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| ACE | Arts Council of EnglandArts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery. |
| ACU | Association of Commonwealth Universities (help with exchange projects) Among its key activities are: assisting members to develop the capacity of their human resources, promoting, through several programmes, the movement of academic and administrative staff and of students from one country of the Commonwealth to another, providing information about universities and about issues of relevance to them, hosting a higher education management consultancy service, |
| Arts-connect. | Web search portal for the arts: Artists, Opportunities, News, Resources and Links. |
| Arts Hub | Arts jobs information service, and authoritative and independent arts news outlet. |
| Artswork | Youth Development Agency Artswork is an independent youth arts development agency committed to developing creative opportunities for young people aged 12-25. |
| Brighton and Hove Community Music Network | Supports individuals and events. Uniting musicians and promoters, peripatetic music teachers, and music organisations in Brighton and Sussex. |
| British Council | The UK's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. Their purpose is to build mutually beneficial relationships between people in the UK and other countries and to increase appreciation of the UK’s creative ideas and achievements. |
| Creative Clusters | Exists to enable people who are engaged in the development of creative industries to network and showcase their work. |
| DanceUK | Support and development organisation. Dance UK works with and on behalf of dance. We provide information, publications, networks, forums for debate and conferences, and speak out for dance. |
| DCMS | Department for Culture, Media and Sport aim to improve the quality of life for all through cultural and sporting activities, to support the pursuit of excellence and to champion the tourism, creative and leisure industries. Thier vision is to extend excellence and improve access in all our many sectors. |
| Documentories about the arts.
becky (at) bedmunds.freeserve.co.uk |
Former choreographer and live artist Becky Edmunds now works with video, creating documentaries for and about the arts. She provides documentation of live performance, process, education projects and showreels for artists. |
| Effective arts in the community | Community Arts Network (US) have collated their online tools for constructing, conducting, documenting and evaluating effective community arts programmes plus links to other useful arts toolkits. |
| EntsWeb | Directory of entertainment Music and Leisure- Links to all entertainment categories |
| Euclid | Official UK cultural contact point. Supporting cultural development accros the world through cultural information survices, seminars and forums, and research and consulting. |
| Festivals!Festivals! Arts Management Projects |
Information about festivals and arts activities in the Cross-Channel corner of SE England. |
| Foundation for Community Dance | The Foundation for Community Dance is the national development agency for community dance in the UK. It works for the development of community dance, and for greater access to high quality community dance for all. |
| Hullabaloo Community Quire | Hullabaloo are a "funky, friendly" group who sing big, bold arrangements from doo-wop to hip-hop, folk to ballads. They meet on Monday evenings at Gloucester Place Baptist Church, Gloucester Place, Brighton |
| Keeping Arts Safe
Subscribers Contact SEFAN |
Arts Council England booklet, protection of children, young people and vunerable adults involved in arts activities. Written in collaboration with the NSPCC. |
| Laban | Centre for dance with a unique mix of energy and creativity. Advances the dance art form and fuels the dance world, connecting people to the exhilarating possibilities that dance offers. |
| Mount Pleasant Media Workshop
caroline (at) mpmw.co.uk. |
Mount Pleasant Media Workshop in Southampton run an email newsletter called ArtsLetter, about arts events in the Sourthampton area. If you would be interested in receiving or contributing to it please email. The deadline for news is the 21st of each month and the ArtsLetter is sent out at the end of each month. |
| nalgao | "A Good Companion" (online guide for LA Arts Officers). Section A1.Working in the SE has a list of names and contacts for County and Unitary Authorities Arts Officers etc. |
| National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) | Resources for artists, arts organizations and audiences. Including accessability, discipline-specific resources, funding, health insurance and planning. |
| National Foundation for Youth Music | Youth Music is a national charity set up to provide diverse music-making opportunities for 0-18 year olds. It targets young people living in areas of social and economic need who might otherwise lack opportunity and predominantly supports activities which are held outside school hours. |
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SAM |
Arts Marketing Agency. SAM's Books is where UK arts managers, arts and cultural development officers, arts workers and self-managed artists can find and buy books that are relevant and accessible. |
| Same Sky | Large-scale celebratory arts company: working with communities to create participatory and public arts projects and programmes. Based in Brighton. |
| SSUK GROUP www.ssuk-group.com |
Asian Artist Agency providing asian artists of the highest calibre for all types of events including mela's and public events |
| Sussex Arts | Sussex arts information and what's on callendar. |
| The Ethnic Research Network | The Ethnic Research Network is a new group of the Market Research Society, which aims to bring together all those interested in research among ethnic groups and keen to develop best practice. |
| Voluntary Arts Network
(also VAE - England) |
VAN aims to promote participation in the arts and crafts, recognising that they are a key part of our culture and that they are vital to our health, social and economic development. VAN works with policy makers, funders and politicians to improve the environment for everyone participating in the arts, and we provide information and training to those who participate in the voluntary arts sector. |
| WOMAD Foundation
Mill Lane, Box, Wiltshire SN13 8PN Tel: +44 (0)1225 743188 Fax: +44 (0)1225 743481 annie (at) womad.org |
The WOMAD Foundation provides opportunities for cultural exchange, learning and active participation. Through these activities they aim to bring the arts of different cultures before the widest possible audience. As a registered educational charity, the Womad Foundation exists to “promote, maintain, improve and advance education in world cultures, whilst seeking to excite and inform audiences of the worth and potential of a culturally diverse society.” |
| Youth Dance England | The national agency to connect young people and dance. YDE works to raise the profile of youth dance and advocate its benefits. YDE promotes strategic projects such as the National Youth Dance Festival to provide opportunities for young people and professional artists/practitioners throughout the country to participate in high quality programmes. YDE seeks to create new partnerships between those providing and supporting dance activities for young people to increase the number and quality of opportunities available: working across the arts, community, education, sport, youth and youth justice sectors. |
| Zap Art | Zap Art is an independent charitable organisation which aims to support arts and educational projects. |