HOSTA coordinated Arts programme across LCC cultural venues

Arts Development Definition

Arts Development aims to support a robust arts infrastructure of professional Artists and Arts Organisations to facilitate the delivery of a high quality arts provision for the people and places of Lancashire; an Arts provision that

• supports Lancashire communities become stronger and more cohesive

• protects and improves our environment and culture• promotes health and well-being• promotes sustainable economic growth

Arts Definition

Lancashire County Council’s definition of the Arts currently recognises the following creative practices or disciplines:

• Theatre, Drama, Dance, Literature • Festival/Carnival, Music, Performing Arts• Visual arts, Public Art• Photography, Film & Media, Digital Media• Craft, Design,

Arts Council England (ACE)

• National Arts Development Agency• Responsible for the Arts, Libraries and Museums• 10 year strategy – Achieving Great Art for Everyone• 5 Goals

• Talent & artistic excellence are thriving & celebrated• More people experience & are inspired by the arts• The arts are sustainable, resilient & innovative• The arts leadership & work force are diverse & highly skilled

• Every child & young person has the opportunity to experience the richness of the arts

HOST AIMS• To deliver a high quality and coordinated arts offer, across artform,

within LCC cultural venues• To increase the range of cultural activity on offer within LCC cultural

venues• To increase footfall and usage of LCC cultural venues• To increase community involvement in the shaping of the cultural offer

within LCC cultural venues, helping venues reflect the communities they serve

• To help develop the arts infrastructure within Lancashire, supporting new and existing talent

• To assess impact and share new ways of working• To attract new resources and partnerships

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HOST Key Principles• Lancashire arts organisations and artists are at the heart of the programme • We develop home grown talent, and new & emerging artists where possible• Quality and ambition are key to any art delivered. • We work to create a themed programme of arts activity connecting venues e.g.

Blaze Festival.• Arts activity compliments existing high profile activities within cultural services e.g.

Lancashire Book of the Year, as well as existing high profile arts activity in Lancashire e.g. Litfest, Contemporary Heritage

• We ensure opportunities for collaborations between organisations and across artform are created, and that risk is encouraged

• We create new festivals and events that shine a spotlight on the programme and create maximum marketing opportunities

• We ensure robust monitoring and evaluation processes are in place at the start of the programme, to ensure outcomes and targets are measured and learning is disseminated

HOST Activity

• Children and Young People• Creating new arts organisations and structures• Artist in residence opportunities• Arts programming e.g. WW1 performances

BLAZE • An ambitious youth led cultural project, developing the next

generation of cultural producers. • Develops collaborations between young people, artists and

cultural venues• Started as part of the North West’s official London 2012

cultural olympiad programme. • Based in the Harris Library• Focusses on development of youth forums in cultural venues• £100k funding from Curious Minds, amongst others• Employment focus and creative project development• Annual Festival to spotlight activity

BLAZE Strands• Portable Projection - FILM• Culture on a Shoestring – CRITICAL WRITING• Masquerade - PERFORMANCE• Level Up – PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT• SLAM – VISUAL ARTS• Blaze Lounge - MUSIC

BLAZE Areas of Focus• Burnley Crib• Accrington Library• Haslingden Library• Skelmersdale Library• Fleetwood Library & Museum• Harris Library• Clayton Green Library• Adlington Library• Bacup Library• Aim to develop one key hub per district

New Cultural Space at Accrington Library

• Broad cultural activities developing• Building on current activities, Clef Club, Historical Talks• New Organisation being established to attract resources• Summer of activity as taster

• Arts• Play in a Day• Dance• Music• Arts Mash Up• Pop Up cafe

In Situ Model• LCC as hosts at Brierfield Library• Independent company established involving 3 local artists• In-Situ programmes arts activity in the library and wider • Links in with library staff and library priorities• Secures funding - £120k per year to date• Takes artistic control of the output, in collaboration• New way of working in heart of a community• Library develops as a platform for community development

Brierfield, Pendle context

Brierfield in Pendle, Lancashire• 2 miles outside Burnley, 1 mile from Nelson• Historic Mill town, first opening in1832• Early 18th Century growth sparked by

• Leeds Liverpool Canal development and• Preston to Colne railway link

• Brierfield Mill closed 2006• Quaker movement connections and history

Brierfield, Pendle context

Brierfield in Pendle, Lancashire• Population of 6,000 people• Diverse community

• 34 % Pakistani• 36% economically inactive

• UK average 26%• 10% of working age population never worked

• 23% long-term illness • UK average 18%

Brierfield, Pendle contextBrierfield in Pendle, Lancashire• Area of predominately small terraced housing• Housing mix limited

• e.g. only 3 % detached properties• multi-occupancy issue

• 11% households vacant • 3 times national average

• Area of long-term housing focus and support• Housing Market Renewal pathfinder area till 2011• Collapse of that programme left a policy void • Community engagement / empowerment lacking

Brierfield, Pendle context• Library at the heart of the community• Could the Library become a focal point for creative

thinking around the future of the neighbourhood

Brierfield, Pendle contextBrierfield in Pendle, Lancashire• Commissioning Brief agreed for an artist led approach

to the neighbourhood - 2011• In-situ responded to brief and formed• Two year agreement struck• Base established in Library• Collaborative approach nurtured• Challenging context pushed

• For the Library• For the Local Authorities• For the Artists

www.in-situ.org.uk@insitu_1

Brierfield

OUR VISION• Our vision is to bring art into the mix of

the existing culture and environment within Pendle through existing and new collaborations and creating a dialogue with the communities within which we work: local citizens, professional workers from other disciplines, academics, and other artists.

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In-residence

Group DiscussionShould library services support arts development ?What can the Arts bring to our cultural venues ? What priorities in your work can the Arts assist with?