Handbook
Arts & the Union Annual Dialogue 5 November 2020
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Welcome
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Welcome to the Cumberland Lodge Annual Dialogue 2020. We're delighted to be hosting this event, once again, with our friends at Goodenough College, London. Normally, our Annual Dialogue would be taking place at Goodenough College, but in light of the pandemic we have moved online this year. Thank you to everyone who has registered in advance to take part on Zoom and join our question-and-answer session, and to those who are watching the live-stream on Facebook on or our website.
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This year our topic is on Arts and the Union. We examine the role of the arts in bridging cultural and political divides and helping communities to find common ground and mutual understanding. Amidst the unkown implications of Brexit, the future of the UK's arts sector feels uncertain. The impact of the pandemic on the arts adds an extra dimention to the discussion, Our guest panellists represent all four UK nations and a range of arts backgrounds. Their biographies are included in this handbook.
If you do not have an advance registration on Zoom, you can still watch or listen to our live-stream of the Annual Dialogue via our Facebook page or our website. We will also be live-tweeting on our @CumberlandLodge Twitter handle and using the hashtag #clDialogue.
Thank you for tuning into this important conversation and getting involved. We welcome your questions and thougths, and hope you find this Dialogue both thought-provoking and inspiring.
Canon Dr Edmund Newell Chief Executive
About Cumberland Lodge Cumberland Lodge was founded in 1947, in a former Royal residence in Windsor Great Park. We have a unique way of empowering people, through dialogue and debate, to tackle the causes and effects of social division. We embrace 'difficult conversations' and aim to break down silo thinking to incubate fresh ideas that promote progress towards more peaceful, open and inclusive societies. We convene timely, multi-sector conferences, seminars and panel discussions that facilitate new connections and collaborations and engage people in candid conversations on pressing issues facing society. We also commission interdisciplinary research to guide our conversations. We refine key themes of discussion into accessible reports with practical, policy-focused recommendations. We actively involve young people in all aspects of our work, and provide a variety of opportunities for sixth-formers and students to nurture their potential as future leaders and change-makers, through scholarships, and conferences and residential retreats for students from all over the world.
Registrations are now full. If you have pre-registered we will email you a link to with which you can join the event as a non-video participant. As a member of our live audience on Zoom, you will have the chance to submit questions via the Q&A function. Social media
On demand After the event, video and audio recordings will be published on our website's 'Read, Watch, Listen' pages. The audio recording will be available on SoundCloud and all major podcasting platforms.
Chair The Rt Hon The Baroness Prashar of Runnymede CBE PC Baroness (Usha) Prashar of Runnymede has been Chair of Trustees at Cumberland Lodge since January 2019. She had previously been a member of our Board for ten years and also served on our Academic Advisory Panel and as the founding patron of the Friends of Cumberland Lodge. Baroness Prashar is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords and has served on the European Union Select Committee and chaired its Sub-Committee on Home Affairs. She was also a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and Select Committee on Economic Regulation. She is currently a member of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Information, and of the Joint Committee on Legislative Scrutiny of the draft Parliamentary Buildings Restoration and Renewal Bill, and is a non-executive director of Nationwide Building Society. Outside of Parliament, Baroness Prashar has served as chief executive or chair of a variety of public and private sector organisations. She was a member of the Iraq Inquiry, Deputy Chair of British Council and the inaugural Chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission. She was also the First Civil Service Commissioner (2000-2005), Chairman of the Parole Board for England and Wales (1997-2000), Director of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (1986-1991), and Director of the Runnymede Trust (1976-84). She was a member of the Royal
Commission on Criminal Justice (1991-1993) and was a member of the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct (1992-1997). Baroness Prashar was also President of the Royal Commonwealth Society, having previously served as the Society’s Chair, and she served as a Board member of the Arts Council and Salzburg Global Seminar, where is now a senior fellow. Today, Baroness Prashar is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Governor of the Ditchley Foundation, President of Community Foundation Network, and President of the National Literacy Trust (which she co-founded with Sir Simon Hornby). She is a member of the International Advisory Committee of the IE Business School in Madrid, and Patron of Social Mobility Business Partnerships.
