Programme
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| 9.30 - 9.40am | Welcome address |
| 9.40 - 10.30am | Keynote presentation: 21st century culture - Making art matter in the 21st century |
| 10.45 - 12.00pm | Morning: Parallel panels Panel 1: State of the Arts – What's new? Panel 2: Towards a new relationship between the arts and the public Panel 3: Culture den – New business models for the arts |
| 12.00 - 1.00pm | Panel discussion: Can artists change society? |
| 2.00 - 3.15pm | Afternoon: Parallel panels Panel 1: Cities as crucibles of culture Panel 2: Do the public get the arts media coverage they deserve? Panel 3: Has Britain got any talent for talent? |
| 3.30 - 5.00pm | Panel discussion: What are the cultural rights worth fighting for? |
| 5.00 - 5.55pm | Keynote presentation: A 21st century settlement for arts and culture |
| 5.55 - 6.00pm | Closing remarks |
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Welcome address
Download audio of Matthew Taylor's speech (MP3, 2MB)
Download audio of Alan Davey's speech (MP3, 2MB)
Speakers: Matthew Taylor, Chief executive, RSA and Alan Davey, Chief executive, Arts Council England
Keynote presentation: 21st century culture – Making art matter in the 21st century
The turbulence and change of the 21st century has thrown up some major challenges in creating the right conditions for a healthy arts and creative sector. How should we respond? How do we lower the barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement? Do we need the arts to play a bigger role in our society and democracy?
View transcript for Jeremy Hunt's speech (PDF, 87KB)
Download audio of Dame Liz Forgan's speech (MP3, 442KB)
Download audio of Jeremy Hunt's speech and Q&A session (MP3, 14MB)
Speakers: Jeremy Hunt MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport; Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, RSA
In conversation with: Dame Liz Forgan DBE, Chair, Arts Council England
Morning: Parallel panels
Parallel Panel 1: State of the Arts - What’s new?
Sustained investment in the arts over the last two decades has reinvigorated artistic practice – with more work being programmed, and more performances taking place outside of professional arts buildings, in public spaces and empty shops. The boundaries between art forms are blurring, which is helping to drive new kinds of work, content, and presentation. As in all things, digital technology and international networks are globalising artists, programming and content. The amateur and voluntary arts are also thriving. Our panellists will reflect on these changes and offer their views on how art and artistic practice will change in the next decade. What will be the new forms of art and where will they take place?
Download audio of Part 1: State of the Arts - What's new? (MP3, 32MB)
Download audio of Part 2: State of the Arts - What's new? (MP3, 22MB)
Download Colette Bailey's presentation (PDF, 8.66MB)
Speakers: Chip Horne, Producer 'Riz MC' (for Riz Ahmed, Award-winning actor and musician); Andy Field, co-Director, Forest Fringe; Colette Bailey, Managing director, Metal; Ekow Eshun, Artistic director, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA).
Chaired by: Dominic Cooke, Artistic director, Royal Court
Parallel Panel 2: Towards a new relationship between the arts and the public
How can we develop and deepen the relationship between arts and the public – as both audience members and engaged participants? Do the arts have to lose some of the current audience to gain new ones? Do our current performing spaces constrain artists and audiences? Will the distinction between artists and audiences continue to blur? How might cultural production and distribution need to change in the future? Do the policies of major funders need to shift more to reflect these changing realities?
Download audio of Part 1: Towards a new relationship between the arts and the public (MP3, 36 MB)
Download audio of Part 2: Towards a new relationship between the arts and the public and Q&A session (MP3, 21 MB)
Download Marcus Romer's presentation (PDF, 1.4MB)
Speakers: Nicholas Hytner, National Theatre; Marcus Romer, Artistic director, Pilot Theatre at York Theatre Royal; Katie Paterson, artist; Munira Mirza, Arts and Culture advisor to Mayor Boris Johnson.
Chaired by: Lewis Biggs, Liverpool Biennial
Parallel Panel 3: Culture den - New business models for the arts
The debate about new business models in the arts is gathering pace. One strand concerns how arts and cultural organisations can develop new revenue generating activities, incorporating innovations for the development and exploitation of IP; around new zero carbon footprint initiatives; international collaborations and co-commissions; and cross sector collaborations on content development, digital platforms and a raft of user driven innovation.
The other stand of debates concerns whether the financing options available to arts and cultural organisations are fit for purpose.
This session will explore what recent innovations across the sector tell us about the new types and forms of business models that are needed to support innovation across the sector and build financial resilience. Speakers will be asked to think about what needs to shift in terms of behaviours, and in the supporting environment, to enable more arts and cultural entrepreneurs to succeed in the years ahead? Are the arts up to speed or off the pace? Do we need radical reform of our tax system to encourage new investment and business model innovation in the arts? What are the lessons that the arts and cultural sector needs to learn from other sectors?
Download audio of Part 1: Culture Den – New business models for the arts (MP3, 10MB)
Download audio of Part 2: Culture Den – New business models for the arts and Q&A session (MP3, 12MB)
Download Alison Tickell's presentation (PDF, 620KB)
Download Tassos Steven's presentation (PDF, 462KB)
Download Ammo Talwar's presentation (PDF, 772KB)
Speakers: Tassos Stevens, Runner and Director, Coney; Ammo Talwar, Director, Punch Records; Alison Tickell, Executive Director, Julie's Bicycle; Stephen Williams – General Counsel, Unilever
Chaired by: Colin Tweedy, Chief executive, Arts & Business
Panel discussion: Can artists change society?
