Arts Management

Membership network for visual and applied arts offers practical professional benefits and much more.

Backed up by a-n The Artists Information Company, AIR (Artists' Interaction & Representation) was established in 2006 and has nearly 11,000 artist members.

Here's what we do:
- keep artists in touch with arts jobs, news, opportunities, and with each other, through our website, regular ebulletins and events
- meet regularly with policy bodies such as the Arts Council to advocate on artists' behalf
- provide specially tailored professional benefits, like our free public liability insurance cover.

Following the introduction of free £5m public and products liability insurance for UK-based AIR members in 2007, brokers Hencilla Canworth Ltd and a-n The Artists Information Company have developed the Artists' Insurance Policy (AIP) for practising visual and applied artists. Providing cover for artwork and materials, studio and contents, and employers' liability at a highly competitive rate, policy benefits are tailored to reflect the diversity of work practice and professional requirements of visual and applied artists.

Artists can choose an 'off the peg' option or request a personalised quote. For further information about the Artists' Insurance Policy (AIP) visit www.a-n.co.uk/AIR_insurance, or to find out how to become an AIR member, visit www.a-n.co.uk/subscribe or call +44 (0) 191 241 8000.

AIR: Artists Interaction and Representation
Phone: +44 (0)191 241 8000
www.a-n.co.uk/subscribe

All Ways Learning is a catalyst, leader, guide and enabler in professional development for people managing the arts in the south east of England.

All Ways Learning is creating a framework for continuing professional development for those involved in managing the arts in the south east. We define management as part of the work of people who are either inside or outside of organisations.

All Ways Learning want to develop and sustain the dynamic learning community - networks of individuals who are actively engaged in learning from and with each other through a variety of activities which encourage sharing skills, knowledge and information.

All Ways Learning:
highlight the existing expertise in managing the arts in the region
conduct action and other research and disseminate the findings regarding a range of matters concerning the nature and nurture of arts management
supply information on continuing professional development activities
assist individuals, networks, projects and organisations to undertake and implement professional development plans and to develop understanding of learning in and for various contexts
run Essentials of Arts Management, an annual 10 day accredited seminar programme
commission or support activities and programmes to fill identifiable gaps.

All Ways Learning
Sussex Institute
University of Sussex
Falmer
Brighton BN1 9QQ
Phone: 01273 872 655
info@allwayslearning.org.uk
www.allwayslearning.org.uk

Artakt is an arts consultancy based at the Innovation Centre at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

It offers flexible and personalised services, providing a number of resources and expertise in the realms of curating, academic research, publishing, graphics, art and design, and an extensive network of relationships within the public and private sectors of art and science.

Support offered:
Artakt provides consultancy services for museums, galleries and research institutions, private individuals, corporate clients, artists.

Services include curatorial, research, project management, exhibition design, commission of new site-specific artworks, transport and installation, lighting and maintenance, events and education, publishing, merchandise, fundraising, marketing, press and PR, cataloguing of artwork, advice on acquisition, collecting and valuation, development and execution of auction strategies.

See www.artakt.co.uk for more details.

Marina Wallace, Artakt, The Innovation Centre, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Southampton
Row, London WC1B 4AP
Phone: 020 7514 8530
marina@artakt.co.uk
www.artakt.co.uk

Artquest help London's visual artists and craftspeople by fostering critical engagement and providing practical support to professional London-based visual artists and craftspeople through a website, email and telephone helpline, advice sessions, events and seminars. This support covers areas such as:

- creating, presenting and selling work
- research and development of new work practices, debates and techniques
- financial advice
- legal advice through the Artlaw section of its website.
- ongoing professional development and training opportunities.

Services and resources:
- advice sessions, telephone and email helpline
- workshops, training and conferences.

University of the Arts London
65 Davies Street
London W1K 5DA
Phone: 020 7514 8508
Fax: 020 7514 6211
info@artquest.org.uk
www.artquest.org.uk

Arts & Business London looks after many businesses in the thriving capital. From multi-nationals to one-man-bands, Arts & Business London works to provide quality advice, guidance and support for our members in their arts partnerships. It offers ways of making the most of partnerships between the arts and businesses. It can offer training, advice, information, networking and support to arts organisations.

The organisation encourages businesses sponsorship of the arts, can bring in business expertise to support artists and develop business audiences for the arts.

The Board Bank is a free service to arts organisations, helping them to recruit talented and enthusiastic business volunteers to serve as non-executives on their boards.

The board has ultimate responsibility for the arts organisation, setting policy, strategy and overseeing management. Arts & Business keeps a confidential register of business volunteers who wish to serve on the board of an arts organisation or museum. Managers give volunteers a thorough induction and then match them to organisations seeking their support.

Many people at some time in their lives benefit from the experience and knowledge of a mentor. Arts managers can now find mentors from the business world that will help them to develop their full potential. Arts & Business Mentoring is a pilot programme running in London. As a mentor you'll be working one-to-one with an arts manager, helping them to get to the bottom of issues and guiding their development on the job.

Arts & Business matches people from business and the arts and helps support their development. Mentoring typically involves one meeting a month of 1-2 hours, for an initial period of 6 months to a year.

For more information on business services contact:

Arts & Business London
Nutmeg House
60 Gainsford Street
Butlers Wharf
London SE1 2NY
Phone: 020 7378 8143
Fax: 020 7407 7527
info@AandB.org.uk
www.aandb.org.uk

The Arts and Humanities Research Council [AHRC] supports world-class research that furthers our understanding of human culture and creativity.

