The Arts Team's work involves:
- Speaking on behalf of the Council about Arts and Events in Derby and beyond
- Advocating for the arts and their benefits
- Helping to ensure the quality of arts provision
- Fostering the inclusivity of arts provision and ensuring access to high-quality arts for all
- Pointing people in the right direction for more detailed help and advice
- Offering advice and support to artists, arts organisations and arts businesses, particularly about funding opportunities
- Talking to members of Derby's arts community to draw up plans to help them work together
- Helping to get arts funding to set up new activities
The Council is very concerned about the current difficulties at the Derby Playhouse, an organisation that the Council has provided funding for for many years. However the Council and the Arts and Events Team are committed to making sure that produced theatre has a home in Derby in the future. We will work with Arts Council England to make this happen.
Achievements of the Arts and Events Team in 2007
The 2006/2007 figures for arts activity in Derby show that:
- The total audience for activities supported through the Council's Arts and Events service was 504,445. This is equivalent to twice Derby's total population.
- There were 9,151 arts events in the city supported through the Council's Arts and Events service. It would take over 25 years to attend all these events at the rate of 1 a day.
- 2,921 artists were employed for a total of 11,705 days. A considerable contribution to Derby's economy.
- Investment of £1,080,444 from DCC Arts and Events resulted in activity with a value of £8,233,274. This means that every £1 of Local Authority funding levered in an additional £7 of revenue to the city from other sources.
- There were 1,650 individual performances in the city supported through the Council's Arts and Events service.
- There were 2,677 exhibition days - equivalent to over 7 years of continuous exhibition.
- There were 4,824 sessions for education and/or training in which 66,860 people took part.
Note – the above figures do not include audience figures for the Assembly Rooms and Guildhall Theatre; in 2006/07 these were 272,379.
The Arts Team
The Arts Team is the contact centre for the arts in Derby and includes:
Principal Arts Officer
Mike manages the Arts Team which is responsible for the strategic development of the Arts across the city and beyond.
Call 01332 641488 Minicom 01332 256666
Email mike.brown@derby.gov.uk
Arts in Education Co-ordinator
Wenna takes a strategic approach to the development of the Arts and Arts activity within the education sector.
Call 01332 641484
Minicom 01332 256666
Email wenna.stockdale@derby.gov.uk
Literature Development Officer
Catherine encourages appreciation and enjoyment of literature in Derby by working with groups and individuals to support and develop a range of activities. This helps to build lasting infrastructure for literature in the city. For more information see Derby Literature Development
Call 01332 641490
Minicom 01332 256666
Email catherine.rogers@derby.gov.uk
Support and Performance Officer
Antoinette's role is to provide advice, information and Arts opportunities to the public and the Arts Forum members. She also supports team members' activities.
Call 01332 641487
Minicom 01332 256666
Email antoinette.burchill@derby.gov.uk