The Art of Devolution: Culture and the North

14 June 2016 Old , Manchester 14 June 2016

The network will explore the implications of devolution for the arts, creative and The Art of heritage sectors across the North and Running order examine how the continuing importance Devolution: of arts and culture to health, social care 12.00 - 13.00 Registration and networking lunch and wellbeing, social justice, community participation, cultural democracy and 13.00 Welcome Culture and economic development is recognised • Fiona Gasper, Executive Director, Manchester International Festival in changing policy structures, new 13.15 - 13.35 Keynote – The future for Manchester’s arts and culture: the challenges for the North partnerships and investment. cultural partners and partnerships • Maria Balshaw, Director of the Whitworth, The This event is organised by Cultural and Manchester City Galleries; Director for Culture, Engagement in the School of Arts, This half-day conference on cultural Languages and Cultures and the Faculty 13.45 - 14.45 Panel 1 – How best to invest in Northern arts and culture followed by Q&A place-making looks at the implications of of Humanities at The University of • James Thompson, Professor of Applied and Social Theatre and Associate devolution, rebalancing and the Northern Manchester. It is part of a programme Vice President for Social Responsibility, The University of Manchester (Chair) Powerhouse for the arts and cultural • Darren Henley, Chief Executive, of DevoManc activities led by Policy@ ecologies of the North. • Dinah Caine, Chair, Creative Skillset Manchester and Cities@Manchester and • Sara Hilton, Head of Heritage Lottery Fund, North West The conference also launches a public forms a key strategic part of the • Caroline Julian, Deputy Director, Policy and Strategy, ResPublica policy and research exchange network. Faculty’s social responsibility agenda. 14.45 - 15.15 Refreshment break 15.15 – 15.45 Case study presentations • Esme Ward presenting ‘Not so Grim up North’ • Simon Ruding presenting ‘Theatre in Prisons and Probation (TiPP)’ • Jenny Hughes presenting ‘Poor Theatres’ 15.45 - 16.45 Panel 2 – Hearing from the wondrous places of the North – devo deals and plans for culture followed by Q&A • Francesca Gains, Head of Politics, The University of Manchester (Chair) • Beatriz Garcia, Head of Research, Institute of Cultural Capital, Further information: • Patricia Stead, Chair, What Next? Newcastle Gateshead Abigail Gilmore, Senior Lecturer, Arts Management & Cultural Policy • Martin Green, CEO and Director, Hull UK City of Culture 2017 [email protected] • Annie O’Neill, Museum and Gallery Development Manager, Gallery Oldham, Greater Manchester www.cities.manchester.ac.uk/impact-and-engagement/devo-manc-hub 16.45 Closing remarks and performance by Manchester Left Writers blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/category/devo 17.00 - 18.00 Beer and cheese networking reception

