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15 Jan

Artist Opportunity: Making Intimate Performance

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsOpportunitiesartist, cabaret, Drag, funding, LGBT, LGBTQ, performance, Queer, Theatre

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Free online artist talk, plus three opportunities for artists to develop new intimate performance Submerge are hosting a free online talk from three inspiring artists making intimate performance, and inviting three North-West based artists working in drag, club performance and cabaret to experiment with the creation of new covid-safe live encounters. The project is aimed at artists who may not have much experience of working in contemporary art and performance contexts, and artists will receive coaching from Submerge and mentoring from artist Jo Bannon. Artist Talk Making Intimate Performance Time: Tuesday 19th January 2021 (7pm – 8.30pm) Register Here…

21 Nov

Funding for Blackpool Tower ballroom means that we can all keep dancing

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsHeritage, Local NewsBALLROOM, Blackpool Tower, dance, dancing, funding, tower

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The home of British ballroom dancing will receive £764,000 from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. The funding will restore period plasterwork to bring the Blackpool Tower Ballroom back to its former glory. This major grant is announced as Strictly Come Dancing celebrates the iconic venue with a studio special. The Blackpool Tower Ballroom is the latest venue to receive a lifeline grant of £764,000 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, the Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden has announced. The ballroom, located in the Grade I listed Tower Buildings, first opened to the public in 1894 and has a rich history as…

10 Oct

Winter Gardens receives lifeline grant from government’s Cultural Recovery Fund

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsHeritage, Local Newscoronavirus, covid, Covid-19, Cultural Recovery fund, funding, heritage, Winter Gardens

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Almost 450 heritage organisations in England, including Winter Gardens Blackpool have been awarded cash from the first round of the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. Grants of up to £1 million will deliver a lifeline for the heritage sector in England with further support to follow and larger grants for capital projects awarded through the Heritage Stimulus Fund This is the first major round of funding from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. The Winter Gardens Blackpool is one of 445 heritage organisations across the country set to receive a lifesaving financial boost from the government thanks to…

05 Oct

Funding boost for Fleetwood’s historic town centre

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsHeritage, Local Newsfleetwood, funding, heritage, history, town centre

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Fleetwood’s historic high street is one of 14 across the North West set to receive funding for its revitalisation project. The high street project will improve historic shop fronts and draw visitors from the market to the town centre Wyre Council and a consortium of partners will work with Historic England to develop and deliver a plan that will transform and restore disused and dilapidated buildings into new homes, shops, work places and community spaces, restoring local historic character and improving public spaces. Government funding of £1,792,362 has been confirmed and the project fully worked up for Fleetwood high street,…

10 Sep

PIVOT: Development for mid-career North West artists

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsOpportunitiesArt, artist, bursary, callout, Covid-19, development, funding, Visual, visual arts

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Bluecoat and Castlefield Gallery are delighted to announce PIVOT: an 18 month development programme for mid-career artists living and working in North West England. PIVOT is a new artist development scheme delivered in partnership by Bluecoat, Liverpool and Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. Both organisations share the vision that the North West of England is a place where artists are able to live and work whilst experiencing national and international success. Five mid-career contemporary visual artists will be awarded a £5000 bursary and given access to a programme that supports their practice over an 18 month period. PIVOT recognises that existing…

10 Jul

Blackpool Museum On Track with Extra Funding

David Simper0 CommentsHeritage, Local NewsBlackpool, funding, heritage, library, local history, museum

A long held ambition, Blackpool's museum attraction project has now gained the funding that will make it happen. Congratulations to the team that has worked so hard for this. Now a state of the art facility will bring the resort's distinguished history to life for both valued visitors and local people. It seems almost strange that when so much has happened here and Blackpool has meant so much to so many people, there has been no museum before. This development will be a welcome boost to the resort's regeneration programme, complementing the new conference centre, tramway extension, rejuvenated public realm, new…