Arts Development in Salford
Arts Information Pack
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SECTION 1: Local Contacts
Salford Community Leisure Ltd3
University of Salford4
The Lowry4
Salford City Council’s Neighbourhood Management Team 5
Creative Industries8
Media CityUK8
Greater Manchester Arts Officers9
SECTION 2: General Information
Arts development agencies and networks10
International arts10
Cultural Olympiad10
Voluntary, third sector and community arts11
Disability Arts11
Youth Arts12
SECTION 3: Art Forms
Visual Arts13
Theatre14
Dance15
Film, Literature & Writing15
Music16
Public Art17
SECTION 4: Funding
Arts Council England18
Jerwood Charitable Foundation18
Paul Hamlyn Foundation18
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation18
Clore Duffield Foundation18
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation19
Mediabox19
Crafts Council19
National Endowment for Science Technology & the Arts19
Henry Moore Foundation19
Vision and Media19
PRS For Music Foundation20
Big Lottery and Heritage Lottery Fund21
International and European Funding21
Grant opportunities for students21
Creative Industries and Social Enterprise22
Crowd Funding23
Other Funding Sources23
Websites which provide funding information24
SECTION 1:
Local Arts and Neighbourhoods Contacts
Arts Development Service, Salford Community Leisure Ltd:
This service is an integral part of Salford Community Leisure and assists Salford City Council and other agencies and partners to achieve their aims through the delivery of high quality art activities that support the city's Seven Pledges in key areas such as regeneration, social inclusion, quality of life and improving health.
Arts Development Service, Salford Museum & Art Gallery, PeelPark, Salford M5 4WU
John Sculley - Museums, Heritage and Arts Manager
T: 0161 778 0816 E:
Andrea Bushell - Principal Arts Development Officer
T: 0161 778 0835 E:
Fay Flatt - Community Arts Development Officer, Irlam & Cadishead
T: 0161 778 0838 / 0161 606 6736 E:
Allison Stott- Arts Administrator
T: 0161 778 0836 E:
Gail Skelly - Project Co-ordinator - Ordsall Community Arts
T: 0161 848 8779 E: W:
Louise Norton - Dance Development Officer
- T: 0161 778 0561 E:
University of Salford:
The Arts Unit acts as an on-campus arts centre by delivering and promoting a wide range of arts events across various venues at the University, including the Chapman Gallery and Peel Hall.
General Enquiries T: 0161 295 5223 E:
Enterprise and Development, University of Salford, 113 Faraday House, SalfordM5 4WT
Harriet Morgan Shami - Arts Development Officer
T: 0161 295 9003 E:
Mike Allen -Director of Music
T: 0161 295 3231 E: c/o
The Lowry:
The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays, M50 3AZ
Stephen Crocker - Community Engagement Manager
T: 0161 876 2052 E:
Jane Dasilva - Performing Arts Education Manager
T: 0161 876 2087 E:
Caroline Barker - Formal Education Manager
T: 0161 876 2042 E:
Katie Kennedy – Community & Education Project Coordinator
T: 0161 876 2042 E:
Lucie Unsworth – Education Assistant
T: 0161 876 2086 E:
Salford City Council’s Neighbourhood Management Team:
Area Coordination:
Diane Martin - Neighbourhood Management Coordinator
T: 0161 793 2575 E:
Gareth Wilkinson - Neighbourhood Development Officer
T: 0161 793 3980 E:
Sylvia Berry - Community Centre Coordinator
T: 0161 799 2222 E:
Claremont/Weaste:
Mick Walbank - Neighbourhood Manager
T: 0161 789 4008 E:
Kay Fairhurst - Community Development Worker
T: 0161 789 4097 E:
Cleveland House, 224 Eccles Old RoadSalford, M6 8AL
East Salford:
Anne Godding - Neighbourhood Manager
T: 0161 708 9455 E:
Vanessa Hamnett - Assistant Neighbourhood Manager
T: 0161 708 9455 E:
Claire Fewings - Assistant Neighbourhood Manager
T: 0161 708 9455 E:
Broughton Resource Centre, 319 Bury New Road, Salford M7 2YN
Alison Pearce - Community Development Worker
T: 0161 708 0892 E:
Kelly Wray - Community Development Worker
T: 0161 708 0892 E:
Ameen Hadi - Community Development Worker
T: 0161 708 0892 E:
Higher Broughton Health Centre, Bevendon Square, SalfordM7 4TP
Eccles:
Julie Blagden - Neighbourhood Manager
T: 0161 603 4290 E:
Andrea Parker - Neighbourhood Development Officer
T: 0161 603 4293 E:
Room 15 – 18A, The Town Hall, Church Street, EcclesM30 0EL
Irlam & Cadishead:
Ursula Sossalla-Iredale - Neighbourhood Manager
