Council for Culture Report

Rod McLoughlin

Cultural Development Officer

Key milestones since 2010 conference

• Completion of Jersey Opera House refurbishment

• Scrutiny report on Cultural Strategy

• Restructuring of Jersey Heritage

• Provision for heritage refurbishment fund

• New Citizenship local history element in primary schools

Scrutiny Review

• More publicity for Council for Culture

• Coherent approach to performance spaces

• Three-year funding agreements

• Develop new SLAs with funded bodies

• Ensure policy recognises relationship between Jersey Heritage and other heritage bodies

Council for Culture

• Not a new separate body

• Structure within which States and cultural sector can operate together

• Working groups for principal heritage and arts organisations

• Informal meetings with other bodies

• Annual public conference

The Annual Conference

• Benefit from experience elsewhere – be outward-looking

• Explore issues common to the sector as a whole

• Engage with the public

• Help develop policy

• DfESC to report back on recent developments

2010 Focus

• The scope of a Heritage Alliance

• Arts Award and its impact

• Public Art and Place-making

The scope of a Heritage Alliance

• Consolidate working alliance

• Establish joint marketing campaign – ‘the Story of Jersey’

• Form new co-operative structure involving JHT, SJ and NTJ

• Create new online resource

• Collate statistics about heritage participation

2011 Developments

• ‘The Story of Jersey’• Hamptonne re-opening and new plan for

sustainable future• Heritage Festival to run in 2012 –

developed by new Heritage Group with support from Tourism

• States web team to support new online resource

• Data collection in progress

Arts Award and its impact

• Arts Award launched at the Jersey Youth Service

• Pilot scheme currently running• First young people to receive awards in

January.• Expansion of Youth Service scheme in

2012• Other projects inspired by the Award

Scheme.

Public Art and Place-making

• Develop clearer criteria – relevance, meaning, quality

• Use range of procurement methods – provide opportunities for local artists and develop skills

• Encourage briefs for open tender• Showcase local talent• Review SPG (‘supplementary Planning

guidance’)

2011 Developments

• Arts Trust workshops led by Maggie Bolt to develop experience in tendering

• Two original pieces by local artists commissioned for Town Park

• First scholarship to local artist to shadow leading UK artist

• NTJ involved in interpretative text for Park• ESC produced detailed proposals to enhance

cultural benefit of percentage for art

Key features of Town Park art

• Invitation to artists to respond

• Site-specific brief produced

• Submissions reviewed and short-listed on grounds of technical feasibility

• Public involvement in selection of work

• States example in percentage for art

Relevant Strategy Aims:

1: Foster, develop and strengthen Jersey’s identity.2. Make cultural activities integral toJersey’s development.3. Help develop and boost economic activity.4. Enrich the quality of life for all residents and enhance our visitors’ experience.6. Help foster lifelong learning.

and eleven specific objectives – at least!

STATES OF JERSEY

r DEVELOPMENT OF A CULTURAL

STRATEGY FOR THE ISLAND

Lodged au Greffe on 19th July 2005 by the Education, Sport and Culture Committee

STATES GREFFE

2011 Conference Focus

• Cultural Diplomacy – relationship between culture and the wider political agenda.

• Funding – Arts and Business.

• The Story of Jersey