To find out more about grant, research programme or scheme opportunities, please go to the AHRC website.

Arts and Humanities Research Board
Whitefriars
Lewins Mead
Bristol BS1 2AE
Phone: 0117 987 6500
Fax: 0117 987 6600
enquiries@ahrc.ac.uk
www.ahrc.ac.uk

Online register of consultants and trainers in the arts.

www.arts-consultants.org.uk

Arts Council England works to get great art to everyone by championing, developing and investing in artistic experiences that enrich people's lives.

Grants for the arts are for individuals, arts organisations and other people who use the arts in their work. They are for activities carried out over a set period and which engage people in England in arts activities, and help artists and arts organisations in England carry out their work. Grants for the arts is funded by the National Lottery.

An application pack and information about these grants can be obtained by visiting the website.

Arts Council England
Great Peter Street, London SW1 3NQ

Phone: 0845 300 6200
Fax: 020 7973 6590
Textphone: 020 7973 6564
enquiries@artscouncil.org.uk
www.artscouncil.org.uk

Arts for Islington is a voluntary sector network of 350 of Islington's artists and arts organisations that provides a forum in which to bring all forsm of cultural providers together so as to protect their interests, and develop their skills and sustainability.

For more information check out www.artsforislington.org.uk

Arts for Islington
Phone: 020 7687 0019
a4i@filmworkshop.com
www.artsforislington.org.uk

The AMA is the UK's professional development body for anyone involved in promoting the arts and cultural industries in the UK.

7a Clifton Court
Clifton Road
Cambridge CB1 7BN
Phone: 01223 578078
Fax: 01223 578079
info@a-m-a.co.uk
www.a-m-a.co.uk

A web-based resource for offenders and ex-offenders; providing information for those wanting to get involved in the arts.

The site offers advice on:

How to access arts activities in the community
Training and employment in the arts
Financial support and funding
Useful links to support agencies and arts organisations.

Designed to be user friendly and fun, the website also features video interviews of ex-prisoners now working as successful artists http://www.artsontheout.co.uk/site/interviews.htm

http://www.artsontheout.co.uk

Arts Research Digest provides a unique overview of recent and current research in the arts, media and cultural sectors around the world. It is a vital resource for arts practitioners, arts organisations and managers, policy makers, academics, researchers, libraries, local authorities, students and funding organisations.

Published three times a year in hard copy and now also available online as a fully searchable research database.

Subscribers can access ten years of the research we've summarised through their own unique password and username. Each time a new issue is published the database will be expanded to provide you with the most up-to-date information and an expanding resource on new research in the arts.

Arts Research Digest also features seminars and conferences, other sources of useful information, literature reviews and special focus issues, plus an annual index.

If you would like to be able to access the database in full and are not a subscriber, then simply subscribe now for a year. You will also receive hard copies of the next three issues, an annual index, literature reviews and focus reviews. All for one inclusive price.

www.arts-research-digest.com

A new Youth Arts Starter Kit has been launched by Artsplan. It is the essential kit for anyone who is starting to work together with young people in the arts and would like a range of useful tools to support them in their work for a bargain price.

The Youth Arts Starter Kit has been produced by Artswork, the national youth arts development agency, as part of their Artsplan department. Artsplan is a series of training and publications and the in-house training provider of ENYAN (English National Youth Arts Network). All training and publications are written by experienced youth arts specialists, currently involved in a variety of project work through the UK.

For further details contact Artswork
Phone: 02380 682 535
artsplan@artswork.org.uk
www.artswork.org.uk/artsplan

ArtsProfessional acts as a cross-artform vehicle for sharing good practice and an invaluable source of information. The fortnightly publication offers readers a diet of news, views, reviews and case studies.

ArtsProfessional magazine reaches across the entire spectrum of professional arts activity, being read by chief executives as well as managers, marketers, administrators, academics, policy makers, funders, consultants, freelances, students and commercial suppliers to the arts and cultural sector.

www.artsprofessional.co.uk

Artswork: the national youth arts development agency runs its own dedicated training and publications department, promoting professional development opportunities for everyone involved in youth arts.

Artsplan offers training courses for individuals and organisations as well as publications and guidelines and has been developed by Artswork in response to the growing needs of the Youth Arts sector in the UK.

Courses and publications are based upon years of professional experience using the arts with young people aged 12-25 in a variety of settings. Artsplan aims to offer opportunities for professional development, networking, ideas and skills sharing to enable high standards of good practice throughout youth arts.

Artsplan is for both organisations and individuals currently using or looking to use the arts within their work with young people. Training can be tailored to specific art forms, projects, arts, youth or education organisations as required.

You can download a free copy of the new Artsplan Learning Passport via our website: www.artswork.org.uk/artsplan. Within this you will find a full list of our youth arts training courses and publications.

To provide ongoing support to the youth arts sector, Artswork has created ENYAN (English National Youth Arts Network). ENYAN is a membership body designed to create connections throughout the diverse youth arts sector at national, regional and grass roots levels. ENYAN aims to raise the profile and support for youth arts within England, and by doing so create more opportunities for the creative and personal development of young people, especially young people at risk.

For more information visit www.enyan.co.uk, become a member of ENYAN and keep up to date with CPD opportunities.

Jay Barron,
Artsplan Development Manager,
23 Basepoint, Anderson Road, Southampton, SO14 5FE
Phone: 02380 682 535
artsplan@artswork.org.uk
www.artswork.org.uk

ARVAC offers a free service to groups to undertake research, enabling groups to identify, plan, operate or manage their research and improve research skills through training on-site.

