Getting involved in the arts

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Locally

If you are interested in voicing your views and ideas for local arts initiatives why not get involved in your local community area through the community area board or community area partnerships. Many community area partnerships have arts and cultural theme groups, some more established than others:

• Calne: Culture Theme Group
• Chippenham and villages area partnership - PerFORUM
• Devizes Community Area Partnership for Culture & Leisure
• Tidworth: Culture Theme Group
• Trowbridge community area futures - BA14 Culture Group This group also has a what's on listing for the Trowbridge community area
• Warminster: Culture & Leisure Group

To find out more about other area partnerships and how to get involved you can also visit the Wiltshire Forum of Community Area Partnerships website.

Jobs

For local arts jobs it’s good to keep in touch with local arts agencies, join their mailing lists and visit their websites. Have a look at the arts agencies section to see what’s available in Wiltshire.

Volunteering opportunities are available at most of the key arts venues or contact the volunteer centre for details of other volunteering opportunities.

Some useful places to search for jobs in arts and culture:

• Arts Professional
• Arts Hub
• Guardian Jobs
• The Stage
• a-n (The Artists Information Company)
• AI (Arts Industry)
• Public Art Online
• Voluntary Arts Network

Last updated: 4 January 2012