Arts agencies in Wiltshire

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Arts Awards South West

Arts Awards support young people who want to deepen their engagement with the arts, build creative and leadership skills, and to achieve a national qualification.

Through Arts Award at Bronze, Silver and Gold levels, young people aged 11-25 can explore any of the art forms including performing arts, visual arts, literature, media and multimedia. The award builds confidence, helps young people to enjoy cultural activities, and prepares them for further education or employment.

Arts Development UK (AD:uk) South West Network

Arts Development UK is the new name for Nalgao. AD:uk is the leading professional association for people working in the arts. Whether you are an arts officer, consultant, artist, policy maker or work in an arts and cultural organisation, AD:uk offers a unique way to join over 400 colleagues to support your professional development and raise the profile of your work.

There is a south west regional network group that hold networking meetings and study tours. For more information please contact the regional representatives for the South West, Mike Hoskin at Dorset County Council and Faye Bradley at Wiltshire Council.

Creative Ecology Wiltshire (CEW)

Enabling quality theatre and dance to thrive in Wiltshire

The aim of Creative Ecology Wiltshire is to provide a fit for purpose strategic arts development service able to foster an entrepreneurial, vibrant local arts ecology.

The core purpose of CEW’s service is to:

• Foster an ecology in which practitioners can live and work
• Empower the ecology to problem solve for itself
• Broker far reaching collaborations to help produce exciting projects and products that would not otherwise be possible
• Advocate the value of creative development work in the wider ecology

Driven by a small team of Creative Producers, it provides the opportunity to develop an entrepreneurial engine of creative potential within the Wiltshire locality and beyond to the benefit of audiences, artists, participants and promoters alike.

CEW is the new single theatre and dance development organisation that formally was TheatreWorks and Wiltshire Dancing.

LinkUp Arts

Link Up Arts is a group of disabled artists and art lovers in Salisbury and the surrounding region who work together to support and promote the work of disabled artists and develop audiences for quality disability arts work. LinkUp Arts is based in Salisbury at the Salisbury Arts Centre.

NSEAD

If you teach art, craft or design in primary or secondary schools, or in further or higher education - especially teacher educators - the National Society for Education in Art & Design (NSEAD) site is for you: gallery educators, artists in residence, parents and all those with an interest in arts education.

The National Society for Education in Art and Design is the leading national authority concerned with art, craft and design across all phases of education in the United Kingdom.

Wiltshire Arts Promoters (WAP)

Wiltshire Arts Promoters is a representative group of professional artists and arts organisations in the county.

WAP's objectives are to:

• Offer real partnership and support to strategic arts development in Wiltshire
• Deliver a co-ordinated, collective and coherent voice for the arts in Wiltshire
• Provide an action led forum leading to positive outcomes for shared objectives

Membership is open to organisations and individuals who are involved in producing and promoting the arts in Wiltshire. It offers a unique networking opportunity to provide mutual support and to raise the profile of the arts in the county.

For more information visit the website or contact the Arts Development Manager, Tracy Sullivan

Wiltshire Youth Arts Partnership (WYAP)

Wiltshire Youth Arts Partnership is based within the Integrated Youth Service and works in close partnership with the Arts Service. WYAP’s purpose is to stimulate and deliver high quality arts opportunities for 13-21 year olds in Wiltshire that are relevant to their needs and interests.

You can find out more information on the WYAP website or by contacting the youth arts co-ordinator on 01249 716681 or email WYAPinfo@wiltshire.gov.uk

REACH Inclusive Arts

Reach is an arts charity promoting inclusion for disabled people in artistic and cultural life. It delivers accessible projects in visual arts, performing arts, film and media, drama, music, movement and dance. REACH is based in Swindon.

Real Ideas Organisation (RIO)

RIO use social enterprise to create new opportunities for young people and adults, making real change happen.

Their five business units provide everything from pioneering qualifications to schools consultancy, from hand crafted skate ramps to stand out venues; all with a social enterprise flavour.

Wiltshire and Swindon Arts Alliance (W&SAA)

W&SAA was founded in 2005, and is a strategic umbrella body for the arts in the sub-region, encompassing Wiltshire Council, Swindon Borough Council, regularly funded and key strategic arts organisations, including representation from a wide variety of art forms and sectors.

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Last updated: 4 January 2012