funding digital by jon pratty

Arts Council EnglandFunding digital activity 2011June 7th 2011Jon Pratty, Relationship Manager: Digital & Creative Economies

1. Achieving Great Art for Everyone

Ten year strategy for the arts launched in 2010

Two+ years in the making

Over 2700 artists, galleries, agencies, organisations consulted to inform the strategy

Backbone of the new National Portfolio Funding Programme

Complements/replaces Turning Point [visual arts strategy from 2006/7]

2. Achieving Great Art for Everyone

A strategy based on excellence, founded on diversity and innovation; and a new collaborative spirit to develop the arts over the long term, so they truly belong to everyone

3. Our five main goals

1. Talent and artistic excellence are thriving and celebrated

2. More people experience and are inspired by the arts

3. The arts are sustainable, resilient and innovative

4. The arts leadership and workforce are diverse and highly skilled

4. Every child and young person has the opportunity to experience the richness of the arts

4. NESTA/ACE/AHRC R & D funding

NESTA R&D fund [£500k] > ACE Digital Innovation and Development Fund [£15-20m]

NESTA R&D applications, via NESTA website, are invited by September 2, 2011

Successful applications announced October 2011


Key development strand for the Arts Council’s Digital Innovation and Development fund, following later in 2011

Sits alongside other work around digital, such as the Arts Council/BBC Building digital capacity for the arts programme.


Schemes are broadly sector-agnostic: wide variety of arts and cultural organisations eligible to apply

Visual and performing arts organisations

Literary organisations

Museums and galleries

Libraries

Commercial arts and cultural organisations

Creative industry businesses [where funded activity is self-contained and has clear public benefit]


Themes emerging from pilot period:

1. User generated content and social media - harnessing the power of the Internet and social media to reach audiences and to give them a platform for discussion, participation and creativity

2. Distribution - using digital technologies to deliver artistic and cultural experiences and content in new ways


3. Mobile, location and games - developing a new generation of mobile and location-based experiences and services, including games

4. Data and archives - making archives, collections and other data more widely available to other arts and cultural organisations and the general public


5. Resources - Using digital technologies to improve the way in which arts and cultural organisations are run, including business efficiency and income generation, and the way in which they collaborate with each other

6. Education and learning - developing interactive education and learning resources for children, teachers, young people, adult learners and arts and cultural sector professionals

More here: www.nesta.org.uk/digital-rnd

10. Going forward

Beyond NESTA R&D The new schemes are about opening up new exciting new opportunities, uniting historical and contemporary arts and culture, and about learning from museums, libraries and all our audiences too. Considering the conference and the messages heard so far, ACE are looking forward to working with Collections Trust and Culture24, key future collaborators and partners in the digital cultural community

11. Going forward

Continuing to consult museum, gallery and library sector organisations

Key headlines being fed back to ACE as we speak

Opportunities for feedback to final policy approach and strategic thinking

Other chances over the next few months to do this

12. Going forward

Existing ACE funding routes such as Grants for the Arts are open to museums and libraries

Arts-related collaborations or explorations

RAMM – artists working within collection

Fitzwilliam – China project

Hove Museum - Blacksmith artist engaging with collection

13. Going forward

NPO funding agreement work now taking place

Further discussion and scoping of opportunities

Identification of gaps in provision

Strategic digital funding to address opportunities/choices ACE and the sector have identified

14. Going forward

ACE goal two: digital and online one of our key concerns to reaching more widely, engaging with audiences of all kinds Keen to work alongside HLF digital funding plans following scoping work in 2011 and the NESTA R&D research

Committed to working across cultural andheritage sectors

Thank you

www.artscouncil.org.uk

Jon Pratty, Relationship Manager: Digital & Creative [email protected]