Guest panellists Roisin McDonough, Chief Executive, Arts Council of Northern Ireland Roisin McDonough has been Chief Executive of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland since October 2000. She has worked in central and local government, as well as in the community and voluntary sector. Prior to her current appointment, she worked in the field of regeneration and she was a board member of the UK Creative & Cultural Skills Sector Council for 11 years. She is a Chartered Director with the Institute of Directors. During her time in the Arts Council, Roisin has created many successful partnerships with other Government organisations such as; partnering with the Public Health Agency to establish the innovative Arts & Older People Programme; and instigating the Building Peace Through The Arts Programme in response to the legacy of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. During her tenure, she was responsible for a major capital building programme in Belfast and Derry. There is now an arts venue within 20 miles of every citizen in Northern Ireland. Roisin is a passionate advocate for the role the arts play in bringing communities together, as well as their inherent value to us as individuals. She is also a member of the organising committee of the British Irish Association, which was established to promote 'understanding and harmony between the peoples of our islands'. Briana Pegado FRSA, Executive Director, Creative Edinburgh Briana Pegado FRSA is the Executive Director of Creative Edinburgh, a network for 4,800 creative businesses in Edinburgh, and a Co-Director of Creative Informatics, a programme supporting data-driven innovation in the Creative Industries. In 2014, Briana founded the Edinburgh Student Arts Festival (ESAF), an awardwinning social enterprise. In 2015 she was named one of Scotland's 'Top Ten
Social Innovators' by Third Force News, and in 2016 ESAF was named an 'Inspiring Youth Enterprise' by Social Enterprise Scotland. In 2017, Briana was named one of Scotland's '30 Under 30 Inspiring Young Women' by YWCA Scotland - the Young Women's Movement. Briana has a background in sustainable development, which has shaped all of her work, including the design consultancy she co-founded called Povo, an 'conductancy' that used design-thinking principles to help clients re-engage with their creativity. Her work embeds intersectional feminist principles into practical outcomes for the creative sector. In 2010, Briana helped set up the University of Edinburgh's first ever Black History Month and in 2014 became Edinburgh University Students' Association's (EUSA) first black woman President. She is currently Vice-Chair of YWCA Scotland, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and sits on the governing body of the University of York. Lucy Callen, Master's student, composer, conductor and representative of Goodenough College, London Lucy Callen is an English composer and conductor, based at Goodenough College, London, and currently studying for her Master's at the Royal Academy of Music. She is also Assistant Conductor of the Horsham Symphony Orchestra, and has been commissioned to write music for their summer 2021 concert. Lucy has also been commissioned to compose for the London-based Septura brass septet, and she is one of the six finalists in the ROSL Composition 2020 award, writing music for the London Sinfonietta. Lucy has a background in languages, having studied Arabic and Spanish at the University of Edinburgh. Professor Sue Williams, Course Director of Fine Art: Studio Site & Context, Swansea College of Art, University of Wales Trinity Saint David Selected for Artes Mundi 2006 and internationally recognised for being innovative, provocative and subversive, Professor Williams aims to expose what it is to be a woman today in a juxtaposed #Metoo era of assumed gender neutrality, feminine freedom, equality and equity. She draws, paints, choreographs performative actions, and creates short videos and plays with text. Professor Williams has exhibited worldwide, and has an array of residencies and awards to her name. She has been a recipient of the Oriel Mostyn Open Prize, the National Eisteddfod of Wales Fine Art Gold Medal, and the Arts Council of Wales Major Creative Wales Award. She is a member of the APT Global, a Trustee on the Board of Axisweb, and she has worked in public and private collections around the world.
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