T: 0161 606 6778 E:
Chris Trueblood - Community Development Worker
T: 0161 606 6779 E:
Council Offices, Astley Road, Irlam, Salford M44 6AB
Little Hulton/Walkden:
Vincent Nash - Neighbourhood Manager
T: 0161 975 7408 E:
Andrew Meadows - Neighbourhood Development Officer
T: 0161 975 7412 E:
Chris Tucker - Community Development Worker
T: 0161 975 7414 E:
Little Hulton One Stop Shop, Longshaw Drive, Little Hulton M28 0AZ
Ordsall & Langworthy:
Ross Spanner- Neighbourhood Manager
T: 0161 603 4090 E:
Sue Rigg - Community Development Worker
T: 0161 603 4091 E: Sue
Ordsall Neighbourhood Office, 2 Robert Hall Street, SalfordM5 3LT
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Sue Bowen - Neighbourhood Development Officer
T: 0161 737 9918 E:
SALT, 191 Langworthy Road, Salford M6 5PW
Swinton:
Karen Smith - Neighbourhood Manager
T: 0161 607 1965 E:
Tracy Jacobs - Community Development Worker
T: 0161 607 1963 E:
The Poplars Medical Centre, Partington Lane, SwintonM27 0NA
Worsley/Boothstown:
Marie Johnson -Neighbourhood Manager
T: 0161 790 4562 E:
Boothstown Community Centre, Standfield Drive, Boothstown, Worsley M28 4BN
Creative Industries:
–The Chapel Streetarea in Salfordhas a wide range of creative businesses from architects and graphic designers, to media companies and visual artists.
– The Chapel Street Business Group represents and support local businesses, providing information and networking opportunities through meetings, seminars and events.
– CING offers our members two series of free events: the evening networking event & the quarterly coffee club.
- Creative Times is an online magazine for the creative community – produced by and for people working in the creative sector. Be part of the Creative Times community. It’s free to join and you’ll be able to share your news, events and opportunities at the push of a button. You’ll also be able to create a profile in the directory of creative talent.
Business Link is an easy to use business support, advice and information service funded by government and managed in the North West by the Northwest Regional Development Agency.
– Chapel Street Open Studios annual event is full of creative talent allowing you to view and purchase a wide range of arts and crafts and view a wide selection of artists’ work, from painting and ceramics to sculpture and photography.
– Creative Choices° and the Cultural Leadership Programme are delighted to be working together to offer this social networking tool and Mentor Exchange. Find like-minded people, join special interest groups, take part in discussions or start your own private network.
Media CityUK:
– MediaCityUK is a long-term development for the creative and digital industries situated on a huge waterfront site at Salford Quays, just a few minutes from central Manchester. Peel Media is working in partnership with Salford City Council, Central Salford Urban Regeneration Company, the Northwest Regional Development Agency and Northwest Vision and Media. The BBC will move around 2,500 staff to MediaCityUK from 2011 onwards. They will be joined by The BBC Philharmonic and the University of Salford have committed to a new higher education centre at MediaCityUK, which will accommodate more than 700 students and staff.
Jane Deane - Programme Director, MediaCityUK
T: 0161 660 3691. E:
Greater Manchester Arts Officers:
BOLTONMindee Hutchinson - Arts Development Officer
Tel: 01204 334 335 Email:
BURYTony Trehy - Arts & Museums Manager
Tel: 0161 253 5869 Email:
MANCHESTERZoe Higgens - Team Leader Cultural Regeneration
Tel: 0161 234 4225 Email:
OLDHAMAnnie O’Neill - Arts Manager
Tel: 0161 770 4638 Email: annie.o’
ROCHDALEJulian Jefferson or Gwyn Fitton – TouchstonesMuseum and Gallery
Tel: 01706 924 916 Email: ;
STOCKPORTJo Ward - Arts and Cultural Events Manager
Tel: 0161 474 4453 Email:
TAMESIDELeanne Feeley - Arts & Events Manager
Tel: 0161 342 3385 Email:
TRAFFORDRobina Sheikh - Arts and Cultural Development Officer
Tel: 0161 912 4057 Email:
WIGANVicky Fletcher– Arts Development Officer
Tel: 01942 828 219 Email:
SECTION 2:
General Information
Arts Development Agencies and Networks:
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts;they support a range of artistic activities from theatre to music, literature to dance, photography to digital art and carnival to crafts.