2D Aberdeen Studios,
22-24 Highbury Grove,
London N5 2EA
Phone: 020 7704 2315
Fax: 020 7704 9995
arvac@arvac.org.uk
http://www.arvac.org.uk/

Audiences London is the audience development agency for the capital, one of a national network who broker collaboration across arts organisations to develop the size, diversity and quality of engagement among audiences. We focus on enabling organisations to share information, expertise, collective solutions and financial resources. This principle is manifest in our range of services and in the raft of collaborative projects we facilitate.

Services and resources:
- audience research and reports
- training seminars and exchange events
- improving access and diversity
- bespoke advice.

Unit 7G1,
The Leathermarket, Weston Street
London SE1 3ER
Phone: 020 7407 4625
Fax: 020 7407 4714
info@audienceslondon.org
www.audienceslondon.org

Baker Richards Consulting helps cultural organisations maximise their earned income. They work with organisations on marketing, business, sales and pricing strategies.

Their pricing work alone has generated more than £2 million extra box office income for arts organisations in the UK.

Their website is intended to be a resource for organisations, including free tutorials and downloads to help you find out more about approaches to maximising income and they will continue to update the site with new information, case studies and publications from time to time.

Baker Richards Consulting is a member of the Professional Pricing Society, the Theatrical Management Association, the Arts Marketing Association and the Audiences Europe Network.

Baker Richards Consulting Ltd.
11 Lents Way,
Cambridge, CB4 1UA
Phone: 01223 242100
training@baker-richards.com
www.baker-richards.com

Moving Matters: Supporting Disabled Dance Students in Higher Education by Sarah Whatley

This resource pack will be a useful reference for anyone who is involved in teaching and supporting the teaching of dance students in higher education. The pack also provides useful information for individuals, agencies and organisations that are supporting disabled dance practitioners prior to entering higher education or after graduation so it will be a valuable resource for professional organisations and those in other education sectors. Whilst the material has a clear focus on dance and the particular challenges associated with practical dance activities, the pack may also be useful to other educators.

In Part One, Sarah Whatley summarises the work that has taken place so far at Coventry University. There are notes on teaching and learning strategies, information about working with a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) in the studio, suggestions for modifying and adapting curricula and ideas for assessment methods and student support. There are some personal reflections provided by students and those who support their learning.

Part Two focuses on two conferences held at Coventry University during 2007, beginning with an outline of the days and then transcriptions or reports of the various presentations. The 75-page booklet has an accompanying DVD, which includes footage from the two days, interviews with speakers and students as well as extracts from some of the performances that were presented as part of the conferences.

The aim is to provide a broad perspective on this area of work together with some ideas about how the work could be taken forward. It is hoped that the pack might encourage an expanding network of practitioners and more collaborative working across the sector.

Copies can be ordered via the Coventry University Online Store - go to www.coventry.ac.uk/researchnet/d/279/a/2280 and follow the direct link.

Centre for Media Arts and Performance
Institute for Creative Enterprise (ICE)
Coventry University Enterprises
Puma Way
Coventry CV1 2TT
Phone: 02476 158 350
Fax: 02476 158 292
cemap@coventry.ac.uk
www.coventry.ac.uk/researchnet/d/279/a/2280

City Lit works with 22,000 individuals and more than 300 employers a year. A variety of courses and support in the creative industries is available such as visual arts, music, drama, dance and speech, professional skills for actors

As well as offering a range of scheduled courses, which can be run as requested on a staff only basis, tailor-made courses can also be arranged to meet specific needs, running either at City Lit or on your premises.

Support offered:
Open courses – attend sessions with employees from other organisations.

Closed courses – requesting courses to run for your staff only.

Bespoke courses – tailor-make a course to meet your specific training needs.

Introductory Diploma in Management
Offered to middle managers looking for accreditation, this programme is accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management. It introduces mangers to the wide range of responsibilities of the middle manager and will help you improve your performance.

Stuart Pothecary, City Lit, Keeley Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 4BA
Phone: 020 7 492 2675
s.pothecary@citylit.ac.uk
www.citylit.ac.uk/business

Courses include
Media:
CWC's City and Guilds TV and Video course includes skills training in the whole video production process. There are also
specialist editing and broadcast news courses. All courses are based at Paddington Centre where students have access to industry standard facilities for media and image manipulation and a TV Studio with editing suites.

CWC offers performing arts courses at first and national levels.
These courses provide training in a range of skills, including choreography and movement, acting, stagecraft, directing, writing and music technology. Based at Paddington Centre, students also gain theatre experience in the College’s Cockpit Theatre.

CWC has an excellent and well established reputation as a major national provider for Sound Engineering and Music Technology training. They provide a range of full and part-time day and evening courses from beginners to Higher National Diploma
and Foundation Degree level. They have very good links and work closely with major employers in these industries to ensure
students receive the essential and relevant skills and qualifications for employment.

As for business and professional development a range of part-time Professional Development courses in management support, marketing, accounting and finance (AAT, NVQ, BTEC,
HNC, CSC) are available.

Jane Baker Paddington Centre, 25
Paddington Green, London W2 1NB
Phone: 020 7258 2868
jane.baker@cwc.ac.uk
www.cwc.ac.uk

An initiative of the Clore Duffield Foundation, their aim is to help to train and develop a new generation of leaders for the cultural sector here in the UK. Each year they assist a number of
Clore Fellows to undertake an individual programme of learning, work, research, training, and secondment, designed to develop their leadership skills and experience.