How can artists best respond and bear witness to what happens in the world? Are the arts doing enough to shape progressive change? What are the challenges facing arts activism in the 21st century? Does the digital age increase the possibilities for artists to spread ideas and motivate change? How can artists best be supported to respond to the unprecedented environmental and societal change of our era?
Download audio of panel discussion: Can artists change society? (MP3, 18MB)
Download Jeremy Deller's presentation (PDF, 586KB)
Speakers: John McGrath, Artistic director, National Theatre Wales; Madani Younis, Artistic director, Freedom Studios; Sally Anne Anderson, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic Director of their ‘In Harmony’ project; Jeremy Deller, Turner prize winning artist.
Chaired by: Charlotte Higgins, Chief arts writer, Guardian
Afternoon: Parallel panels
Parallel panel 1: Cities as crucibles of culture
Can cities succeed creatively and economically without placing cultural considerations at the heart of their policy making? Do artists have enough influence on the shape and ambitions of our cities? What happens when you give them more of a voice? Is cultural policy making in our cities lacking creativity and commitment? How can culture help cities respond to the broader creative challenges they face? What are the 21st century civic cultures we need to encourage culture and creativity in our cities?
Download audio of Part 1: Cities as crucibles of culture (MP3, 12MB)
Download audio of Part 2: Cities as crucibles of culture (MP3, 11MB)
Download Howard Bernstein's images (PDF, 1.8MB)
Download Helen Marriage's images (PDF, 8.74MB)
Download Nav Haq's images (PDF, 1.1MB)
Speakers: Sir Howard Bernstein, Chief executive, Manchester City Council; Helen Marriage, Co-director, Artichoke Productions; Nav Haq, Exhibitions curator, Arnolfini
Chaired by: James Naughtie, Presenter, Today programme
Parallel panel 2: Do the public get the arts media coverage they deserve?
How does the media talk about the arts? Are the arts well served by the media? The UK has world class artists – but does it have world class media coverage of the arts? Is there a significant audience for challenging arts journalism? Should the media make more serious art available? Is the role of the critic becoming more important in the digital age? Is the route to real diversity and depth of arts coverage only likely to happen through new media platforms? Does the blogosphere offer the arts the chance to shape their own distinctive media culture?
Download audio of Part 1: Do the public get the arts media coverage they deserve? (MP3, 33 MB)
Download audio of Part 2: Do the public get the arts media coverage they deserve? and Q&A session (MP3, 26 MB)
Speakers: John Cassy, Channel director, Sky Arts; Kevin Lygo, Director of Television and Content, Channel 4; Will Gompertz, Arts editor, BBC; Iwona Blazwick, Director, Whitechapel Gallery.
Chaired by: Matthew Taylor, Chief executive, RSA
Parallel panel 3: Has Britain got any talent for talent?
The policies and strategies of our key public agencies are littered with commitments to making talent matter – to identifying and nurturing its development in a wide array of fields. But if we look at the creative and cultural sector, can we honestly say that we’re getting this right. Does the UK have a genuinely strategic framework to develop cultural and creative talent? What needs to happen for the UK to be world class in developing creative talent? And what do we mean by talent? Elite talent or everybody’s got talent? Would making progress here require both a profound democratisation of opportunity and/or exposure as would more targeted and hot-housed talent development activities? What can we learn from elsewhere (sport, business, emerging policy experiments in education etc)?
Download audio of Part 1: Has Britain got any talent for talent? (MP3, 36 MB)
Download audio of Part 2: Has Britain got any talent for talent? (MP3, 32 MB)
Speakers: Tony Hall, Chief executive, Royal Opera House; Assis Carreiro, DanceEast; Anne Bonnar, arts strategy consultant.
Chaired by: Dame Gail Rebuck, CEO, Random House Group
Panel discussion: What are the cultural rights worth fighting for?
If we want the arts to fulfil their potential at the heart of society, what are the cultural rights that really matter? The right to excellence in our arts? The right to healthy arts organisations who are taking risks? The right to an artistic life? The right to our heritage? The right to make great art that most people don't like? The right to have a say in how public money is spent? What are the cultural rights worth fighting for?
Download audio of 'What are the cultural rights worth fighting for?' (MP3, 27MB)
Download Bill Ivey's presentation (PDF, 64KB)
Speakers: Sir Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate; Professor Bill Ivey, Director, Vanderbilt University's Curb Centre for Art/Public Policy; Tom Morris, Artistic director, Bristol Old Vic; Shobana Jeyasingh, Choreographer and founder, Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company
Chaired by: Alan Davey, Chief executive, Arts Council England
Keynote presentation: A 21st century settlement for arts and culture
Culture has had a seat a the Cabinet Table for 12 years - what's been learnt and what's next? If our national life is enriched by the arts becoming part of the public's core script what will a new settlement for arts and culture look like over the next ten years? What are the values, visions, and investments that should animate the arts and all their supporters in the public and private realm? Have we got the funding models and mindsets right?
View transcript for Ben Bradshaw's speech (PDF, 78KB)
Download audio of Ben Bradshaw and Liz Forgan's speech (MP3, 9MB)
Download audio of Q&A session (MP3, 10MB)
Speakers: Ben Bradshaw MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sports; Dame Liz Forgan DBE, Chair, Arts Council England
In conversation with: Matthew Taylor, Chief executive, RSA
Closing remarks, conference recap and thank yous by Luke Johnson and Alan Davey.
Download audio of closing remarks (MP3, 1MB)
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