Case for Culture North East England Why Bother httpvimeocom70425310 the importance of a varied cultural offering Oecd studies have shown that innovators and entrepreneurs are attracted to work in creative and ID: 769042
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Case for Culture: North East England
Why Bother? http://vimeo.com/70425310 ‘ the importance of… a varied cultural offering. ( Oecd ) studies have shown that innovators and entrepreneurs are attracted to work in creative and cultural areas , which offer a high quality of life ’. Para 1.187, Autumn Statement, HMT, December 2014 North East England is renown for sense of identity and ability to work together
Concise History of Arts and Heritage in North East England Northern Arts Association formed in 1960’s to subscribe to Northern Sinfonia , critical local authority support, until 2003, merger with Arts Council Case for Capital produced in 1995, a blueprint for £170m capital arts infrastructure investment, Year of Visual Art, City of Culture bid Heritage - centuries not decades. Communities , individuals and businesses valuing specific places – transforming and reinventing – e.g. Clayton saving Hadrian’s Wall (1800s); Grainger Town regeneration (1990s); community-driven acquisition of Seaton Deleval Hall (2000s) Sometimes triggered by loss – 1970s onwards communities after disappearance of the coal and shipbuilding industries
Where Are We Today? Admired across Europe and further afield for our cultural infrastructure BBC regard Sage Gateshead as Northern hub for music and ‘free-thinking’ Our distinctiveness is critical strength, potential for growth in creative industries-centres in Middlesborough , Sunderland, Gateshead and Newcastle Durham and Northumberland are world centres of Christian heritage Collaboration can be our strength, British Library recently agreed to lend Lindesfarne Gospels back on strength of regional offer, Festival of North East But, patchy engagement, reliance on (declining) public expenditure, difficult to replace with business support
What Next? North East Culture Partnership would like to prepare a manifesto for culture to 2030, to be presented to the new Government in June 2015 Create a positive and constructive vision for arts and heritage that everyone can get behind Not about culture for culture’s sake, what can culture contribute to the economy, health and well being, and sense of place and community? What do you think culture can offer the North East over the next fifteen years?
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