Artsnet e-newsletter: Issue 15 - July 2006

tivity can offer in supporting these themes, but without national level recognition of this, we can only hope to be heard. Artsnet is part of the Cultural Partnership, a subgroup of the Manchester Partnership and has produced a limited print run of advocacy playing cards showing 52 examples of projects ranging from largescale activity promoting tourism to small arts companies enabling young people to find new skills, all delivered in the last 12 months. Between them they show how culture can stimulate community pride, encourage people to find new skills, draw in visitors, improve our health and make our communities safer and brighter places to live. The case studies are not definitive, nor exhaustive. We know there’s huge amounts of activity out there which is not known Artsnet Update 1 News 2 Events 3 Artsnet Members 4 Training News 7 Opportunities 8 inside this issue: about and plenty of work which could be featured, but it’s a start to catch the attention of those “hard to reach” groups, like government officers, politicians, strategists and policy makers. We see these cards as a catalyst to build upon over the next 12 months and to work in tandem with other advocacy activity. If you have a creative project which you think hits the four target areas of the local area agreement, please tell us!. We will be developing our website to show case studies of the work being delivered and will use this newsletter to feature projects in more depth. Large print versions of the cards are also available, please contact Artsnet for more info. Sue Robinson Coordinator New Members of Staff at CAN Issue 15– July 2006 Part of the Community Network for Manchester Creative Arts Network www. can. uk. com PAGE 1 This newsletter can be emailed to you, sent in large print, tape or Braille. . . call 0161 234 2985 or email: artsnet@can. uk. com An ace up culture’s sleeve CAN welcomes three new members of staff– Leon Patel, Martin Milner and Amy Cham. Leon, the new Exodus Artistic Manager is also Artistic Director of Meninos do Morumbi, Oldham and Bangdrum Workshops. He previously worked with GMAAZ, Contact, Oldham Arts and City College Music. A talented percussionist, his musical pursuits have taken him as far a field as Brazil and the Gambia. Martin joins us in a freelance capacity as Exodus Image: Magician, Philip Partridge by Neil Morrin The Manchester Partnership has to deliver a local area agreement to develop and renew communities within the city. Covering 4 subject areas of health inequalities and older people, economy and employment, sustainable communities and children & young people; the agreement is the foundation upon which neighbourhood renewal monies is spent. Every strategic partnership in the country has to cover these themes. Culture is not a statutory priority but anyone from any community group who have worked with an artist, or any project which has delivered a community-based arts activity knows the value creaTraineeship Coordinator, he has previously worked with several leading North West organisations including the Amplifier Youth Music Partnership Programme in Cheshire, the Lowry and More Music Morecambe. He was also Education Director at Band on the Wall. His diverse talents have also led him to write chapters for arts journals and community arts publications. Amy is the new Digital Arts Manager. She recently worked as Outreach Coordinator for the C21 project in Blackburn where her main role was coordinating the residency and outreach programme to support the 3rd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale. Prior to this she worked at the Chinese Arts Centre as Learning Coordinator. Alongside her work here at CAN, she is also a practising artist and is part of the Suite Studio group in Salford.