– This site provides information for those interested in local arts in Britain and is also a professional development resource for nalgao members. The public area of the site carries news, a number of sample case studies and some resource material.
and Promoting the Arts. The National Campaign for the Arts is the UK’s only independent organisation campaigning for all the arts.
– If you valuethe arts in your community, you need to make your voice heard. Support ‘I Value The Arts’, a campaign to give the public a chance to voice their views on support for the arts.
International Arts:
– Provide information and intelligence to help people engage in intercultural activity, create opportunities for artists and cultural professionals to explore new connections, expand the skills and knowledge of artists and cultural players.
– Visiting Arts is the new official UK Cultural Contact Point (CCP) for the European Commission’s Culture Programme, taking over from Euclid, which had been the CCP since 1999. The existing website and the Alert e-newsletter will continue to provide the latest information on European funding.
www.britishcouncil.org –The British Council is an arm’s length body based in the United Kingdom which specialises in international educational and cultural opportunities.
Cultural Olympiad:
National cultural Olympiad Programme
NW Cultural Olympiad Programme
– Abandon Normal Devices (AND) is a new festival, regional festival of new cinema and digital culture led by a new partnership between FACT, Cornerhouse and Folly,taking place across the Northwest until 2012 and beyond.
Voluntary, Third Sector and Community Arts:
–Salford CVSwant a thriving third sector in Salford. We are working with voluntary organisations, community groups, faith groups, social enterprises and co operatives so they can be vibrant, effective and influential. T: 0161 7877795 E:
– Community Arts NW, projects, events and training.
– an organisation that brings business skills and experience to the arts and museums.
– VoluntaryArts Network, information and advice for the voluntaryarts sector.
– NCVO have a limited number of FREE Community membershipavailable to organisations with an annual income of less than £10,000.Benefits include a free legal information service; free VAT advice service and access to the freephone member helpdesk.
Disability Arts:
– DIY is an established TheatreCompany of learning disabled performers.
– Start in Salford creative arts and wellbeing centre promotes emotional wellbeing and recovery by providing creative arts-based activities and training opportunities for people who are, or may be at risk of experiencing mental health difficulties or social exclusion.
So Many Words Theatre Company – A Youth Theatre Company for people with learning and physical difficulties. Oakwood Youth Club, Chatsworth Road, EllesmerePark, Eccles M30 9DY, Tel: (0161) 786 1939; Email:
A Salford Drama group for young adults living with disabilities age 16yrs+.
– Drake Music removes disabling barriers to music through innovative approaches to teaching, learning and making music.
– A disability arts development agency for the NW.
North West Disability Arts Forum is a Disabled and Deaf people’s arts organisation run by and for Disabled and Deaf people.
Youth Arts:
– 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.
– National Youth Music Charity
– Mediabox enables young people to create media projects and get their voices heard. It has given disadvantaged 13-19 year olds, and up to 25 if they have learning difficulties or disabilities, living in England the opportunity to create media projects about issues that matter to them, from film and journalism to digital media and campaigns.
- NOISE is not your typical arts festival. It has no physical location; the central hub of activity takes place on the NOISE website and across the media – print, television, radio and online – making it the first ‘virtual’ festival of its kind in Europe.
NOISE exhibits the very best in creative talent from people 30 and under – any creative work that can be presented digitally (on screen or on air) including across fashion, film, music, design, architecture, written word, graphic design, fine art and illustration.
is a company with a social conscience and a drive to deliver inspirational workshops to young people around Greater Manchester and the UK. They aim to engage youth in a variety of relevant subjects and art forms, giving them the opportunity to work with established and credible local artists. They also run a number of successful free events and festivals around Europe.
– Is an annual festival inManchesteras well as sister events in Dublin, Belfast, Bratislava and Wroclaw. Spearfish place artists from different creative disciplines together so that they can create brand new large scale, multi disciplinary work that can be exclusively premiered to audiences at Eurocultured events.
SECTION 3:
Art forms
Visual Arts:
– SalfordMuseum and ArtGallery. With the popular permanent attractions of The Victorian Gallery and Lark Hill Place, as well as the ever changing temporary exhibitions, there is always something for everyone at SalfordMuseum and ArtGallery, from hands-on activities to modern art!
If you are interested in having an exhibition at SalfordMuseum and ArtGallery or Ordsall Hall please contact Amy Goodwin on 0161 7780819 or email .
