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OUTLANDS is an innovative new national experimental music network bringing together a mix of visual arts and music organisations, independent venues and creative producers all located outside London.  At a point where the experimental music scene is seen as risky for promoters, venues and audiences, this Arts Council Strategic Touring Award of £289,165 will support the network to inject quality, diversity and accessibility into new, engaging and ambitious music productions throughout the UK over a touring period of two years from 2018.

OUTLANDS will commission and tour three productions a year alongside a participation programme adapted specifically to audiences local to each venue. Born of out of a desire to pool resources to ensure the survival of ambitious, diverse, high-quality music, the aim is to offer new experiences to audiences outside the capital, to work within a strong national network and to boost the viability of ambitious, cross-disciplinary artforms across the whole country.

The OUTLANDS network is :
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea                dlwp.com
Qu Junktions/Al Cameron, Bristol                  qujunktions.com
Capsule/Supersonic Festival, Birmingham    capsule.org.uk
Fat Out, Salford                                                    fatout.co.uk
Fuse Art Space, Bradford                                   wearefuse.co
MK Gallery, Milton Keynes                               mkgallery.org
Cambridge Junction, Cambridge                     junction.co.uk
Peninsula Arts/KARST, Plymouth      plymouth.ac.uk/your-university/peninsula-arts  karst.org.uk

Hedley Swain, Area Director, South East, Arts Council England, said “It is really important that more people, in more places around England have the opportunity to experience great art and culture. OUTLANDS is a great project that will do just that for experimental music whilst also establishing a stronger touring infrastructure for the genre outside of London, and so we’re delighted to be able to support the De La Warr Pavilion and its partners through our National Lottery funded Strategic Touring Programme.”

Stewart Drew, Director and CEO, De La Warr Pavilion (lead organisation) said “We are delighted that Arts Council England have supported OUTLANDS, a pioneering network of national partners that will support the commissioning of experimental music, whilst engaging and growing audiences for this innovative work. Over the last decade, we have changed our auditorium programme from loss-making traditional seaside entertainment into a thriving contemporary offer with a strong music programme. OUTLANDS allows us to take this a stage further by taking the lead in creating new partnerships that will allow us to take more artistic risks and to reflect the diversity of the communities at home across the UK.”

Lisa Meyer, Artistic Director of Capsule says “Capsule are delighted to be part of the Outlands consortium, to have the opportunity to work alongside some of the most innovative creative producers and venues in the country. The funding from Arts Council England will allow us to develop extraordinary new work, to take creative risks which will both help to support artists and develop new audiences.”

FUSE, Bradford says “We’re really excited to be part of the Outlands touring network – it represents a critical advance in the infrastructure of experimental sound and music in England. The level of programming, the quality of the sonic art proposed, the diverse expertise of the partner network and the passion for great music and sound art is really inspiring. Outlands is going to make an immensely positive difference – a tangible, real advance in audiences, production and programming – all across the country.”

Emma Thompson from Fat Out says “OUTLANDS will unify people nationwide who have dedicated their lives to facilitating experimental music. For Fat Out this means we will have the support & knowledge of our peers whilst solidifying relationships as we embark on producing these tours together. This is vital future of Fat Out and for audacious music in England.”

For further information and images please contact Sally Ann Lycett at the De La Warr Pavilion  on sally.ann.lycett@dlwp.com

Photo credit : Ewa Justka, 2017

Arts Council to invest nearly £32million in East Sussex’s arts and culture

Culture24, Disability Arts Online and Jerwood Gallery join the National Portfolio

Twenty-one arts and cultural organisations in East Sussex will together receive £31,796,428 over four years, as today (27 June 2017) Arts Council England announces the 105 South East-based organisations that will be in the 2018-22 National Portfolio.