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Fiona Gasper MBE Dr Maria Balshaw CBE Professor Darren Henley Executive Director, Director of the Whitworth, James Thompson Chief Executive, Manchester International The University of Manchester Associate Vice President Arts Council England Festival and Manchester City Galleries for Social Responsibility and www.artscouncil.org.uk Director of Culture, Manchester www.mif.co.uk Professor of Applied and Social Darren Henley has been Chief City Council Appointed to the role of Executive Director of Theatre, The University of Manchester Executive of Arts Council England since April Manchester International Festival in March 2016, www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/ 2015. He previously spent twenty-five years Fiona Gasper was previously Executive Director Maria Balshaw is Director of the Whitworth, social-responsibility working in radio, leading Classic FM for fifteen for the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester part of The University of Manchester, and the years, first as Managing Editor and then as James Thompson is Associate Vice President for from 2010 to 2016. During her time there helped Manchester City Galleries. Managing Director. He was appointed an OBE in lead the Theatre in a bold new direction, focusing Social Responsibility and Professor of Applied and 2013 for services to music. As Director of these two major institutions, on new work and opportunities for emerging Social Theatre at the University of Manchester. holding internationally important collections Darren has chaired or sat on a range of theatre practitioners and artists. He leads the University’s social responsibility of fine and decorative art of more than 80,000 goal which includes how the university orientates government advisory boards in the area of cultural Previous roles have included Executive Producer objects, she is responsible for the artistic and its research, teaching/learning, community education. His two independent government of Liverpool’s 2008 European Capital of Culture strategic vision for each gallery. An academic by engagement, and processes to making a positive reviews into music education (2011) and cultural programme (2004-2009) and Executive Director training she has worked as a Director within the social, environmental and cultural impact on education (2012) resulted in the creation of for Contact, Manchester. Fiona has worked in cultural sector for the past 10 years. Alongside society. He is also the Founder and Co-Director England’s first National Plan for Music Education, the cultural sector around the UK for the past 30 her role as Director of Manchester City Galleries of In Place of War – a project researching and new networks of Music Education Hubs and years in a range of full time roles and as a freelance and the Whitworth Maria has recently taken on developing arts programs in war and disaster Heritage Schools, the Museums and Schools producer and consultant. Organisations she has the role of Director of Culture for Manchester zones. He has developed and run theatre projects programme, the BFI Film Academy and the been involved with cover all arts forms, scales City Council. In April 2014 the Secretary of State in Africa and South Asia (principally DR Congo and National Youth Dance Company. and types and include West Yorkshire Playhouse, for Culture, Media & Sport appointed Maria as Sri Lanka). He has written widely on theatre applied He is the author or co-author of twenty-nine Contact Theatre, English National Opera, Youth a board member of Arts Council England. The to conflict, peacebuilding, and reconciliation and books, including The Virtuous Circle: Why Music, Manchester City Council, LARC, RSC, appointment is for a term of 4 years, from April his most recent books are Performance Affects: Creativity and Cultural Education Count which Walk the Plank, GMMAZ, More Music, Whalley 2014 to March 2018. Applied Theatre and the End of Effect (2009) and argues that everyone has the right to an excellent Range All Stars, CAN, Watford Palace Theatre and Maria was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Humanitarian Performance: from Disaster Tragedies cultural education. Nottingham Playhouse. Honours for services to the arts in June 2015. to Spectacles of War (2014). Fiona is a board member for: XTRAX (producers and enablers of innovative outdoor work from UK and international artists.), and IF Milton Keynes (a biannual multi-arts festival of extraordinary events in unusual places and public spaces). Fiona was awarded an MBE for services to the arts in June 2009. 14 June 2016 The Art of Devolution: Culture and Speakers the North

Dinah Caine CBE Sara Hilton Caroline Julian Professor Chair, Creative Skillset Head of Heritage Lottery Fund, Deputy Director, Francesca Gains www.creativeskillset.org North West Policy and Strategy, ResPublica Head of Politics, Dinah Caine is currently the www.hlf.org.uk www.respublica.org.uk The University of Manchester Chair of Creative Skillset after Sara Hilton joined the Heritage Caroline Julian is Deputy Director, www.manchester.ac.uk/ twenty three years as its Chief Executive. She Lottery Fund in January 2008 after a wide-ranging Policy and Strategy at ResPublica. Since joining research/Francesca.gains is a member of the Creative Industries Council career which included television production, the organisation shortly after the 2010 General Francesca Gains is a Professor of Public Policy. (CIC) and chairs the sub-group on Education and museum and exhibition design and project Election, Caroline has led ResPublica’s activity Before becoming an academic she worked in local Skills. She sits on the Board of the Federation management. on energy, housing and planning, faith and the government & the probation service. Francesca for Industry Sector Skills & Standards and is a constitution, and public service reform, and has Prior to the HLF, Sara worked at National has worked on a number of government member of the Skills Commission. written and spoken widely on these topics, both in Museums Liverpool as Director of Projects, where funded research projects including a five year the UK and abroad. Dinah served as a Commissioner on the she was responsible for the delivery of visitor-led evaluation of constitutional reform in English local Warwick Commission inquiry into the Future developments across NML’s eight venues. She Caroline co-authored the ResPublica 2015 report, government, the introduction of health scrutiny of Cultural Value. She is a Fellow of the Royal managed the fit out of the £45m Into the Future A Community Right to Beauty: Giving communities for the Centre for Public Scrutiny, research for Society of Arts and was awarded Fellowship of project which included a major redevelopment the power to shape, enhance and create beautiful the Standards Board for England, the Lyons the Royal Television Society for her outstanding of World Museum Liverpool and new galleries places, which was described as “seminal” by Rt Inquiry into Local Government and the Roberts contribution to the Television Industry in 2002. at the Walker Art Gallery. She also oversaw the Hon Oliver Letwin MP and attracted significant Commission on the Role of Councillors. Her Dinah was awarded the OBE for her services successful completion of the International Slavery support from across the environmental, current research examines new arrangements to to the Media Industries in the Queen’s Golden Museum. development, architectural, heritage and support Police and Crime Commissioners. She is a Jubilee Honours List in 2002, and was awarded Sara is one of the founder members of the Capital community sectors. Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. the CBE for her services to the Creative Industries Projects Network, sharing best practise across the in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2013. sector. She lectures on museum management, interpretation, exhibition design and project management. Sara is leaving HLF in September 2016 to work as an independent consultant. 14 June 2016 The Art of Devolution: Culture and Speakers the North