The development of leadership and other transferable skills, practical work-based experience, research on a specific project of practical value to your area of work, and mentoring.

Clore Leadership programme has five elements...
Developing Leadership
Following a conference where the fellows are announced. An initial meeting will be arranged during the summer to discuss the candidate's needs and to start to plan your secondment, research, mentoring and tuition. A two-week residential leadership course lays the foundation for you to build and improve your leadership skills throughout the year, and enable you to get to know the
other Fellows on the programme. There will be a second residential course for all Fellows.

Developing Skills
A range of tuition opportunities will be available to individuals, small groups or the full cohort of Fellows. These will include, for example, presentation skills, media awareness, marketing, fundraising and governance. For some of your tuition, the Foundation will provide funds for you to attend a choice of open courses in universities, business schools or specialist
organisations.

Secondment
At the core of the programme is a three to four month secondment to an organisation very different from the candidate's current, in which you will manage a high level project. The Clore Foundation will agree with you the organisation which best
suits your needs, interests and objectives. You may want to link this practical experience to your period of research.

Research
During the Fellowship, you will investigate in depth an aspect of culture which has practical relevance to your field of work. You will be supervised by the higher education institution most appropriate for your research proposal. Whatever your knowledge
or educational background, you will receive guidance at the appropriate level on methods of research and will have opportunities to share your findings with others.

Mentoring
As a Fellow, you will have a personal development plan and will receive support and advice from the Director and Deputy Director of the Clore Leadership Programme as well as from a specially selected mentor. Regular meetings will be held to review progress and discuss any changes to your programme. You may have access to coaching when you make the move from the Fellowship programme back to the work place.

Fiona Cameron
South Building, Somerset House, Strand,
London WC2R 1LA


Phone: 020 7420 9430
info@cloreleadership.org
www.cloreleadership.org

Based on the residential element of the Clore Fellowship Programme, these two-week courses develop the skills of emerging leaders in the cultural sector.

The short courses have been designed for people in the middle ranks of cultural organisations or those at or near the top of smaller ones, and who have a minimum of five years work experience. The teaching is a potent mixture of the practical and the academic, providing a large measure of intensive personal development, an examination of the nature of good leadership and an introduction to key areas of expert knowledge essential to effective cultural leadership.

Support offered
An examination of the nature of good leadership and an introduction to key areas of expert knowledge essential to effective cultural leadership.

Topics covered include financial management and modelling, managing capital projects, people management and human resources, strategic planning, media and presentation skills, fundraising, marketing, lobbying and influencing, governance, charity law, technological developments. There is also an examination of
public policy towards the arts, with a strategic overview of the sector and discussion of future intellectual, social and political challenges.

For further information please visit www.cloreleadership.org

Fiona Cameron
South Building, Somerset House, Strand,
London WC2R 1LA
Phone: 020 7420 9414
shortcourses@cloreleadership.org
www.cloreleadership.org/short

The College of North East London is a vocational college offering a comprehensive range of education and training.

Its School of Creative Studies has a number of relevant courses in creative industries and business including:
- City and Guilds Life Learning
- various certificates in Design and Craft, Performing Arts, Design and Design Media, Music, Music Technology, Media, Final Cut Pro, Journalism and Research, Documentary Filmmaking and Media Games Development.

See www.cnwl.ac.uk for more details.

Paul Skitt Willesden Centre,
Dudden Hill Lane, London NW10 2XD
Phone: 020 8208 5280
paul.skitt@fusion.gb.com
www.cnwl.ac.uk

CreativePeople is a national network of ten consortia dedicated to providing advice and guidance to support the professional development of people working in arts and craft industries. The aim of each consortium is to help those working in the arts and craft industries take a more planned approach to their own professional development, helping them to identify the most useful professional development activities, to prioritise and to implement them.

The CreativePeople network offers a wealth of information on resources and events: workshops, conferences, courses, mentoring schemes, critical appraisal services and online toolkits. It also contains news about job opportunities and commissions. The arts connect search enables you to look for such information on the individual websites of its many partners.

Sign up to receive the CreativePeople network bulletin a regular briefing on the CreativePeople network. http://www.creativepeople.org.uk/register/ebulletins.php

www.creativepeople.org.uk

Diversity Works for London offers two Gold Standard Diversity tools - one aimed at small and medium sized businesses with up to 250 employees and the other for larger enterprises.

Both tools are free, quick and easy to use.

By using the DWfL Gold Standard tool and implementing its findings you will:
- discover different approaches to designing and delivering on your diversity goals
- measure your diversity performance against best practice standards
- determine what you already do well and what needs to be improved
- receive practical guidance on how to move forwards in diversity - position your business to better compete for contracts, staff and customers
- gain a Gold Standard accreditation of good practice.

To access the toolkit relevant to your business you need to complete our registration form and log-in to your account - we will then automatically route you to the appropriate tool for your business.

http://diversityworksforlondon.com/server/show/nav.006

ENYAN is a membership scheme to bring together the youth arts sector in England. You can register to become an ENYAN member online at www.enyan.co.uk and you will receive a number of benefits including the ability to post and view news, events and jobs online, the ability to vote on current youth arts issues, access to research and advice, discounts on Artsplan CPR courses and publications and access to Upstart online.

ENYAN will deliver a national programme of professional development by promoting youth arts CPD and career opportunities including Artswork's Artsplan training and publications department.

ENYAN is steered by a national steering group and consists of nine regional advisory panels. ENYAN has also forged links with Scotland, Ireland and Wales to create YAN UK (Youth Arts Network UK).