In East Sussex:

There will be 21 National portfolio organisations for 2018/22:

Funding shown is for the full four years

• Blast Theory – £536,628
• Brighton & Hove City Council – £2,794,028
• Brighton Dome & Festival Limited – £4,599,684
• Carousel Project – £789,952
• NEW Culture24 – £1,184,000
• De La Warr Pavilion – £2,033,720
• NEW Disability Arts Online – £400,000
• Dreamthinkspeak – £603,708
• Fabrica – £710,300
• Glyndebourne Productions Ltd – £6,516,220
• Hofesh Shechter Company – £1,533,228
• Home Live Art – £301,740
• NEW Jerwood Gallery – £400,000
• Lighthouse Arts and Training Ltd – £459,968
• New Writing South – £496,768
• Photoworks – £1,073,260
• Project Art Works – £598,704
• South East Dance Ltd – £2,280,676
• South East Museum Development Programme – £2,046,448
• Towner Art Gallery – £1,437,400
• Vincent Dance Theatre – £999,996

Additional investment

New Writing South and Project Art Works have both been awarded increased investment for exciting, new additional work. New Writing South will receive an additional £31,000 per year for increased work with diverse writers and Project Art Works £56,676 will receive additional funding so that it can respond to demand for its expertise.

The investment in East Sussex reflects the depth and breadth of the county’s exciting cultural offer and highlights the Arts Council’s continuing commitment to investing more money than ever before outside London.

Hedley Swain, Area Director, South East, Arts Council England said: ‘This is an exceptionally strong portfolio of organisations delivering great arts and cultural experiences to audiences throughout the East and South East of England. Our investment will support inventive, pioneering arts organisations, a range of museums and arts activity in libraries. It will reach into more places than ever before, providing more people of all ages and backgrounds with the opportunity to participate in the arts – inspiring them as artists, as audiences, or as a mix of both.

“We are delighted to be making an increased investment in East Sussex with some exciting new organisations joining the portfolio. All of our National Portfolio organisations will play an essential role in reaching more people, developing local, national and international talent, and making where they’re based great places to live, work and visit.”

The National Portfolio

The new National Portfolio consolidates and builds on much of the exceptional work done by East and South East arts and cultural organisations during the current three year (2015-18) funding agreement. The new portfolio also invests in a wider range of organisations than ever before, giving more people in more places the opportunity to experience exciting art and culture on their doorstep.

Creativity, innovation, opportunity and national reach
East Sussex is well known for its arts and cultural excellence; three new organisations will join the exciting mix of arts and cultural organisations that will receive investment during 2018-22.

From Disability Arts Online’s support for disabled artists – providing a platform for informed debate, sharing best practice, supporting creativity and commissioning new work –through to Culture24’s nationwide support for digital skills development in cultural organisations and Jerwood Gallery’s Collection of Modern and Contemporary British Art, our investment will support some extraordinary artists and organisations, and reach many more people.

The awards are one strand of Arts Council England’s total investment in arts and culture during 2018-22, which also includes the National Lottery funded Grants for Arts and Culture scheme and strategic funds used to support targeted programmes of work that deliver the ambitions set out in Great art and culture for everyone, Arts Council England’s 10-year strategic framework for the arts and culture.

ENDS

For more information contact:
Nick Tapper, Officer, Advocacy & Communications
South East, Arts Council England
Tel: 020 7268 9653 / 07872 417 800
Email: nick.tapper@artscouncil.org.uk

 

The De La Warr Pavilion is delighted to receive a settlement from Arts Council England (ACE) for £508,430 per year for four years from 2018 – 22. This represents a standstill at the current level of funding to the Pavilion as an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation (NPO).

This award is a recognition of the strength of our work, producing excellent arts and culture that our audiences, visitors and participants want and deserve.

It is a commitment to our belief that by putting artists and audiences at the heart of what we do, we can produce innovative and integrated cultural programmes that are accessible and relevant to the diverse communities that we serve. We aim to create opportunities, drive aspirations and reflect the thinking and ideas of the world in which we live.

