[cma-l] £500K fund to stimulate digital innovation in the arts (Nesta & Arts Council England)

[Tamar Millen]

£500K fund to stimulate digital innovation in the arts

Funding will promote the use of digital technologies to connect with 
wider audiences and explore new ways of working.

Arts and cultural organisations are being given the opportunity to apply 
for a share of a half-a-million-pound fund to harness new technology.

The Digital R&D Fund for Arts and Culture was announced today by Arts 
Council England, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the 
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA).

It follows a speech by Culture Minister Ed Vaizey in January where he 
called on cultural organisations to embrace new technology and the 
opportunities it offers.

“Our lives are increasingly defined by how we engage and interact with 
the world digitally and cultural organisations can’t afford to be left 
behind,” Mr Vaizey said. “Too often finances, structures or traditions 
can constrain the arts from making best use of the technology which now 
sits at the heart of many people’s everyday lives.

“This programme seeks to show how digital technology can revolutionise 
our cultural engagement, helping people to derive greater value from 
cultural activities and to find new ways to generate income.”

Organisations that are eligible to apply to the programme include visual 
and performing arts organisations, cultural organisations in England 
including arts and cultural archives, literary organisations, museums 
and galleries, libraries, commercial arts and cultural organisations and 
creative industry businesses. Applications will be open until 2 
September 2011.

For more information go to this link http://bit.ly/k6qk1A
Which will take you to the Arts Council England site.

Source: DCMS

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Tamar Millen
Arts Coordinator
Community Media Association
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield
S1 2BX
0114 2795219

www.commedia.org.uk