ENYAN's over arching aim is to raise the profile of youth arts locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. ENYAN will lobby for youth arts at the highest levels through an annual campaign and poll.

ENYAN is an ongoing professional development opportunity for all artists as the site is constantly being updated with new CPD opportunities. Specific dates, times and venues for CPD work will be on the Artsplan section of the ENYAN site soon.

See www.enyan.co.uk for further details and to subscribe or contact the ENYAN Development Manager at enyan@artswork.org.uk

Artswork, contact Anna Rubycz or Jay Barron
Phone: 02380 682 535
Fax: 02380 682 536
enyan@artswork.org.uk
www.enyan.co.uk

Equity is the only Trade Union to represent artists from across the entire spectrum of arts and entertainment. Formed in 1930 by a group of West End performers, Equity quickly spread to encompass the whole range of professional entertainment and its membership includes actors, singers, dancers, choreographers, stage managers, theatre directors and designers, variety and circus artists, television and radio presenters, walk-on and supporting artists, stunt performers and directors and theatre fight directors. Although a Trade Union, Equity is not politically affiliated and so does not make payments to any political party. This puts Equity in the strong position of being able to lobby with impunity. It is affiliated to the Trades Unions Congress and Equity delegates attend the annual TUC conference as a means of bringing performers' issues to a wider audience.

The main function of Equity is to negotiate minimum terms and conditions of employment throughout the entire world of entertainment and to endeavour to ensure these take account of social and economic changes. Its looks to the future as well, negotiating agreements to embrace the new and emerging technologies which affect performers so satellite, digital television, new media are all covered. In addition it operates at an international level through the Federation of International Artists which Equity helped to establish, the International Committee for Artistic Freedom and through agreements with sister unions overseas.

In addition to these core activities, Equity strives to provide a wide range of services for members and so they are eligible for many benefits including a job information service and contract vetting. They also provide legal and welfare advice, royalties collection services, advice on copyright and insurance services.

Equity London Office,
Guild House,
Upper St Martins Lane,
London
WC2H 9EG
Phone: 020 7379 6000
Fax: 020 7379 7001
info@equity.org.uk
www.equity.org.uk

Escape Artists is an arts and education charity that was established in 1996. Our purpose is to build a bridge from the margins to the mainstream; employing the arts as tool for personal development and social change.

Escape Artists fulfils its purpose at the meeting point of clients, contractors, artists and stakeholders - providing a service which achieves tangible educational and developmental results through professionally managed artistic activity. We don't just see our workshops or productions as a one-off. We want to ensure that the vital importance of people's creativity in promoting health and social welfare can continue to be developed in sustainable forms.

On a more general level, our whole reason for being is to provide access to the arts within some of the country's most disadvantaged communities; such as those within Young Offender Institutions, Secure Hospitals, Prisons, Mental Health Institutions, Hostels for the Homeless, Hospices and elsewhere.

Escape Artists is one of the few dedicated organisations with the experience, resources and training to be able to work with all parties within these sectors, both nationally and internationally.

Studio 24
7-15 Greatorex Street
London
E1 5NF
Phone: 0207 655 0909
info@escapeartists.co.uk
www.escapeartists.co.uk

The Group for Education in Museums (Gem):
- promotes education as a core function of museums
- encourages the exchange of information, ideas and research relating to the practice of museum education
- fosters the highest standard of educational practice
- promotes the role of museums in formal and informal learning
- promotes professionalism in the educational work of museums.

Who belongs to GEM?
GEM membership is open to all those interested in advancing learning through museums and galleries. Members are working in museums and galleries, country houses, heritage sites, urban and countryside interpretative centres, science centres, schools and universities, and they may be full-time educators or other staff with an educational role. They interpret the environment, sites and collections in a wide variety of ways, promoting and exploiting their full potential as learning resources.

http://www.gem.org.uk/home.html

The Henry Moore Institute in Leeds is known internationally for its wide-ranging programme. Its exhibitions vary from historic to contemporary sculpture, as does its active research programme.

As well as managing a specialist library, the Institute curates the British sculpture and archive collections of Leeds Museums & Galleries.

Professional development opportunities available at the Henry Moore Institute include fellowship and internship programmes. The Institute regularly announces calls for academic papers, has an annual essay prize and holds workshops, conferences, talks and symposia throughout the year.

Contact Kirstie Gregory Research Programme Assistant
Henry Moore Institute
74 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
Phone: 0113 246 7467
kirstie@henry-moore.ac.uk
www.henry-moore.ac.uk

HybridLab Spaces is an idea that has grown from our online project, www.hybridlab.org. This website was set up to help growing artists get more online promotion, whilst building a valuable source of information about the sector.
When the opportunity arose to take on larger premises, we jumped at the chance as it meant that we could bring our online community into a physical space.
HybridLab Spaces is designed to be what you want it to be; it is your space. Whether you need a place to work, a meeting room to hire, or specialist software, we aim to provide it for you.

IEAction's Hybridlab Spaces
Sophia House,
76-80 City Road
London EC1Y 2BJ

Phone: 020 7608 2370
creative@ieaction.com
www.hybridlabspaces.com

The Independent Cinema Office is a national organisation that aims to develop and support independent film exhibition throughout the UK. The ICO works in association with independent cinemas, film festivals, film societies and the regional and national screen agencies.

We provide professional training for people working in exhibition who want to develop existing skills as well as for people wishing to enter the sector. Courses cover a wide range of practical issues including programming, PR, marketing and audience development.

