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Powys Arts Forum is an independent organisation working to enhance arts activity across the county.

Site last Updated May 2nd 2008

TESTING THE SOIL

Thanks to funds from the Spirit Plus programme developed by PAVO, through EU funds, we will be adding another dimension to the Harvesting the Arts events (see next column).

The Project Manager who delivered INGREDIENT X so successfully for us, Kate Bull, will work with the project leaders to identify ways of maximising the economic impact of arts projects on local communities.

This will eventually result in a useful document which can be used to identify opportunities at the planning stage of future events.

CULTURE COLONY

The Pixel Foundry are launching an ambitious new project. Called Culture Colony it aims to create a virtual community dedicated to the culture of Wales and Welsh people around the world.

"It’s a new cultural networking experience that will be developed by its pioneering membership. So be one of the first, take a look and if you have any ideas about its direction and evolution then please let us know. Because when Culture Colony – Y Wladfa Newydd launches, we want it to work for you."Pete Telfer

To find more about Culture Colony visit their website :-
www.culturecolony.com

JULIET GOMPERTS TRUST

The Juliet Gomperts Trust is a small charity which gives financial support to artists. The Trust will support all forms of contemporary fine art practice through project funding and residencies. The Trust fund a cross section of artists: recent graduates, emerging artists and established artists. It awards between six to eight thousand pounds per year. It judges applicants on artistic merit: vision, imagination and skill.

For further information visit :-
www.julietgompertstrust.co.uk

New WCVA Fund

The Welsh Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) has announced the launch of a new fund to help community groups achieve sustainability. Managed and administered by WCVA and funded by the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) in Wales, the Sustainable Funding Cymru (SFC) initiative will give groups financial support to visit another organisation to learn about their first hand experiences and the key issues to consider when attempting to achieve financial sustainability.

As well as contributing a maximum of £200 towards organisations’ out of pocket expenses such as time and travel, the initiative will also pay the host organisation a consultancy fee of up to £200 for the time spent with its visitors. Applications must be submitted before 5 pm on Monday the 30th June 2008.

For more information visit :-
www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk

ARTISTS & SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

PAVO and Wales Co-operative centre is holding a Network and Training Event on Thursday May 22nd, 10am to 5pm, at Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells providing information on how to set-up an Artist & Crafts co-operative. The day includes:-

Benefits of social enterprise model

What it means to be a co-operative

Case studies from other artists co-operatives

What could you do as a co-operative?

Running a gallery as a co-operative or social enterprise

Virtual retail - How to do it

In the afternoon there will be free training for all delegates on how to set-up a Website for selling and promoting your art work.

Booking for this free event is essential as places are limited telephone 01597 822191

CYFLE I GREU

The project to create a fund for arts entrepreneurship (Cyfle i Greu/Chance to Create) is still awaiting final approval by the Assembly.

Projects may change during this iteritive process, as it's called, but we're still optimistic and will keep you in touch with developments.

This is a scheme developed in partnership with Powys County Council's Arts Development Team which, if successful, will create a fund of almost a quarter of a million pounds over three years.

REGISTERED CHARITY

Powys Arts Forum is both a Company Limited by Guarantee, number 0598 5004 and a Registered Charity, number 1119347

WORKING TOGETHER

Powys Arts Forum is committed to working in partnership. Current partners include:

For your convenience there are downloadable pdf documents on this site. You can download a free copy of Adobe's pdf reader from Adobe's website

Harvesting the Arts

Thanks to funding from the Arts Council of Wales and support from Powys County Council’s Arts Development Team, we are launching an innovative and exciting project called HARVESTING THE ARTS.

Building on feedback from participants of last autumn’s INGREDIENT X (Powys Arts Month), which showed how the event could be strengthened by more co-ordination between artists, and in anticipation of an Arts Month 2009, we will be facilitating three one-day HARVESTING THE ARTS events (one in each Powys Shire) to bring together groups of artists and demonstrate cluster working. These events will take place during the summer/autumn of 2008.

We are looking to identify an artist to co-ordinate and host each event in collaboration with PCC Arts Development Officer, Lucy Bevan. A fee is payable and there is a budget for expenses. Some administrative support will also be provided.

Outline plans for the day anticipate a presentation of work by the organising artist and and/or others, a Q&A session with a panel of artists and people involved in the arts, opportunities for networking and discussion, possibly a performance, exhibition or live event and a feast! However this is a format which should have ample flexibility for a creative interpretation of each element within it. It is intended that the emphasis should be on encouraging collaborative and cross art-form working and we hope that many members of the local community can be drawn in to participate.

Deadline for Expressions of Interest June 1st 2008

Each of the three HARVESTING THE ARTS events aim to provide us with successful models of high quality creative joint working reaping maximum benefit for participants and the local community!

If you would like more information or would like to tender for the delivery of an event please contact Lucy Bevan, Arts Development Officer on 01597 827564 or email her at lucindab@powys.gov.uk All we will need from you is a brief description of your good idea (1 side of A4)! .

the Arts Forum: Are YOU a Member?

Projects like the hugely successful Arts Month (see below) and many other opportunities are only possible if the Forum continues to be a be a credible voice for the arts in Powys. This means we need YOU to become a member.

This is a chance to make contact with others who care about the arts, and to work together to raise the profile of what we do, encouraging others to share in it.

Pictured below is the work of John Morgan who has recently become a Forum member, and whose work livens up the streets of Hay as in this imaginative piece.

About this Website

Even if you're not a member you may be able to use this website to inform others. For full details of what we can include click here

About Powys Arts Forum

Powys Arts Forum works through co-ordinating opportunities and mutual support, and is organised by those engaged in the arts, whichever side of the footlights, whatever kind of art.

It is wholly independent though it enjoys a close working relationship with the Arts & Culture department of Powys County Council and the Arts Council of Wales. Details of the current committee of Powys Arts Forum can be found on the Committee page.

e-mail admin@powysartsforum.org.uk

Registered Charity 1119347

Company Limited by Guarantee 0598 5004