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Turning Point Y & H - Communiqué
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6th July 2009 |
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Welcome to the first communiqué from the interim Steering Group of the Turning Point initiative in Yorkshire & Humber. Our aim is to keep you informed about this initiative and opportunities for you to participate in it.
Turning Point is the Arts Council’s 10-year strategy for strengthening the visual arts in England, in partnership with the visual arts sector. As part of this process people working in the visual arts across the country have been coming together to form regional visual arts groups with a view to defining and delivering a shared vision for growth and change. A national network of these groups is currently being established.
In Yorkshire, an interim Steering Group has been formed to guide the initial exploratory phase of the Turning Point initiative in the region in 2009. Beam has been commissioned to support the Group, coordinate activities and, with associate Sue Ball (MAAP) to deliver some activities and produce a draft strategy. Three regional curators - Anna Reid (Pavilion), Clare Lilley (Yorkshire Sculpture Park) and Sarah Brown (Huddersfield Art Gallery) are also commissioned to deliver activities to inform the initiative. A report and draft Strategy will be released for consultation in December.
A programme of Open Forum talks and discussions, ‘Turning Points’, is being developed to stimulate ideas and provide opportunities for exchange between the visual arts sector, Steering Group members, and colleagues from other sectors within and outside the arts. Events will be held in venues around the region. The programme will be launched on 16 July in Leeds with ‘Turning Points - a Yorkshire Project?’- an open forum discussion, with guest speakers, about raising the profile of the visual arts through a major region-wide collaborative project.
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An initiative from Arts Council England Yorkshire working with partners, coordinated by Beam.
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