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Phoebe Cummings wins Woman's Hour Craft Prize
Rosy Greenlees, Executive Director, Crafts Council, said: “Phoebe’s work is truly original. It encompasses performance art and studio ceramics and defies easy categorisation. Working exclusively with raw clay to create…
Pavilion Dance South West launches new strategy for UK dance touring
Eighty-five percent of the cost will come from Arts Council England’s Ambition for Excellence fund, Jerwood Charitable Foundation and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. Further support has been confirmed from the…
Outgoing Director Shonagh Manson pays tribute to her team and predecessor Roanne Dodds
Comments from artists, peers, colleagues and friends reflected that Shonagh is a true collaborator with the ability to inspire confidence in all that work with her and someone who has…
Rosie Elnile wins Best Designer (sponsored by Robe) at The Stage Debut Awards
In September she was awarded Best Designer, an award sponsored by Robe, at the Stage Debut Awards.
Second round of Performing Arts Micro Bursaries launched
The awards are for individuals who have been practicing professionally for no more than 10 years, have completed their formal education and are resident in the UK. We cannot accept applications for course fees…
National Theatre Wales launches its biggest ever talent development programme
The new Creative Development programme aims to support and develop artists, small companies and new work in Wales, with a comprehensive series of activities; some inspired by previous successes, and…
Joyride, Keith Harrison launches a replica Rover 75 down a 10 meter ramp at Cannock Chase Forest
On 30 September at Cannock Chase Forest’s Tackeroo site, the artist released a life-size clay replica of the final Rover 75 to leave the Longbridge car plant in Birmingham, down…
Jackie Hagan and Jane Commane talk about Freedom for National Poetry Day
Jane Commane and Jackie Hagan were announced as the inaugural Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellows in June, along with Raymond Antrobus. The year-long Fellowships invest in the process and practice of…
Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries Hosts Announced
Sage Gateshead, Turner Contemporary, Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival and Touchstones Rochdale Art Gallery are amongst 40 arts organisations taking part in the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries programme. Each…
Jerwood Drawing Prize Winners Announced
Jerwood Drawing Prize has established a reputation for its commitment to championing excellence, and for promoting and celebrating the breadth of contemporary drawing practice within the UK. The prestigious First…
James Newby wins the John Christie Award
James studied at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and won the 2017 Trinity Gold Medal. He has been awarded the OAE Rising Stars prize for the 2017-2018 season…
Jerwood Visual Arts Alumni Claire Twomey to open Ceramics Factory at Tate Modern
The installation will occupy the whole of Tate Exchange on Level 5 of Tate Modern’s Blavatnik Building and will comprise a 30-metre work space, eight tonnes of clay, a wall…