Dr Beatriz Garcia Patricia Stead Martin Green Annie O’Neill Head of Research, Chair, What Next? CEO & Director, Arts & Heritage Manager, Institute of Cultural Capital, Newcastle Gateshead Hull UK City of Culture 2017 Gallery Oldham University of Liverpool Creative Producer, Dance City www.hull2017.co.uk (Oldham Council), Greater Manchester www.iccliverpool.ac.uk www.whatnextculture.co.uk/ Prior to taking up his latest post www.beatrizgarcia.net chapters/newcastle-gateshead as Chief Executive of Hull’s Culture Company, www.galleryoldham.org.uk Martin Green masterminded some of Britain’s Beatriz has been at the forefront of debates www.dancecity.co.uk Annie O’Neill has worked within the cultural significant artistic events including the opening around the rhetoric and impact of culture-led Patricia Stead is currently Creative Producer sector for 20 years, working with local authorities, of The 02; the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic city regeneration interventions since 1999. Major for Dance City, the national dance agency arts organisations, museums and galleries. A torch relays, the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic research include a review of all available evidence based in Newcastle. She is course leader for Senior Manager with Oldham Council, where Opening and Closing Ceremonies and the on the first three decades of the European Capital Dance Management on the BA (Hons) Dance she has worked for the last thirteen years, Annie Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Tour de France of Culture programme (ECoC); the pioneering Professional Practice delivered in partnership is currently responsible for Gallery Oldham, Grand Départ in Leeds. Such success has earned Impacts 08 programme, a longitudinal 10-year with Gateshead College and Chair of What Next? heritage services, local studies & archives, arts Martin an international reputation. As Director study on the socio-economic and cultural impacts Newcastle Gateshead. development and Oldham Theatre Workshop. of Hull UK City of Culture 2017 Martin is planning of Liverpool 2008 ECoC; the first nation-wide As Chair of Greater Manchester Strategic Arts Patricia previously held both regional and national 365 days of transformative culture as Hull hosts legacy assessment of a Cultural Olympiad, Network 2006-8 and 2010-11, Director positions at Arts Council England, the nations cultural quadrennial. Martin is an focusing on the London 2012 Olympic Games; leading Planning and Performance Management, inaugural member of the Circle of Cultural Fellows Annie was an advocate for arts development and the first comprehensive study of the 20-year Stakeholder Partnerships and External Relations. at King’s College London and sits on the Board and cross-boundary working locally, regionally legacy of bidding and hosting an ECoC, focusing of The Space, the digital commissioning and and nationally and remains an active member on Glasgow 1990. Beatriz is a member of the IOC Other positions include 10 years as Head of development organisation, founded by the BBC of Greater Manchester Arts and the Greater Culture & Olympic Heritage Commission and has Culture in Hammersmith and Fulham, Regional and Arts Council England. Manchester Museums Group. been funded by Research Councils UK, British Director for Artswork South, the youth arts Academy, Arts Council England, English Heritage, development agency and Festival Manager and She completed the Clore Fellowship Programme European Parliament, European Commission and contemporary dance programmer for Mayfest 2008-9 where she was ‘England’s Northwest International Olympic Committee (IOC). In 2016, (Glasgow’s International Festival). Fellow’ sponsored by North West Development Beatriz has been granted academic observer A graduate of Glasgow University with a Master of Agency. status to study the first IOC-led Cultural Action Arts Degree, Patricia started her career as an Arts Plan during the Rio 2016 Games and assess its Officer managing a contemporary visual arts and capacity to drive transnational cultural leadership. crafts centre in West Australia. She later spent 18 months working in PR, press and producing within the contemporary dance sector in Paris. 14 June 2016 The Art of Devolution: Culture and Case studies Performance the North

