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SPRING 09 — MAIN INTERVIEW FEATURE:
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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HOLD THE FRONT PAGE!
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 and won!
The building was designed by local Stoke-on-Trent architects, and houses a superb selection of North Staffordshire ceramics.
18th May 2009:
STOKE HOPES TO BE BRITISH CITY OF CULTURE IN 2017
The City Council has declared it will prepare Stoke-on-Trent to contend for the British City of Culture
award in 2017. The announcement follows government proposals to create a local UK version of the prestigious European City of Culture award.
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
21st March 2009:
CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS RENAMED
Creative Partnerships Stoke-on-Trent
has had its funding renewed to 2011, enabling further creative interventions with local children and teachers. The organisation's new name, from 1st April 2009, will be Partners in Creative Learning (PiCL).
13th Oct 2008:
"'GI US A JOB!"
Staffordshire University has just launched a new "JobZone" website,
to help students find part-time work while they study. Local employers can now advertise part-time or holiday vacancies to 15,000 students, many of them on creative courses, for free.
3rd May 2008:
BRAND NEW £10m CERAMICS MUSEUM
A new-build museum to house the priceless
Wedgwood collection of art ceramics is nearly completed and is being fitted out
at Barlaston, on the edge of Stoke-on-Trent. £7-million of
National Heritage funding was secured,
and local architects Hulme Upright
Manning have designed the new building.
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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.
Photo Gallery &
PDF Publication...
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EVENTS PREVIEW:
Forthcoming events.
Happening in our area during Spring 2009:
ArtWaves open artists' crit sessions; "Creativity: Innovate Through the Recession" Business Brokers event; Stoke Your Fires Festival of Animation;
the first HeadTalk artists' meet-up; the launch of Rebirth Project 2009 at the city maternity hospital; meetings of new writers' groups in the city; and as we move towards the summer, the Staffordshire University Art and Design Show
and other final-year student shows.
Full events listing...
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NEWS OF NOTE, elsewhere in the press & media:
Our City
Mitchell Memorial Youth Theatre has secured £2m of Lottery funding to pay for refurbishment. (PDF)
The Birmingham Post
The major feature-film
Souled Out is being filmed largely in Stoke-on-Trent.
Architect's Journal
£30m media production centre for Stoke-on-Trent.
AWM
£250,000 funding for four new creative-industries business units in Burslem.
The Guardian
International architectural design competition for Stoke-on-Trent city centre.
24hr Museum
Stoke Gallery loans original Goya works to Spain.
The Guardian
"Dan Catt grabbed his digital camera, went for a walk near his home in Stoke-on-Trent, and ended up being hired by Yahoo"...
The Birmingham Post
£10m new ceramics museum for Stoke-on-Trent. Local architects appointed.
The Guardian
Stoke-on-Trent animation project touches children.
Daily Telegraph
Garden designers lead £100-million makeover at Stoke's Trentham Gardens.
KPMG News
KPMG study shows Stoke-on-Trent is the most cost-effective place to start a new business.
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