Artist spaces are urged to join the Guild
EAST Street Arts and its partners are inviting artist collaboratives, groups and spaces in Huddersfield to apply to be part of Guild, a pioneering four-year partnership programme aimed at transforming the landscape of artists’ spaces nationally.
Funded by Arts Council England’s Sector Support Organisation programme, Guild will explore new approaches to business modelling to embed groups within their localities and advocate their impact on political and social environments.
Working with 20 artists’ spaces across England, the programme will seek to address the challenges they face such as limited funding, resource and their tendency to experience burnout.
The University of Salford has now joined the Guild programme partners - East Street Arts, a-n Artists Information Company, Key Fund, University of Leeds and Stockholm Institute for the Environment - who will work together to use their knowledge, reach, networks and influence.
The bespoke support could include developing a business plan, securing funds for physical and organisational development, devising strategies and action plans to embed the groups in their localities, and developing contacts outside of the arts sector.
Primarily focused on the visual arts groups, which are more likely to be selfled and self-managed, the opportunity is open to new, small and emerging groups as well as more established enterprises. Interested parties can find out more and apply through the East Street Arts website www.eaststreetarts. org.uk/apply-to-guild
East Street Arts currently manage spaces on Market Avenue in Huddersfield through its temporary spaces programme working with Kin Collective. For more information about the Guild programme and to be apply, go to: www.eaststreetarts.org.uk or contact : guild@esamail.org.uk.