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Creative Stoke interviews the successful local sports artist Paine Proffitt. Paine's work is on permanent display at the national Museum of Rugby, and sells to collectors around the world.

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1st Oct 2009:

£2.6m NEW PATHWAYS LAUNCHED
The Ceramic Industry Forum (CIF) has launched the £2.6m New Pathways Project, to encourage collaboration, innovation and diversification in the interiors and lifestyle market. The project will give businesses access to free expert advice intended to help them unlock new overseas markets in interiors and lifestyle, or explore new innovative technologies. Firms interested in finding out more about the initiative should contact the Ceramics Industry Forum in the first instance on 01782 415210.

17th Aug 2009:

GOING SUBSONIK

Subsonik has launched an excellent free weekly podcast, featuring new local bands and the music being made across Stoke, North Staffs and South Cheshire. It's free!

18th June 2009:

MUSEUM OF THE YEAR - IS IN NORTH STAFFS!

The new £10m Wedgwood Museum in Barlaston was shortlisted for the fiercely competitive 'Art Fund Museum of the Year Award' — and has won! The building was designed by local Stoke-on-Trent architects, and houses a superb selection of North Staffordshire ceramics.

11th May 2009:

GLAZED CERAMICS INDUSTRY BOARD LAUNCHED IN STOKE

The Sector Skills Council's Glazed Ceramics Industry Board was launched at the "Made in Staffordshire" event in Stoke-on-Trent, on 11th May 2009. Amid difficult times, the Board aims to: raise the profile of the ceramics industry to make it more appealing to young people; boost skills and investment in the workforce; and help develop new qualifications. More information for employers from Lisa Williams at: lisa _dot_ williamson _at_ proskills.co.uk

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FEATURED SPACE:
AirSpace Gallery.

AirSpace is a new contemporary art gallery sited in the centre of Stoke-on-Trent. Part funded by the Arts Council and supported by students at Staffordshire University, this 3500-square-foot Victorian building opened as a gallery in May 2007 — conveniently opposite the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. There are also six studios at the rear. Gallery space can be hired, and there is also a show window which faces the street.

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FEATURED CREATIVE:
Andi Watson.

The acclaimed artist and writer of graphic-novels, Andi Watson, has a new web-site & weblog. His debut Breakfast After Noon (nominated for an Eisner Award), Dumped and the currently-serialised Little Star are all graphic novels set in the city of Stoke-on-Trent. Andi is based in the village of Audley in North Staffordshire. His new website now has several free colour web-comics on offer!

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Northwood Park : a park user makes her photographic self-portrait in the newly-refurbished park.

A member of Stoke band Friends of Ken checks out the new bArts web site at the launch event.

PROJECT SPOTLIGHT:
Creative Approaches to Local Issues was a successful £100,000 arts project in our city, funded by Advantage West Midlands.

Stoke-on-Trent's ten Community Forum areas each undertook a pilot art project, in which a community group worked with a local artist to express a local issue, and they then developed their ideas through creative collaboration over several months. Creative Stoke now has a gallery of 100 project photographs and the free full-colour project publication to download.

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EVENTS PREVIEW:
Forthcoming events.

Happening in our area during 2010: The Stoke Your Fires 2010 festival of animation features many big-name masterclasses, as well as youth, community and outreach events in animation. The VFX Tutor at Escape Studios, Lee Danskin, will be leading a masterclass on 25th February 2010. See the Stoke Your Fires website for full details, and the rest of the 2010 programme.

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NEWS OF NOTE, elsewhere in the press & media:

Nov 2009: BBC
Return to Planet Stoke

Oct 2009: The Birmingham Post
Passport to new trade in U.S for ceramics firm

Oct 2009: The Telegraph
All fired up in North Staffordshire

Oct 2009: Paid Content UK
Local bloggers compete with newspapers

Sept 2009: AWM
Ceramic Industry Forum launches the 'New Pathways Project', a pioneering £2.6 million initiative

Sept 2009: The Telegraph
Museums race to raise cash for Staffordshire Hoard

Sept 2009: AWM
Regional minister opens Genesis Centre for start-ups, at Chatterley Valley in Stoke-on-Trent

Aug 2009: Financial Times
Festival will lift fortunes of Stoke's ceramics industry

Summer 2009: Green Places
Can arts stoke community fires?

June 2009: The Guardian
Stoke's £10m Wedgwood Museum wins the £100,000 Art Fund prize for new museums and galleries