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An Lanntair Service Level Agreement (2012-13) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 7 MARCH 2012 POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE 8 MARCH 2012 AN LANNTAIR SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT (2012-13) Report by Director of Development PURPOSE OF REPORT To consider an application for annual revenue funding from An Lanntair for 2012/13. COMPETENCE 1.1 There are no legal or other constraints to the recommendations being implemented. 1.2 Provision exists within the Development Department’s Arts Development revenue budget for 2012/13. SUMMARY 2.1 An Lanntair Arts Centre is a nationally acclaimed and internationally renowned cultural hub. It was established in 1985 and is now in its seventh year of operation. 2.2 An Lanntair is well supported by the local community and is the most successful visitor attraction in the Outer Hebrides with over 200,000 attendances per annum. An Lanntair Ltd and its trading subsidiary An Lanntair Trading Ltd., currently employ 38 FTE’s and have a combined turnover of just under £1.2 million per annum. 2.3 Creative Scotland has acknowledged An Lanntair’s achievements and status by awarding the organisation Foundation status for the period to 2012 - 2015. This releases funding of £390,870 per annum over that period. 2.4 An Lanntair has come to the end of a three year Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the Comhairle covering the years 2009-2012. Comhairle support enables An Lanntair to deliver a year round programme of visual art exhibitions, performing arts events, cinema screenings and educational activities which provide significant economic and social benefits for the Outer Hebrides. The interim review of the (SLA) has concluded that An Lanntair has satisfactorily met their (SLA) requirements. 2.5 An Lanntair is a critical component of the tourism and creative/cultural sector in the Outer Hebrides. Continued funding from the Comhairle will enable the organisation to further develop its potential to deliver more in terms of arts activity, attract more visitors and establish a pattern of financial sustainability. RECOMMENDATION 3.1 It is recommended that the Comhairle approve a grant of £73,000 to An Lanntair from the 2012/13 Arts Development revenue budget for 2012/13, subject to the satisfactory conclusion of a one year Service Level Agreement and the repayment of the sum (£3,415) due under prudential borrowing arrangements. Contact Officer Elsie Mitchell, Arts Development Officer Tel: 01876 672 708 Appendices None Background Papers None BACKGROUND 4.1 An Lanntair Arts Centre was established as a charitable trust in 1985 and is currently in its 27th year of operation. Originally based in premises in Stornoway Town Hall, An Lanntair is a multi-disciplinary arts centre completed in 2005, comprising a gallery, auditorium/cinema, education rooms and catering and is the largest arts venue in the Highlands after Eden Court Theatre. 4.2 An Lanntair provide an annual year round programme of contemporary art exhibitions, performing arts events, film screenings and related education and outreach activity. The organisation’s Vision and Mission statement reads: “We will be a beacon for artistic activity in the Western Isles, we will celebrate and encourage creativity in all its forms, we will be a genuine centre for our community, and we will represent and support Gaelic culture.” 4.3 From an initial staff of two job creation placements, An Lanntair has provided stable employment to a significant number of people since 1985. The organisation currently employs 47 individuals (38 FTE’s). In addition An Lanntair annually generates work for approximately 30 freelance artists based in the Outer Hebrides via the Education, Exhibitions and Performing Arts Programme. Self-employed musicians, visual artists and crafts makers are also supported via sales of their work in the An Lanntair shop, the gallery and at performances. 4.4 An Lanntair has Investors in People and Hospitality Assured accreditation and in 2008 received a Who Cares Wins: Employer of the Year Award. 4.5 It the financial year ending 31 March 2011 An Lanntair Ltd had a turnover of £709,048 and the trading subsidiary An Lanntair Trading Ltd, a turnover of £471,589. 4.6 The Centre services an immediate population of 12,015 (Stornoway and its environs) with a secondary catchment population of 20,473 (covering Lewis and Harris) these figures represent 45% and 77% of the total Outer Hebrides population respectively. 4.7 The most recent figures from the Visit Scotland Visitor Attraction Monitor 2009 show that An Lanntair is the most attended visitor attraction in the Outer Hebrides. These compare favourably with similar attractions in other geographic locations e.g. Bonhoga Gallery in Shetland 15,854, Dundee Contemporary Arts 273,750, Aberdeen Art Gallery 178,344. 