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The Creative Case Symposium
Monday 12 September, 10.30am – 4.30pm
RNCM
A free symposium about the Creative Case providing essential guidance for both national portfolio organisations and nonfunded organisations on how to engender creative excellence through diversity and equality. We will also discuss how this new approach will form an integral part of the Arts Council’s
10-year vision of achieving great art for everyone.
Keynote speakers include Alan Davey, Chief Executive, Arts Council England, Sue Caro, Head of Diversity at the BBC, Alistair Spalding, Chief Executive and Artistic Director of Sadler’s Wells, and Deborah Shaw, Associate Director, Royal Shakespeare Company.
Nu Civilisation Orchestra: Firebird
Monday 12 September, 5.30pm – 7.00pm
RNCM
The day will end with the world premiere of Firebird, a new
commission from leading jazz organisation Tomorrow’s Warriors.
Performed by The Nu Civilisation Orchestra, Firebird explores
the musical dialogue between the Russian-born composer Igor
Stravinsky and African American jazz musicians such as Charlie
Parker, who influenced each other’s work in Harlem, New York.
View the full Creative Case schedule for Monday 12 September 2011...
Creative Case
“The diverse nature of 21st century Britain is the perfect catalyst for ever greater innovation in culture and I would like to see diversity put at the heart of everything cultural… It is my belief that culture can only be excellent when it is relevant, and thus nothing can be excellent without reflecting the society which produces and experiences it” Sir Brian McMaster, 2007
The Creative Case is a re-imagining of Arts Council England’s approach to diversity and equality, setting out how these areas can and should enrich the arts for artists, audiences and our wider society. decibel Performing Arts Showcase is an example of the Creative Case in action.
In recent years our work on diversity and equality has been driven by a number of cases: the legal, moral, ethical case and business. The Creative Case is the strongest of all because it places creativity and diversity together.
Diversity has the unique ability to refresh, to replenish and to stimulate the arts by encouraging new work that challenges, innovates and takes risks. In an environment in which we are all challenged for resources and funding, it is vital to the health of the arts that we draw on and recognise the innovation that springs from a diversity of influences and ways of working. This understanding is at the heart of the Creative Case.
We relish the challenge and believe that with our partner organisations, our funders and other stakeholders we can create conditions for greater, more diverse and more equal involvement in the creation of and enjoyment of the arts.
