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01 September 08

Study for Ofcom: Public Service Benefits in Arts and Culture

Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy has been commissioned by Ofcom to produce a study examining the advantages and drawbacks associated with delivering public service benefits across the arts and cultural sectors. The study will form part of Ofcom's review of Public Service Television Broadcasting set by the 2003 Communications Act. It will reveal how practice in arts and cultural policy can provide practical learning for television broadcasting. The study will be published as part of Ofcom's forthcoming Review of Public Service Television Broadcasting.

More details of Ofcom's activities can be found on their website:

www.ofcom.org.uk/

27 August 08

After the event: Culture and sport - access and legacies podcast

After the Event was the second Substance Annual Conference which focused on events from global to local; from mega to mini; from culture to sport, and asked "How do we make them 'open'? How do we make them work for us? What do we mean by legacy?"

A podcast featuring one of the conference's lively panel discussions, chaired by Tom Fleming, covers many issues which will be of interest to anyone involved in planning, staging and evaluating cultural events.

www.artsprofessional.co.uk/Podcasts/index.cfm

15 August 08

Creative Clusters 2008: Mixed Art Form Venues

Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy's recent report for the UK Film Council "Crossing Boundaries: The role of cross-art-form and media venues in the age of 'clicks' not 'bricks'" will be discussed at this year's Creative Clusters, taking place this November in Glasgow.

The full report can be found on the UK Film Council's website:
www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/media/pdf/q/6/Final_final_report_20_May_version.pdf

Other initiatives linking to this report include the Cultural Leadership programme (CLP) "Meeting the Challenge: Development Programme". A summary of the CLP Networks, including a case study for a Mixed Art-form venues network can be found at:
www.culturalleadership.org.uk/uploads/documents/Case_Studies_combined_doc_214.pdf

11 August 08

South East Asian Creative Industries Research

We are very pleased to welcome Pei Chin Tay to Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy! Pei Chin will be carrying out an internship as part of her master's degree at University of the Arts London over the next few months. Her research will focus on the South East Asian Creative Industries with a particular emphasis on Singapore's creative economy and the surrounding regions.

In her previous capacity in the Singapore public sector, Pei Chin has supported and account managed more than 35 creative projects that fuse arts, technology and business. She had also been a key driver in the development and pioneering of a professional training programme in creative entrepreneurship.

04 August 08

New Metropolitan Countries: Cities, which people choose; Perm, Russia

The 4th Perm Economic Forum "New Metropolitan Countries: Cities which people choose" will take place on 12th and 13th September in Perm, Russia.

Andrew Erskine will be participating in the round table discussion aimed to discuss the socio-cultural development and investment in the region. The main subjects to be covered during the Forum will be the challenges of strategic planning of the modern city in the epoch of competition, and cities' competitiveness in attracting business investment in the social and cultural sphere.