SO LAST YEAR...
2016
110 Artists 81 Open Studios 26,000 studio visits 23,000 exhibition visits 93,000 website views 7,000 catalogues 10,000 maps £73,796 in media coverage £89,500 in sales
CHAMPIONING CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICE IN CUMBRIA
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THE FIFTH
ECONOMIC IMPACT: £1.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE: 20,000 MEDIA COVERAGE: OVER £45,000
MAKING PENRITH A DESTINATION
INSPIRING COMMUNITY PRIDE
CELEBRATING HERITAGE
THROUGH CULTURE
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THE FIFTH YEAR OF WITHNAIL & I AT UNCLE MONTY’S LYTHAM FESTIVAL MUNCASTER CASTLE
17 VILLAGES 92 FILM SCREENINGS 3988 ATTENDEES
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THE NORTH’S NO.1 OUTDOOR CINEMA
BIVOUAC #1
CONTEMPORARY VISUA UNCONFERENCE
HOSTING NATIONAL CULTURAL CONVERSATIONS IN EDEN, CUMBRIA
UAL ARTS NETWORK NORTH BY NORTH WEST
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FLOOD RECOVERY
CELEBRATING
COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE
DROVING THE LAKE
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by Jane Moss-Luffrum Streets and brothels are pastel from bomb dust; the air is high with five who didn’t make it, and twenty eight whose fate is just to rust. One’s fifteen and last week learned to fake it. The militias mushroom throughout Iraq, their machinery is cleaning up Baghdad. There’s Nafia’s abaya, she’s not coming back, and neither are the apostates she’s had. They and their killers, wretched and ruthless; all running frantic, afraid and lawless. Inside the morgue, her mouth stoved in, toothless, yet round the eyes, Nafia’s make -up’s flawless. They left Muzna’s teeth, which were long neglected, and she will never ever be collected.
EDITED BY YOUNG PEOPLE
Zayouna
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WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A FLOOD RECOVERY CENTRE
GIVING YOUNG CUMBRIAN ARTISTS A VOICE AND A PLATFORM* *AND A REASON TO BE HERE POST GRAD
YOUNG
C-ART
YOUNG CURATORS
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It was fantastic, the music was fabulous, and everything else fit in perfectly it was just such a shame about the weather! But loved how the bands kept everything cheery x
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FLOOD RECOVERY BRINGING TOP ACTS TO APPLEBY DELIVERING EXCELLENCE IN RURAL LOCATIONS
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EXHIBITIONS THEATRE EVENTS CLASSES ARTIST RESIDENCIES ARTIST STUDIOS MEETING SPACES
ROMANY RAI
HELPING ARTISTS WITH FUNDING #ARTFUL#USEFUL#RURAL#SOCIABLE#FUN
ARTISTS BEING USEFUL
cumbria Thinking about working in England’s most beautiful county*? *It isn’t the UK’s top tourist destination for nothing.
GENERATING NEW PERSPECTIVES BETWEEN ARTS AND HEALTH
AWARDS
Star of the Community The Winter Droving FINALIST
SPONSORS//FUNDERS//PARTNERS
AND NOT FORGETTING... GAVE OUR VENUE OVER TO EDEN FLOOD VOLUNTEERS FOR FLOOD RELIEF CENTRE HOSTED RORY BREMNER’S FLOOD RELIEF COMEDY TOUR PREMIER INN STAFF VOLUNTEERED TO PAINT OUR FLOOR HOSTED A BUSINESS BREAKFAST TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF ARTS AND CULTURE WITH RORY STEWART MP HOSTED A FUN PALACES WORKSHOP AND A FUN PALACE OF OUR OWN GAVE OUR VENUE TO HIGHLIGHTS RURAL TOURING TO SET UP CRAFT TOUR EXHIBITION HOSTED TWO WORK EXPERIENCE STUDENTS CHAIRED A ROUTE 66 MEETING FOR ARTS, BUSINESS AND CULTURAL LEADERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ARUP WORKED WITH THE NHS ON ADDRESSING RECRUITMENT ISSUES TOOK PART IN BFI CINE NORTH CONSULTATION ASSISTED CROSBY RAVENSWORTH ON THEIR BFI EQUIPMENT FUND BID TALKED TO UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA EVENT MANAGEMENT DEGREE STUDENTS ABOUT OUR WORK PRESENTED AT THE STOREY – 21ST CENTURY ARTS CENTRE WE ARE PART OF PENRITH VISION ALLIANCE, CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS NETWORK NORTH BY NORTH WEST (VICE CHAIR) AND MORE MUSIC (BOARD MEMBER) AND MEMBERS OF PENRITH CHAMBER OF TRADE, CUMBRIA TOURISM AND INDEPENDENT STREET ARTS NETWORK.
ADRIAN LOCHHEAD HEATHER WALKER DIRECTOR PRODUCER
BRYONEY FAWN PROJECT OFFICER
SIMON COLE TECHNICAL MANAGER
eden
JO BRAMLEY-WRIGHT JAYNE MCFADYEN FINANCE MANAGER PROJECT OFFICER
arts
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