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- News16 Cultural Organizations from 12 Countries: This is SPARSE Network
The SPARSE Network is an exciting development that achieves one of the Creative Europe funded SPARSE aims which is to create a European Rural Touring Network.
More info - NewsCircus Around & About
Taking extraordinary, family friendly circus to village communities across the South West this summer.
More info - NewsJenna's Musical Journey through Outthere
Take Art has been collaborating with our friends at Actiontrack Performance Company and working with young people across Somerset. #Focus5 is one of the referral agencies that we work with and they've been a brilliant connecting point for us to make contact with participants. This is our story about Jenna.
More info - NewsThe Certificate for Music Educators: Early Childhood Course
Congratulations to six South West based students who are now qualified Early Childhood Music Educators. Current applications are now open.
More info - NewsA Satisfied Audience: SPARSE 1st Year Tours Audience Survey Results
SPARSE is an EU project that aims to give people from rural communities access to arts by taking performances by professionals into rural areas to rural audiences in local community venues. The results of the 1st tour audience survey seem very positive and encouraging. The methodology consisted of paper survey of the audience members. The same questions were asked in each country.
More info - NewsSomerset charities secure funding to help local communities thriveMore info
- NewsWinter Warmers
Pubs, poems, positivity: National poem of thanks to resilient publicans and ‘Winter Warmers’ pub poetry collection unveiled
More info - NewsRURITAGE Webinar #8 Arts & Festivals SIA
The contribution that culture can make in regeneration activities, as demonstrated by numerous city ‘capitals of culture’ examples, can be applied in its own way to rural areas. Find out how in our webinar that took place on 3 February 2021 as we discuss the arts and festivals in this context.
More info - NewsPerform Europe
Perform Europe will support experiments to make touring of performing arts works in Creative Europe countries more sustainable and inclusive. The ultimate goal of Perform Europe is to design a future support scheme for cross-border touring and digital distribution of the performing arts.
More info - NewsConnecting European Rural Communities with the Creative Arts: An Interview with Ralph Lister
Article written by Ralph Lister about Take Art's rural touring work in Somerset and beyond.
More info - NewsSouth East Dance announce the two artists selected for the first Little Big Dance national tour.
A ray of light amidst the gloom: Experimental new contemporary dance works for under-fives selects first two artists.
More info - NewsThe Arts Council Release Guidelines for their Emergency Funding Package
Ensuring the people and organisations in our cultural sector are protected during the Covid-19 crisis is the Arts Council's number one priority. See how you or your organisation can apply for the emergency funding grants.
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