Our website includes a page listing job vacancies in cinemas, film festivals and independent distributors, many of which are not advertised in the national press. The ICO itself has occasional internships for enthusiastic individuals interested in cinema exhibition.

Our other activities include putting together touring programmes of films which can be booked for screenings by venues and organisations; and organising a biannual Screening Days event for independent exhibitors to increase the access programmers have to films pre release. We also run an enquiries service for the non-theatrical sector via a dedicated email address: enquiries@independentcinemaoffice.org.uk.

ICO, 3rd Floor, Kenilworth House, 79-80 Margaret Street, London W1W 8TA
Phone: 020 7636 7120
Fax: 020 7636 7121
info@independentcinemaoffice.org.uk
www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk

The Independent Theatre Council (ITC) is the UK's leading management association for the performing arts, representing 690 organisations across the country. ITC are committed to providing members with a comprehensive package of advice services, training and professional development opportunities, networking meetings and exclusive service discounts.

ITC offers a range of short courses for people working in arts administration and management.

12 The Leathermarket,
Weston Street,
London SE1 3ER
Phone: 020 7403 6698
Fax: 020 7403 1745
training@itc-arts.org
www.itc-arts.org

The LSC exists to make England better skilled and more competitive. We have a single goal: to improve the skills of England's young people and adults to make sure we have a workforce that is of world-class standards.We are responsible for planning and funding high-quality vocational education and training for everyone. Our vision is that by 2010, young people and adults in England have the knowledge and skills matching the best in the world and are part of a truly competitive workforce. London Central LSC covers the London boroughs of: Camden, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth, Southwark, Wandsworth and Westminster.

LSC London Region
Centre Point
103 New Oxford Street
London
WC1A 1DR
Phone: 0845 019 4144
info@lsc.gov.uk
www.lsc.gov.uk

Artquest has been gifted the entire archive of Artlaw articles, published in Art Monthly magazine since 1976. Written by Henry Lydiate, the archive is an invaluable source of legal information to the visual arts community in London and beyond.

Search the Artlaw archive on the Artquest website:
http://www.artquest.org.uk/artlaw/artlaw.htm

Artquest
The London Institute
65 Davies Street
London W1K 5DA
Phone: 020 7514 8357, 020 7514 2984
Fax: 020 7514 6211
Minicom: 020 7409 3143
info@artquest.org.uk
www.artquest.org.uk

LCACE is a partnership of eight Higher Education institutions: Birkbeck, University of the Arts London; City University; Courtauld Institute of Art; Goldsmiths College; Guildhall School of Music and Drama; King's College London; Queen Mary and Royal Holloway.

LCACE supports and co-ordinates its partners links with the arts and cultural industries by:
Fostering dialogue and debate between HE and the arts and cultural industries
Showcasing excellence in research, teaching and consultancy in arts and cultural enterprise
Advocating the role of HE in the arts and cultural sector.

LCACE:
Broker collaborations between academics and the cultural sector
Access expertise in partner institutions
Provide research and consultancy services
Provide information about current areas of collaboration
Provide networking opportunities for arts organisations and academics.

2nd Floor, South Building
Somerset House,
Strand
Phone: 020 7420 9444
Fax: 020 7420 9445
info@lcace.org.uk
www.lcace.org.uk

Managing the Arts in the 21st Century: Cultural Policy, Planning and Theory

If you are a senior manager working in the arts sector, this course will help you become better equipped to manage the arts in times of change, gain a greater understanding of the factors affecting the arts environment, and will prepare you to take charge of future developments at work. The course will also appeal to independent artists/managers with organisational responsibilities, as well as to aspiring middle managers.

The next course, held at Birkbeck, University of London, begins on 4 November and comprises one session a week from 11.00am - 5.00pm for 12 weeks. The fee of £1,050 includes course materials, refreshments and lunch. Further information can be found at:

www.bbk.ac.uk/study/ce/artsmana/artman21.html

media contacts: visual arts is a press directory service published in print and online format, and used by artists and galleries across the UK to promote their exhibitions. Our database of over 2000 national and international publications provides detailed insider information on deadlines, lead times, preferred methods of contact, and wherever possible, personal email addresses, for some 4000 arts correspondents across all media.

Our online directory service comes complete with press campaign manager and email sending facility, and is updated every working day, making it the most up-to-date and user friendly press list available.

With a subscription to media contacts you benefit from the thousands of calls made by our team every year, your press list is continuously updated and expanded, you can send out a press release at the touch of a button to all your chosen press, and all this for a fraction of the cost of hiring a PR company.

To find out more about our various subscription rates and packages, visit our website at www.mediacontacts.org.uk. And don’t forget to enquire about our special six monthly artist package, now available to artists across the UK.

media contacts
Phone: 01273 488 996
Fax: 01273 488 497
info@mediacontacts.org.uk
www.mediacontacts.org.uk

This resource pack will be a useful reference for anyone who is involved in teaching and supporting the teaching of dance students in higher education. The pack also provides useful information for individuals, agencies and organisations that are supporting disabled dance practitioners prior to entering higher education or after graduation so it will be a valuable resource for professional organisations and those in other education sectors. Whilst the material has a clear focus on dance and the particular challenges associated with practical dance activities, the pack may also be useful to other educators.

In Part One, Sarah Whatley summarises the work that has taken place so far at Coventry University. There are notes on teaching and learning strategies, information about working with a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) in the studio, suggestions for modifying and adapting curricula and ideas for assessment methods and student support. There are some personal reflections provided by students and those who support their learning.