This award reinforces the value of our partnership with Rother District Council who, through a bold seven-year funding agreement (2013 – 2021), recognise our impact on social cohesion, health and well being, the visitor economy, tourism and regeneration.

Stewart Drew, Director and CEO of the Pavilion says:

‘The Pavilion was conceived as a democratic space for culture and recreation in 1935 and is now a vibrant hub for a wide and diverse community to experience and enjoy exhibitions, events and entertainment in an iconic modernist building by the sea.  This award will allow us to continue to present programmes and activities that are within the original spirit, accessible and relevant to all. The core funding we receive from ACE and Rother District Council gives us the financial stability that will allow us to work towards fundraising for a future capital campaign for the preservation of this  Grade One Listed modernist masterpiece.’

The Pavilion received 410,000 visits in the twelve months from April 2016 to March 2017.  Forty three thousand tickets were sold for auditorium events, growing our audiences aged 16-34 – a reflection on our increasingly diverse programme and the building of new opportunities to engage young people. We presented seven free exhibitions from national and international artists, 80 live events in the auditorium, and a wide range of free or low cost events. Our Learning and Participation programme engaged over 4,300 children, young people and families with over 4000 people taking part in activities directly aimed at older people, those living with a disability and those who live in low socio-economic areas including refugees and migrants.  Over 500,000 visits and engagements were made online (dlwp.com and social media channels).

Visit:

www.dlwp.com
Est. 1935
Modern ever since

For press information please contact Sally Ann Lycett on 01424 229137 or 07889730733

Music Month, an initiative set up by organisations across 1066 country that have come together to support and develop the vibrant music sector in Hastings and Rother, starts this week with over 150 events taking place.

Running from Valentine’s Day (14 February) to St Patrick’s Day (17 March) it will encompass some of the area’s best music events from larger venues, to the many pubs and bars that are the heart of the local grassroots music scene.

Hastings and Rother have been declared a Music City and the formal launch of this idea will take place on Monday 27 February at The Palace, Hastings as part of the UnConvention; a one day music conference featuring panellist conversations with BBC Introducing the South and workshops about the future of the music industry.

A major element of Music Month features the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition (HIPCC). Now in its 13^th year, HIPCC brings world class musicians to Hastings to compete for the coveted winning title but this year there is more. Local pianists have the chance to get involved and play on a grand piano in probably the most obscure of venues; the world’s largest underground skate park, The Source. Pianists can book a slot to play at The Source on 14 February while local skaters and BMXers enjoy the thrill of their ride.

Hastings Fat Tuesday runs from Friday 24 February to the main event on Tuesday 28 February, Fat Tuesday; a night of fancy dress, fabulous feathers, beads, masks and music. Twelve venues host The Fat Tuesday Tour where 24 bands play 20 minute sets in 3 venues and headlining this year is UK Britpop trio, Dodgy best known for their chart hits ‘Staying Out for the Summer’ and ‘Good Enough’.

The area has a proven record for attracting top names and Bexhill welcomes Simon Green aka Bonobo to the De La Warr Pavilion on 4 March to launch his new album, Migration. This electronic masterpiece is Bonobo’s sixth album.

De La Warr Pavilion director of external relations, Sally Ann Lycett commented:

 “The De La Warr Pavilion, heralded by its audiences as one of the best music venues on the south coast, is proud to be part of Music  Month – an exciting initiative linking music professionals and music lovers across 1066 Country. With a capacity of 1500 (standing) and up to 1000 (seated) we are part of the rich and varied mix of music venues in Hastings and Rother – including festivals in Battle and Rye- and are perfectly placed to be the go-to venue outside London for top music artists such as Bonobo who actively seek venues of character and intimacy to reach their audiences. Coming up later in the year – Tom Chaplin, Maximo Park and Alexis Taylor.”

Full Music Month event listing can be found at:  visit1066country.com/musicmonth