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Arts Council England undertakes visual arts review
The Arts Council of England has announced plans for a nation-wide review of contemporary visual arts. The review will inform a forthcoming national strategy for contemporary visual arts, aimed at forging closer links and collaboration between heritage, visual arts, and the commercial sector. The review is also forms part of a move for the Council to adopt more of a strategic role in Britain’s contemporary visual arts sector, and aims to finish by autumn 2005. Contemporary visual art includes a wide range of practice and forms, from traditional paint on canvass, to film and video, crafts, live art, photography, new media, education and critical debate. There are also crossovers with design, architecture and the creative industries of music, media, fashion and digital games. The review plans to map the visual arts sector across funding bodies and the commercial sector, including two regional focus studies that will examine current inter-relationships between the North West (Liverpool, Greater Manchester, Cumbria); and the Leaside boroughs of North-East London (Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Newham). It will also analyse current funding structures and their impacts, employment issues (with particular attention paid to cultural diversity), and minorities in visual arts high education. Finally, the review will engage in a series of case studies, assessing the impact of contemporary visual arts in healthcare environments, education and regeneration. The Arts Council will be dealing with a host of other organisations during the course of the review, including heritage bodies, local authorities, regional development agencies, the British Council, the Design Council, CABE, the Crafts Council, Higher Education and the commercial sector. The conclusions from such in-depth analysis will be wide-ranging and profound for the contemporary visual arts sector in Britain. For more information about the review, please Click Here
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