If you are interested in selling your products in the shop at Salford Museum and ArtGallery please contact Amy Senogles on 0161 7780818 or email .
– offers studio and gallery space
– TheLowryat Salford Quays housing theatres, galleries, restaurant, café/bars, gift shop and Tourist Information Centre.
Bed Press is the largest open access print workshop in the region. They provide specialist printmaking equipment and expertise in printmaking and related media, (such as bookmaking).
- artists studios based in Salford
– artist studio and space
- a group that produce and promote design solutions in a socially responsible and ethical manner.
– Eccles Community Gallery
– Liverpool Biennial
– info regarding ManchesterCityArtGallery, Gallery of Costume, Heaton Hall and Wythenshawe Hall.
– info on exhibition & events, artists resources & publications
– the UK agency for the promotion of contemporary Chinese art and interpretation of Chinese culture.
– WhitworthArtGallery site
– Manchester Craft Centre. Current exhibitions, studios available for rent.
– an artists collective based in Stockport with access to studio space.
– internet gallery, opportunity for Artists to show their work for free.
– North West photography development agency
– Artists Newsletter
– Axis
Theatre:
Get into theatre is all about working in the theatre. This site hopes to open your eyes to the huge variety of careers in the industryand different ways to get there.
SalfordArtsTheatre is an independent theatre that has performances on throughout the year including professional productions and new writing.
– an umbrella group representing and promoting several theatre companies, raising the profile of Salford as a viable artistic location and promoting artists form Salford and Manchester
– TheLowryat Salford Quays housing theatres, galleries, restaurant, café/bars, gift shop and Tourist Information Centre.
–DIY is an established TheatreCompany of learning disabled performers.
– Start in Salford creative arts and wellbeing centre promotes emotional wellbeing and recovery by providing creative arts-based activities and training opportunities for people who are, or may be at risk of experiencing mental health difficulties or social exclusion.
So Many Words Theatre Company – A Youth Theatre Company for people with learning and physical difficulties. So Many Words Theatre Company, Oakwood Youth Club, Chatsworth Road, Ellesmere Park, Eccles M30 9DY, Tel: (0161) 921 2898; Email:
– A Salford Drama group for young adults living with disabilities age 16yrs+.
- Contact is a space where new kinds of theatre are created. Contact is a place where artists can meet, develop, explore and take risks. Contact is a young people’s theatre, where you can grow, learn and make decisions as a young artist, audience member, organiser or leader.
greenroom – the greenroom is now closed, hÅb is greenroom’s long-standing partner and associate producer for events like emergency, Method Lab, SeedFund, Turn and Hazard. As a legacy of greenroom hÅb will be continuing many of these projects both independently and with new partners in Manchester and throughout the North West. If you would like to be added to hÅb’s mailing list please email
– The Library TheatreCompany has been producing theatre of the highest quality in Manchester for over 50 years.
– The Royal Exchange company performs a varied programme including classic theatre and revivals, contemporary drama, and original new writing. Shakespeare, Ibsen and Chekhov have been the mainstay of its repertoire but the theatre has also staged important classics. The Education Department offers people of all ages, backgrounds and experiences the chance to explore every aspect of theatre, to get involved in creative projects, take part in tours, discussions, play readings and talks, and to make the Royal Exchange their own. The Royal Exchange seeks to develop partnerships with schools, practitioners, other agencies and arts organisations across Greater Manchester and beyond.
– Performing Arts Network and Development Agency.
Dance:
Greater Manchester Dance Festival.
– a national dance agency partnership.
– a national development agency for community dance.
Film, Literature & Writing:
– Salford Film Festival aims to present a showcase of past, present and future filmmaking in Salford alongside a range of relevant international film productions.
– info on films, exhibitions, education and recruitment
– a script development organisation running seminars, masterclasses and resources
– film and media development agency for the North West
– performing arts network & development agency
– theatre providing avenues for drama, dance, music, comedy, art, writing and mix media.
– NW playwrights develop and support writers for stage and, increasingly, for other media. They encourage people from all backgrounds in writing for performance and work with writers at all levels. They aim to nurture emerging writers into sustainable careers and support established artists in exploring new areas of work and new approaches to their craft. They also work with theatre companiesand other organisations on a range of collaborative projects.
– Commonword provides the facilities for people to develop their writing, and our activities act as a point of focus for many writers seeking encouragement and confidence plus a range of other services for north west writers includingadvice and information, manuscript reading service, free read scheme and a writers agency. T: 0161 832 3777 E:
Music:
– a network providing music making opportunities for under 18’s