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8th August 2008
Creative Workspace Study is published!
See opposite for details.
16th May 2008
Creative Workspace Study
Thank you to everyone who took part. The Study is now complete and has given us an enormous amount of data and information. It will be published in mid-June. More nearer the time.
15th May 2008
Creative Brighton Debate: A success!
Bill the Chair began the debate by wondering, v charmingly, that given newspapers, the music industry and TV were all in terminal decline, what did the panel think their next jobs might be? ...
8th August 2008
Creative Workspace Study is published!
The research shows that nearly 16,000 people work in the creative industries in Brighton & Hove - or 10.7% of the workforce. It's a sector predicted to grow at between 2.5% - 5% a year - if properly supported - creating an additional 790 jobs annually. The report also quantifies the amount of workspace required by each sub-sector if these new jobs are to be properly accomodated: it amounts to a staggering 130,000 square foot a year, of 1.3m square foot to 2017.
The press release can be downloaded here. Live artists - £4,000 bursary Olympic tendering portal, CompeteFor, now open
The Final Report can be downloaded here.
16th May 2008
Creative Workspace Study
Thank you to everyone who took part. The Study is now complete and has given us an enormous amount of data and information. It will be published in mid-June. More nearer the time.
15th May 2008
Creative Brighton Debate: A success!
Bill the Chair began the debate by wondering, v charmingly, that given newspapers, the music industry and TV were all in terminal decline, what did the panel think their next jobs might be? ... Read this summary in full on http://creativebrighton.blogspot.com/
26th February 2008
Portrait artists invited to 'Mass'
Portrait artists are invited to participate in 'Mass' for the Brighton Festival 2008. For full details of the project and how to get involved visit www.shardcore.org/mass
Deadline 7th March 2008
New Work Network brings together people working in live art, contemporary performance and interdisciplinary practice. It is offering a 12-month busrary of £4,000 to an artist based in the South East region. The bursary will support an artist 'activator' whose practice connects other artists working in the new work sector. For full details visit www.newworknetwork.org.uk
London 2012 contract opportunities will be published on the website CompeteFor. Register for access to the site at www.supply2.gov.uk
19th February 2008
Creative Brighton Marketing Intern starts
Stacey Jackson has been appointed as the Creative Brighton Marketing Intern. She has a background in print publishing and marketing. Top of her priorities will be updating the events, training opportunities and jobs sections on the website on a weekly basis so please keep sending your information through - and check back soon for a much improved service!
10th January 2008 14th December 2007
Audi Design Foundation - 2008 Designs for Life Programme
This programme aims to support exceptional designers from the UK by funding the development of physical prototypes. It has been developed in order to produce design solutions to enhance the world in which we live by addressing sustainable and inclusive design.
Grants of between £10,000 and £30,000 are available, although larger grants may be awarded in exceptional circumstances. Successful applicants retain full intellectual property rights for their designs.
The 2008 deadline for receipt of applications is 31 March 2008. Applicants that are successful at this stage will be invited to submit a more in-depth report.
For further information follow this link: http://195.92.138.177/content.asp?menuid=41&submenuid=62&pageid=62&menuname=Designs+for+Life&menu=sub
Creative Workspace Questionnaire
As part of the Council's Creative Workspace Study, creative industry businesses in Brighton & Hove have been invited to take part in a survey of creative workspace requirements. The only criteria for participation is working in the creative industries in Brighton & Hove and all respondents have the chance to win one of three Borders Gift Cards! To take part, click on this weblink (till 20th December):
Click">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=HP0Hi8YXQO7YcN9t2EMgEQ_3d_3d">Click Here to take survey
11th December 2007:
New Business Incubator opens in Hove.
The Werks, Church Road, Hove is a new and refurbished 4000 sq foot business incubator for the creative industries, offering workshops, specialist support, think tanks, events and showcasing. Spaces are available as serviced desks, single units or whole suites. The aim is to have a range of creative industries businesses in the building, creating a vibrant creative ecology that supports the tenants.
It offers fully managed desks at £220 pcm and a variety of units of varying size and price throughout the building. Three large artist studios at the top of the building @ £110 a month. Rents include:
• All building services, rates, heating and utilities included.
• Attractive front entrance with door entry phone.
• Lounge area.
• High specification conference/meeting facilities
• Excellent natural light
• Managed internet,phone,wifi available
• Car and bike parking on site
• Security alarms and night patrol
• Kitchen
Contact for more details: Email: james.mccarthy@artisthaus.com
10th September 2007
Consultant appointed to undertake Creative Workspace Study for Brighton & Hove City Council.
The Arts & Creative Industries Unit has appointed creative workspace and EU funding expert Keith Hackett to undertake research into the future workspace needs of the city. The project is designed to give the city a better understanding of the amount and type of space that the creative industries will need over the next 10 years.
The project has six key outcomes:
1. Provide up to date information on regional, national and international policy on creative workspace development as it affects Brighton & Hove.
2. To identify unmet demand and forecast the future needs of the creative industries by sub-sector.
3. To prioritise the future needs by sub-sector and recommend how this can be best addressed thru the emerging Local Development Framework.
4. Draw up a set of underlying principles to be included in future development and site briefs.
5. Include several relevant case studies and precedents demonstrating a range of methodologies and financial structures.
6. Identify areas of opportunity or potential opportunity within Brighton & Hove.
11th May 2007
Fabrica: the first 10 years
112 pages, £20 from Fabrica.
Web: www.fabrica.org.uk
Tel: 01273 778646
This is a richly illustrated history of Brighton's leading contemporary art gallery produced to celebrate their first 10 years. "The founding principle of Fabrica was tht artists would be helped to realise and communicate their ideas, as far as possible without compromise, so that a broad constituency of people could share both in the creative process and in the alchemy that occurs when powerful works of art inhabit a space."
Caroline Collier, Director Tate National
12th April 2007 The site was formally launched on March 29th 2007, at a reception and party event at The Hanbuary Ballroom. A fabulous evening was had by all! Introduced by Simon Beales, Chair of Creative Brighton, and with guest speakers Cllr Sue John, Deputy Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council, with Lynne Truss giving a wonderufl and very funny view of why Brighton is such a wonderful place to be creative. This went down very well but she was preaching to the converted after all.
The Creative Brighton website went live in February 2007 along with an associated listserve that allows creative practitioners and businesses to talk to each other.