4.8 The Board of An Lanntair, in consultation with the staff, have undertaken a Business Process Review exercise supported by the Comhairle. This review of business process within the two companies was initiated by the Board to achieve a better understanding of the scope of development required to improve the overall performance of the business. This includes a fundamental look at the staffing and organisation structures of both An Lanntair Ltd and An Lanntair Trading Ltd. The An Lanntair Board has also agreed to employ a Chief Executive. AWARD WINNING PROGRAMME 5.1 The facilities, staffing levels and provision of stable core funding enable An Lanntair to deliver a wide and varied arts programme which has been recognised with a number of awards over the years. • 1995 Arts and Tourism Trophy for Calanais: The Atlantic Stones 10th anniversary exhibition, publication and CD • 2003 Scottish Arts Council: Innovative Visual Arts Education Award – for a sculpture project with croileagan and school pupils in the fragile community areas of Uig and Bernera. The Croileagan’s also won a National Artworks Award for the same project • 2007 Traditional Music Venue of the Year • 2009 Clore Performing Arts Award for Trumpets to the Sky – a sculpture and music outreach project with children organised in partnership with the Hebridean Celtic Festival. • 2010 ABSA award for engaging with Harris Tweed Hebrides EVENTS 5.2 Around 300 events take place at An Lanntair per year. Ticket sales have steadily increased each year since the new centre opened. Events encompass a wide range of performances including classical, jazz, opera, rock and world music, drama, dance and a cinema programme of both popular block-buster films e.g. The Adventures of Tin Tin, and arthouse cinema. 5.3 Examples of events in 2010/12 which demonstrate this range include: A Scottish Opera performance of Carmen; an evening of Gaelic song and music by Alyth McCormack; Mendelssohn Society Concert – a selection of internationally acclaimed musicians presented music by Bach, Mendhelsohn and Tchiakovsky; classical piano recital by Robin Colville; a performance by Fish – ex lead singer of the rock group Marillion; Blazing Fiddles – part of their Scottish tour; The Wilders – Americana from Kansa City, Missouri; National Theatre of Scotland: Somersaults – play by Lewis based writer Ian Finlay Macleod; Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain – 25th Anniversary Tour and PUSH a new dance theatre performance by Curious Seed. 5.4 A strong focus is given to Gaelic Cultural Heritage within the events programme, leading acclaimed piper Fred Morrison, in his introduction to a performance, to thank An Lanntair for “not just keeping traditional music, but traditional musicians alive over all these years.” A number of An Lanntair traditional musical productions have successfully toured to Celtic Connections in Glasgow - Lewis Women, Dhachaigh (Murdo Macfarlane Songbook) and Atlantic Blast – helping to promote the musical traditions of the Outer Hebrides to an international audience. 5.5 In addition to An Lanntair’s own programmed events. The facilities are hired by external promoters and community groups. There have been high profile performances by Mumford and Sons, comedian Bill Bailey, KT Tunstall and children’s panto companies. During the Hebridean Celtic Festival An Lanntair hosts afternoon and evening concerts, workshops and acts as the festival club. In 2011 An Lanntair was the main venue for The Royal National Mod and the Celtic Media Festival, whose report demonstrated the advantages of the venue to external organisations: “An Lanntair Arts Centre – Main venue with excellent amenities. A modern purpose built centre, An Lanntair offered all types of space required to conduct the entire Festival under one roof; a large main auditorium space with excellent technical facilities and several further spaces for student and secondary sessions, DVD library, office space for Festival staff and lunch space. It was also the venue for the Gala Celebration on the final night during which the auditorium walls were lifted to create an open plan bar space and a clear area for the Ceilidh.” EXHIBITIONS 6.1 An annual programme of seven exhibitions are programmed in the main gallery space, with additional shows in display areas in the foyer, bar and upper corridor. Highlights from the 2010/2012 programme included: • Bhon Chroit, An Clo: From the Land Comes the Cloth; 50 photographs by Iain Lawson from the book published to mark the centenary of the Harris Tweed Orb Mark. The exhibition juxtaposed images of the complex patterns of colour and weaving in tweed with the Island’s landscape. • 119 local artists/ crafts makers exhibited a total of 398 artworks in Grinneas nan Eilean 2011 • ‘Astar: Glen Tolsta’ - an exhibition by local artists Anne Campbell, Mairi Morrison and Ishbel Murray, which explores the concept of journeying through time, to retrace the history of five families who in 1843 were evicted from their homes in the Park district of Lewis and settled in the uninhabited Glen Tolsta. • ‘Sailing Dinghy’ by Iain Hamilton Finlay – this gave an Lanntair the opportunity to participate in Artist Rooms, an important new collection of international contemporary art, shared across the UK through a unique collaboration between the Art Fund, Tate and National Galleries of Scotland.
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