They are:
Sara Bullimore at Lincoln City Council - sarab@lincoln.gov.uk
and Sharon Scaniglia at Nottingham City Council – Sharon.scaniglia@nottinghamcity.gov.uk


A.6 Arts Council, East Midlands

The office of the Arts Council is in Nottingham, and there are regular induction meetings there for newly-appointed arts officers in local authorities. You may find that ACE is part-resourcing your post, and you will have regular liaison meetings with ACE officers, who can help and advise you with your plans. ACE also puts together a monthly funding newsletter called Funding Flash, which incorporates many different opportunities for arts and community projects, events and capital developments. ACE is not just a resource for funding, but will introduce you to networks, signpost you, help you advocate for your work, and support your professional development. They will be your major resource in the East Midlands (see paragraph C1 – working with the Arts Council). (www.artscouncil.org.uk )

Artsmark awards 05. Image: Alan Fletcher

A.7 Links to County data on workshop leaders and creative
industry networks

Each County will have a database of artists who are experienced in working with the communities you want to develop and these may be on informal databases, or formal websites. You will want to build your own contacts of people whose work you trust

You can also extend your own knowledge of suitable project leaders, by:

• Talking to the County Arts Officer
• Talking to your County forum of arts officers
• Talking to the artform officer at ACE East Midlands
• Contacting specialist agencies, listed above

If your work involves this sector, you should also look at www.shoutout.info, which carries information about support and resources for “over 12000 creative companies within 17 creative disciplines, across 6 Counties of the East Midlands”.

Creative Industry networks are active in many parts of the region, and the east Midlands now boasts sub-regional networks of artists’ studios, such as Lincolnshire’s “Art on the Map”, an Open Studios event each June (www.artonthemap.org.uk ). Local Council Officers are working on the training, retailing, or economic development of creative makers or new graduates have formed their own network, so talk to them if this is an area of importance to you:

And emda, the East Midlands Regional Development Agency, are interested in the economic development of the creative sector, and their officer is Chris Ward-Brown - ChrisWard-Brown@emd.org.uk