We are looking to recruit new Board members aged between 18-30. If you are passionate about theatre and want to make a difference in the arts, come along to our information day and meet the team on Wed 22 May at 5.30pm Email : [email protected] to book a place.

Supporting people with dementia through the arts is the Arts Council England funded project, HandMade Theatre, with their show, Tell Me A Story. Inspired by their work in care homes, the performance explores childhood stories and memories.

Find out more: handmadetheatre.co.uk/portfolio/tell…

📢 New Mills Festival - Call for events

Make and shape New Mills Festival; is there something you want to see, something you're aching to put on? This could be the year!

📅 Deadline: 2 June
Find out more on our website👇

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Last summer, Vamos Theatre toured their Sharing Joy production to care homes, hospital wards and day centres across the UK 🎭

They told us about the show and why inclusive work is so important for people living with dementia 👇

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#DementiaAwarenessWeek

Limited tickets left for the Mental Health and Arts Symposium livestream, hosted by 42nd Street and chaired by Darren Henley CBE 📣

Hear from experts about the growing need for youth mental health support this Friday (17 May) 👇
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#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

WE'RE HIRING!

We're recruiting for our first official employee, with the post of Community Engagement Coordinator now open for applications.

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✨Award 2025 Call for Artists✨

Award is BCB’s headline exhibition, celebrating the vitality of contemporary ceramics practice in the UK with 10 artists selected from open submission.

Deadline: 12 noon, 9 Sept 2024

Visit our website for full details: ow.ly/w2MU50RBY0S

📢 If you're heading to Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, Producer Gathering are also hosting an event as part of the Arts Industry International Conversations Series on 7 August, alongside the gathering at #DepartureLounge24 on 11 July!

Free to attend, sign up ⬇️
producergathering.com/events/

Renoir in Leicester! One of the world’s most famous artworks, Pierre-Auguste Renoir's The Umbrellas, is at #LeicesterMuseum until 1 Sept!

Thanks National Gallery #NG200 birthday celebrations #NationalTreasures sees 12 iconic artworks loaned across the UK. leicestermuseums.org/RenoirInLeices…

Our #festival2funky brochures have just arrived👀

They will be placed in various spots around Leicester. Take a picture and tag us when you find one🙌

Supported using public funding by ACE Midlands

📢 Call out for AMPLIFY FESTIVAL artists!

Nottingham Playhouse are looking for Midlands-based artists to take part in this year's festival, which will feature new and exciting work from across the region and will take place from 21 - 26 Oct.

Find out more 👇
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Public Open Exhibition 2024: Calling all UK based *disabled visual artists! We want the best 2D contemporary art by or for learning disabled, neurodivergent, & disabled artists! Prizes, awards & the chance to exhibit at LEVEL! bit.ly/VisArtsCallOut
#OpenCall #DisabilityArts

🚨MAJOR NEWS🚨 £400k awarded to The Generator CIC in Loughborough from Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Programme

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Thank you Arts Council England ACE Midlands Department for Culture, Media and Sport

#ACEsupported #LetsCreate

THE OPTIMISTS IS BACK!

Are you an emerging artist, creative practitioner or aspiring producer based in the West Midlands, looking to develop your producing skills in the subsidised arts sector? Our summer training course is OPEN for applications: bit.ly/OpportunitiesCP (1/7)

We are delighted to announce that we have been successful with our funding grant with Arts Council England . We will be announcing our schedule of events next week and look forward to sharing further updates soon.

ACE Midlands South Staffs College Visit Tamworth #letscreate #tamworth

🎉Exciting News🎉 We've been awarded £750,000 from Arts Council England's Capital Investment Programme for the redevelopment of Hereford Museum & Art Gallery 🏛️🎨 This funding will help transform the musuem, enhance accessibility and community engagement. #ACEsupported #LetsCreate

⏰Just under 48 hours left to get applications in to be in with a chance of performing at #TheFullShebangFestival . #Ashfield & #Mansfield artists & performers be part of the Shebang magic.

Apply by 10am THIS FRIDAY 10 May.
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Exciting news 🔊

Coventry Music have been appointed by Arts Council England to lead a new regional Music Hub 🎉

This new hub, called Heart of England Music Hub, will see Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull work together to benefit the next generation of musicians 🎶🎶🎶

Calling on libraries across all sectors! Submit your stories of impact to our new campaign and join us in sharing how libraries make an important and vital impact in our communities! Here's the detail - cilip.org.uk/page/LCLW-case… #LibrariesChangeLives

Today, we’ve announced more than £24 million of Department for Culture, Media and Sport capital investment delivered by Arts Council England in 67 cultural organisations right across England. Full details in the thread below #LetsCreate