Are you curious about how we can better support stronger, more connected and vibrant communities?
In this research digest, Understanding Cultural Vitality, @rob-eagle.bsky.social explores the current research into the cultural vitality of places.
www.culturehive.co.uk/CVIresources...
THOUSANDS of people gathered in Scarborough to see Will Smith deliver a sell-out show. He brought the curtain down on a summer season at Scarborough Open Air Theatre. The Grammy Award and Oscar winner brought his Based on a True Story European tour to the UKs biggest open-air concert arena to the delight of 8,000 fans. The show - which charts his life from his days as chart-topping rapper the Fresh Prince, through his acclaimed movie career - delighted fans new and old. He played a hit-laden set which included such classics as Gettin Jiggy Wit It, Miami, Summertime, Wild Wild West, Bulletproof and Men In Black for which he was backed by 30 members of Scarborough Rugby Club-all dressed as the interstellar secret agents from Smith's hit sci-fi movie. "This has been a beautiful night and I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart," he said before bringing out his Best Actor Academy Award to deafening ap plause adding it had been "particularly joyful".
He brought what out on stage?
Unhinged. Hilarious and depressing in equal measure.
How can practitioners and policymakers measure the cultural vitality of their communities? A new project from the Centre for Cultural Value aims to deepen that understanding, as Rob Eagle and Anna Kime explain. www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
In our latest feature for @artsprofessional.co.uk, the Centre’s @rob-eagle.bsky.social and Anna Kime explore why we need a deeper, more nuanced understanding of cultural vitality and share more about the Cultural Indicator Suite project.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
As part of The Big Thing programme, The Centre's @rob-eagle.bsky.social will participate in a panel event, Touring Immersive: Case Studies.
Discover more about the session: thebigthing.eventive.org/schedule/tou...
West African musicians, Ukrainian singers and lots of marching bands - Bradford city centre full of music today 🤩 Can we do this every weekend, please, @bradford2025.co.uk?
We're all thrilled to hear about the developments in @rob-eagle.bsky.social and partner's Bradford Collaboration Fund project, A Teaspoon of Shampoo. This project really is going from strength to strength. You can find out what's been happening in this latest article. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
For the latest updates on @rob-eagle.bsky.social Sapling funded project 'A Teaspoon of Shampoo' take a look at our webpage. This project is going from strength to strength and we're excited to see how it develops going forwards. lahri.leeds.ac.uk/the-sapling-...
The vultures are circling
What is the role of art in a community, and who really benefits from cultural placemaking?
@rob-eagle.bsky.social reflects on their own experiences of creating a four-week art installation with and for their local community in the market town of Shipley.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/art-communit...
A great piece about 'A Teaspoon of Shampoo' @rob-eagle.bsky.social. Congratulations to you and Dr Shabina Aslam. Very happy that we and the Cultural Institute could support you with this via the Bradford Collaboration Fund
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2494194...
What happens when an artist makes a large-scale outdoor installation within their own community as part of a 'creative placemaking' agenda?
Read about it in a new article (open access):
doi.org/10.1080/1352...
A person in a green coat sits listening with earphones on, looking at a wall of shoeboxes
Two people with earphones on, one sat, the other standing, in front of a wall of shoeboxes
Londoners! If you find yourself around Oxford Circus this month and need a break from Xmas shopping, there's A Mile in My Shoes installation in a Choose Love pop-up shop (245 Regent Street). Featuring some voices of people displaced by war who fled to safety in the UK 👠🥾👣
A long portrait photo, emphasising a long colourful rug on the floor with objects suspended above, including the name VERA in a funeral wreath
An actual red Ford Escort sits in a gallery with a giant doily
So pleased to see Jasleen Kaur's Alter Altar win the Turner Prize this year 🥳 it's a moving, richly layered work. In Tate Britain til 16 Feb 🏛
The Centre will be leading a new scoping project to develop a blueprint for a national cultural data observatory.
@benwalmsley.bsky.social and @patricktowell.bsky.social
tell us more about why solving the problem of fragmented data matters to everyone.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/transforming...
If you find yourself on Regent Street in London, check out the Choose Love pop-up shop. Listen to stories of asylum seekers and those displaced by war featured in an audio experience called A Mile in My Shoes (incl a few I produced): www.forbes.com/sites/kateha...
The report reveals 'Significant disparities in pay across demographics, with women and other genders earning 40% less than men and disabled artists earning a median of just £3,750'. The cited report is available here: www.dacs.org.uk/news-events/...
Photo of 4 people on a stage in a cinema - 3 people sat and one person standing as BSL interpreter
Strong start to the 2024 Bradford Queer Film Festival with Amrou Al-Khadhi's Layla 🌈🦄 Packed programme for the rest of the weekend:
bradfordqueerfilmfestival.uk/festival24
