Frequency for some time now why not check out what they now provide and can offer.
Frequency information: www.swindon.gov.uk/artsminds404.pdf
SWINDON LINK ONLINE GALLERY - To photographers out there, there's a chance to show your work though a photographic 'essay' at www.swindonlink.com.
Logon and click the local photo gallery link.
CULTURE CLUB - Would you like to visit the theatre, go to art exhibitions, hear live music, listen to poetry meet other people with the same interests, then email and join an informal, friendly and fun group of people in the Swindon area, all ages welcome. "Culture Club" holds regular meetings at The King's Arms" in Wood Street at 7.30pm on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, they have already enjoyed a night at the theatre and a poetry session in Old Town this month.
Pop along to the King's Arms one Tuesday, they very friendly and they have a lot of fun.
For more information email Patricia Mather on pamather@hotmail.com
Other Useful Bulletins and Websites
SOUTH WEST SCREEN E-BULLETIN - providing an essential round-up of news, events and opportunities in the screen industries in the South West.
More Details: www.swscreen.co.uk/News/29.aspx
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF ARTISTS' STUDIO PROVIDERS (NFASP) - is the professional membership body for groups and organisations providing affordable artists' studios in England. The NFASP supports and promotes the role and activities of studio providers and campaigns to secure, sustain, improve and increase affordable studio provision in England.
More Details: www.nfasp.org.uk
ARTSMATRIX BULLETIN – Each month Artsmatrix produce a bulletin that is packed with information, events and opportunities. If you have not signed up check out the Artsmatrix website at www.artsmatrix.org.uk.
VOLUNTARY ARTS ENGLAND NEWSLETTER - Voluntary Arts England seeks to promote participation in the arts and crafts by supporting the development of the voluntary arts sector. Primarily by facilitating the development of a strong infrastructure, strategic thinking, and good practice across the sector. They are an initiative of the Voluntary Arts Network (VAN) which links us to similar bodies in Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
Sign up or read their newsletter online at http://www.voluntaryarts.org/cgi-bin/website.cgi?tier1=england&tier2=news
Artsminds in-action
ARTSMINDS MARKETING LITERATURE – We have available copies of the Artsminds marketing literature that has been distributed around a whole host of venues across Swindon, but we are always looking to make sure we get it to the right people. If you are holding an event, doing a mailing or have a place where they can be displayed get in touch.
We do have an electronic version that can be downloaded by clicking on the following link: www.swindon.gov.uk/artsminds313.pdf . Why not use it to put on your website, send it to friends and colleagues or if there is a way to get your work to add it to their intranet that would give access to Artsminds to whole host of new people.
Artsminds Opportunity
INTEL ART GALLERY – Artsminds have been given a fantastic opportunity. We have met with Intel's Art Committee via Artsminds member Benoit Philippe, and Benoit has kindly offered the Intel Art Gallery as space for Artsminds members to show their work. The gallery has many rules and guidance around how it is managed and they do get booked up in advance. They are in the process of opening a second art gallery site in their new offices in Cheney Manor, so there is even more opportunities for Artsminds members. If you are interested then please do get in touch with one of the art committee members (details can be found on the PDF link below), and they can advise on how what you need to do. BUT please do read the document explaining more about the gallery space before getting in touch.
More Details: www.swindon.gov.uk/artsminds329.pdf
Through the delivery of the arts programme Flux will be contracting individual artists and organisations across all artforms to run workshops, residencies and projects. Flux is keen to build a database of community artists who have experience of working in a range of community settings with children and young people.
More information: artsminds295.pdf
Wiltshire and Swindon Arts Alliance (W&SAA) is a new strategic umbrella for the arts in the Wiltshire and Swindon area. It encompasses local authorities, the Arts Council, artists, regularly funded and key strategic arts organisations and includes representation from a wide variety of art forms and sectors.
More Details. www.wsaa.org.uk
Accessibility Guideline Notes
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