Part Two focuses on two conferences held at Coventry University during 2007, beginning with an outline of the days and then transcriptions or reports of the various presentations. The 75-page booklet has an accompanying DVD, which includes footage from the two days, interviews with speakers and students as well as extracts from some of the performances that were presented as part of the conferences.

The aim is to provide a broad perspective on this area of work together with some ideas about how the work could be taken forward. It is hoped that the pack might encourage an expanding network of practitioners and more collaborative working across the sector.

Copies can be ordered via the Coventry University Online Store - go to www.coventry.ac.uk/researchnet/d/279/a/2280 and follow the direct link.

Centre for Media Arts and Performance
Institute for Creative Enterprise (ICE)
Coventry University Enterprises
Puma Way
Coventry CV1 2TT
Phone: 02476 158 350
Fax: 02476 158 292
cemap@coventry.ac.uk
www.coventry.ac.uk/researchnet/d/279/a/2280

One of MLA London's priorities is to increase funding into museums, archives and libraries and build fundraising capacity. They aim to promote and build external partnerships that help to increase the resources available to the sector and enhance access to the sector.

MLA London,
53-56 Great Sutton Street
London EC1V 0DE

Phone: 020 7549 1700
Fax: 020 7490 5225
info@mlalondon.org.uk
www.mlalondon.org.uk

Hosts twice-yearly courses designed to equip not-for-profit organisations to realise their fundraising potential.

The Management Centre,
117 Gauden Road,
London SW4 6LE
Phone: 020 7978 1516
Fax: 020 7978 2125
www.managementcentre.co.uk

NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts - a unique body with a mission to make the UK more innovative. We invest in early-stage companies, inform and shape policy, and deliver practical programmes that inspire others to solve the big challenges of the future.

NESTA is working to increase the UK's capacity for innovation. They invest in all stages of the innovation process, backing new ideas and funding new ventures that stimulate entrepreneurship.

1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE
Phone: 020 7438 2500
Fax: 020 7438 2501
information@nesta.org.uk
www.nesta.org.uk

Own-it is a service which offers intellectual property advice, information and events for London's creative people, enabling you to better protect and exploit your intellectual assets and use your intellectual property to sustain, develop and grow your businesses.

Own-it provides you with everything you need to know about copyright, design rights, trade marks, patents and licenses, etc. Membership is free and you get access to free events, advice and factsheets. For more details and to register go to www.own-it.org. The Own-it website offers a range of services, from latest news and FAQs to email newsletters, as well as listings of seminars and workshops.

Additionally, Own-it provides contract templates and consultations with lawyers specialising in intellectual property for creative businesses for a very reasonable nominal fee.

Own-it, the Creative London Intellectual Property Advice Service, is supported and based at the London College of Communication, University of The Arts London.

Own-it
University of the Arts London - LCC
Elephant and Castle
London
SE1 6SB
Phone: General enquiry service: 020 7514 1873
info@own-it.org
www.own-it.org

Pride Legacy Project (PLP) is a research and development project examining the need for cohesive partnership strategies to facilitate and support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer (LGBTQ) cultural awareness within creative and heritage venues in London. PLP does this by consulting arts institutions and organisations who seek to develop activities and audiences within and about this community.

Services & Resources:
- OUT workshops: LGBTQ diversity awareness training for arts organisations
- audience development
- implementing Queer programming for all audiences
- national LGBTQ arts resource for new, existing and emerging practitioners and programmers.

Qulture Link, www.qulturelink.ning.com launched in August 2008, is an online network for queer artists which lists gay friendly venues and organisations.

Qulture Link is a new online networking site for Queer Artists living or working in London. The site has been developed by Pride Legacy Project in collaboration with Wise Thoughts. Qulture Link is a resource for new, emerging and established queer artists.

The main aim of the site is to support the specific needs of queer artists by providing up to date information on queer supportive venues, organisations, festivals and platforms in London. There is space to display your own work, events and much more. Qulture Link is also a great space to meet other queer artists and ignite collaboration.

Visit www.qulturelink.ning.com and become a member to see what the site can offer you.

PO Box 53647
London SE1 3ER
Phone: 020 7703 6864/07766 745 363
reception@pridelegacyproject.com
www.pridelegacyproject.com

literaturetraining has developed a self-assessment professional development planning guide to help writers explore where they want to get to professionally in a structured way.

For further information and to download a copy of 'Getting to where you want to be, a DIY guide to professional development planning for writers and literature professionals' by Jude Page (literaturetraining, 2007), visit the literaturetraining website:

http://www.literaturetraining.com/metadot/index.pl?id=36784&isa=Category&op=show

The Cultural Enterprise Office (CEO) in Scotland has developed its 'Do-It-Yourself Professional Planning Toolkit' based on Jude Page's original model for literaturetraining. Visit the CEO's website to access this professional development planning tool for those working in the creative and cultural industries:

http://culturalenterpriseoffice.co.uk/website/search_all.asp?article_type=Factsheet&UP=TYPE_F&search_box=Professional%20Development%20Planning&main_activity=&spec_activity=&main_artform=&spec_artform=&NAV_SELECTED=&type=events&item=8344#8344

Sound Connections is a a registered company with charitable status.

It works through its membership of approximately 2500 organisations & practitioners who provide music training and learning opportunities for young people in Greater London.

For further details, please see the website.

Rich Mix Cultural Foundation
35-47 Bethnal Green Road
London E1 6LA
Phone: 020 7729 7220
Fax: 020 7378 1995
info@sound-connections.org.uk
www.sound-connections.org.uk

Southwark Arts Forum is the strategic networking organisation for the Arts and Cultural Industries in the London Borough of Southwark. SAF mission is to help artists, arts organisations and creative industries in Southwark to excel, and to have a greater impact on their local community.