Not so Grim up North quality participatory arts projects with vulnerable, Manchester Left Writers marginalised and at risk groups. TiPP is an Arts Not So Grim Up North (2015-2018) is a research Council England National Portfolio Organisation Founded in 2014 Manchester Left Writers project funded by Arts Council England. and is the only arts organisation in England to have (MLW) have published political broadsides, a set Researchers at University College London been awarded ArtsMark status in recognition of of poem-conversations, and many articles in are working with The Whitworth, Manchester the high quality arts and cultural education they journals. In May 2015 they organised a Launchpad Museum and Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums provide in youth justice settings. exhibition, The Powerhouse Liberation Movement, to investigate the health and wellbeing impacts of at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, which included museum activities for people living with dementia, Simon Ruding has been Director of TiPP live performances and a booklet, A Thin Vale. stroke survivors, and mental health and addiction since 1999. Previously he was Director of MLW’s first live multimedia presentation was part recovery service-users, in partnership with the the internationally renowned Geese Theatre of Manchester Literature Festival in 2015 when, NHS and third sector organisations in Greater Company (UK). in collaboration with the North West Film Archive, Manchester and Tyne & Wear. Further information: MLW performed poems with archive films in Indeed it’s not grim up north: there is a vibrant www.tipp.org.uk unique re-edited form. MLW performances feature arts and cultural scene, and we are interested Contact: Simon Ruding, Director, a core group of writers: Bob Dickinson, Steve in how this can contribute to the health and [email protected] Hanson, Natalie Bradbury and David Wilkinson. wellbeing of people in these regions. The research Further information: is based on a mixed-methods approach: we will manchesterleftwriters.wordpress.com collect qualitative data through interviews and Poor Theatres Contact: Bob Dickinson, quantitative data to measure change in relation to bob.dickinson@.co.uk specific health and wellbeing outcomes. A critical examination of theatre, performance and economic precarity. @MancLeftWriters Further information: www.healthandculture.org.uk/ This research explores the relationship between not-so-grim-up-north theatre, performance and poverty. It takes a historical perspective, and it also engages Contact: Dr Nuala Morse, Research Associate, with contemporary theatre practitioners who [email protected] are working with economically precarious communities. A website has been developed which provides a platform for learning more about TiPP theatre projects that are embedded in social TiPP is a creative arts organisation that specialises welfare or economic development initiatives, in developing and delivering arts projects in and theatre practice that deals with issues of Criminal Justice settings. They work closely with a economic security or economic justice. range of associate and partner arts organisations, Further information: artists and agencies to design and develop www.manchester.ac.uk/poortheatres programmes, projects and training opportunities. Contact: Dr Jenny Hughes, Originally born out of The University of Senior Lecturer in Drama, Manchester’s Drama Department in 1992, [email protected] TiPP has gained a considerable reputation for @jennyhughes99 developing and delivering a broad range of high the North Culture and Devolution: of The Art #DevoCulture #OnDevo

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