Southwark Arts Forum works with individual artists, arts and cultural organisations, educators, community groups, other umbrella organisations and the statutory sector to help build capacity and engage in wider borough agendas such as regeneration and neighbourhood renewal.

186 Peckham High Street,
London, SE15 5EG

Phone: 020 7252 8672
katy@southwarkartsforum.org
www.southwarkartsforum.org

T-Shirts and Suits is all about bringing together creativity and business in harmony.

The book and free eBook, T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity by David Parrish shows how successful creative businesses and cultural enterprises have used business methods appropriately and imaginatively to help them achieve their objectives.

T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity, written by David Parrish is published by Merseyside ACME.

Download the free eBook from the website (link below).

David Parrish
T-Shirts and Suits
International House
456 Chester Road
Manchester
M16 9HD
Phone: 0845 054 2860 / 0870 130 6305
David.parrish@t-shirtsandsuits.com
www.t-shirtsandsuits.com

TransitionTradition provides work experience, training and networking opportunities for students, graduates and new professionals entering the creative industries. Through their online publication they showcase creativity emerging from academic institutions nationwide.

TransitionTradition work both with Higher Education institutions and individuals to improve the potentially isolating transition period between study and working practice.

sam@transitiontradition.com
www.transitiontradition.com

Visiting Arts' purpose is to strengthen intercultural understanding through the arts.

What they do:
Provide information and intelligence in order to strengthen intercultural dialogue
Create opportunities to experience intercultural exploration. This is done through mediated performances, exhibitions, and by initiating and promoting collaborations
Expand the skills and knowledge of existing cultural players and develop new talent to ensure a wide, diverse and sustainable group of players.

Visiting Arts' work links England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with countries overseas prioritised by the Board.

Among other things they:
Create, produce and distribute authoritative directories and help-sheets, targeted briefings and the latest advice through print, web and word of mouth

Organise seminars, conferences and networking events to deepen intercultural understanding

Establish and foster opportunities for ground-breaking artist exchanges, promote cutting edge exhibitions and contribute to some of the world's biggest and most innovative festivals.

From Afghanistan to Zanzibar, they work with the most exciting next generation of artists and cultural players, inviting them to the UK, expanding knowledge and horizons and championing intercultural working.

Bloomsbury House,
74-77 Great Russell Street,
London WC1B 3DA

Enquiries 020 7291 1601
Phone: 020 7291 1600
Fax: 020 7291 1616
information@visitingarts.org.uk
www.visitingarts.org.uk

The Weekend Arts College provides opportunities for artists and educators to extend their training both within their own specialist discipline and when working with young people. In addition WAC can certificate some of the work carried out by students on these courses.

Professional arts training is available, called The Future Proof programme, and is designed to enable participants to acquire the necessary skills to equip them for arts development work, whether in schools or community settings, and as a consequence of this, to promote the development of this field as a recognised source of employment opportunities and as a progression route for young people who aspire to work within the arts.

Practitioners will work together with experienced tutors in their field to acquire new skills, exchange techniques and experiment with ways to develop good practice in their particular art form. The programme is divided into four main areas: Generic skills looking at design and planning, curriculum delivery and evaluation & assessment; art form skills, looking at issues such as diversity & accessibility, technique vs. creativity and working with mixed ability groups; Professional skills looking at IT (basic & advanced), desktop publishing, internet use, personal management and finance; and additional skills looking at first aid, health & safety, risk assessment and disability issues. Advice and guidance is also available on a one-to-one basis.

WAC Performing Arts & Media College
213 Haverstock Hill, London NW3 4QP
Phone: 020 7692 5888
dani@wac.co.uk
www.wac.co.uk

Young Professionals in the Arts is an arts networking group, specifically created to foster connections for creative professionals under 35. Targetting those who work in galleries, auction houses and museums or as writers, independent curators and any other professional capacities in the creative arts field (although not practising artists), the organisers, Vishal Sumarria and Kirstin Fowler hope to promote a forum for professional development. Attendees will be provided the opportunity to meet similarly minded colleagues from across London in once-monthly events.

Vishal Sumarria and Kirstin Fowler
ypalondon@gmail.com

Artsplan has been developed by Artswork youth arts development agency, in response to the growing needs of the Youth Arts sector in the UK. Courses and publications are based upon years of professional experience using the arts with young people aged 12-25 in a variety of settings. Artsplan aims to offer opportunities for professional development, networking, ideas and skills sharing to enable high standards of good practice throughout youth arts.

Artsplan is for both organisations and individuals currently using or looking to use the arts within their work with young people. Youth Service, Connexions, Creative Partnerships, Arts Development Officers, Youth Arts Workers, Museum Assistants, Arts Venues, Support Workers, Local Authorities, artists and more have already benefited from Artsplan training courses. We have also designed a specific course (Get Sorted 3½) for young people taking on supportive roles as peer mentors or youth arts workers themselves. Training can be tailored to specific art forms, projects, arts, youth or education organisations as required.

For up-to-date course information, check the Events section on this website or contact Artsplan directly.

Artsplan also produces a range of publications and guidelines to advise and inspire professionals working with young people and the arts.

Jay Barron, Artsplan Development Manager,
Fairways House, Mount Pleasant Road, Southampton SO14 OQB
Phone: 02380 630 960
Fax: 02380 632 949
artsplan@artswork.org.uk
www.artswork.org.uk/artsplan