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Arts Council England supports Kettle’s Yard’s future plans Kettle’s Yard today received first stage backing from the Arts Council England Capital Investment Programme Fund. The Arts Council funding totalling £3.5m will substantially support the creation of a new Education Wing and major improvements to the exhibition galleries, alongside better services for visitors including a small cafe. The plans have been drawn up by Jamie Fobert Architects.
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The total campaign target is £8.7m. The Heritage Lottery Fund have already committed £1,982,200 towards the Education Wing from a total grant of £2,456,300, which includes activity costs. The Arts Council funding is released in two stages: an initial £150,000 development grant, and £3.5 million when Kettle’s Yard have developed the plans further and secured the further financial backing needed to proceed. Andrew Nairne, Director of Kettle’s Yard, said: ‘We are immensely grateful to Arts Council England for this major grant towards our plans, alongside generous existing support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Our aim is to ensure that Kettle’s Yard has state of the art facilities, so that our programme of exhibitions, concerts and learning activities can continue to be outstanding, inspired by the ambition and innovation that characterises the Kettle’s Yard house which Jim Ede created.’ Alex van Someren, Chair of the Kettle’s Yard Development Committee, said: ‘This significant investment from Arts Council England is fantastic news for Kettle’s Yard, and for the Cambridge region. As one of the most important cultural organisations in East Anglia, Kettle’s Yard will now have the opportunity to bring more internationally significant art to Cambridge, and to engage even wider audiences.’
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Anne Lonsdale CBE, Chair of Kettle’s Yard Committee, said: ‘Great news! There is so much potential here. Now we can create the facilities, programmes and exhibitions to match, and pass on the magic of Kettles Yard to new generations.’ At the same time as receiving news of the Capital Investment, Kettle’s Yard has also been informed that Arts Council England have renewed Kettle’s Yard National Portfolio Organisation status and committed to £446,271 funding for the next three years (£148,757 per year). This is a signal of continuing support for the quality and richness of the programme of arts activity at Kettle’s Yard. For further information or images of Kettle’s Yard and the Kettle’s Yard: Looking Ahead plans please contact Susie Biller, Head of Communications press@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk tel 01223 748100
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Editors notes Opened in 1957 Kettle’s Yard is a remarkable house and collection with a programme of modern and contemporary art exhibitions, learning activities and music. Kettle’s Yard is part of the University of Cambridge, please see: www.kettlesyard.co.uk and www.kettlesyardonline.co.uk Background Kettle’s Yard’s development plans began under the directorship of Michael Harrison. In 2011 we were awarded £2.32m by the Heritage Lottery Fund to create a much needed Education Wing. In the same year, Andrew Nairne joined Kettle’s Yard as the new Director. During 2012 we had to reschedule the building work due to technical difficulties. In this period we looked again at our options and decided that we could make further significant improvements to Kettle’s Yard - and that it would make sense to undertake a single, holistic scheme. A larger scheme would encompass remodeling the existing gallery spaces and improving services for visitors. Kettle’s Yard: Looking Ahead is an £8.7m project, designed by architect Jamie Fobert, that encompasses: a four floor Education Wing - including two new learning spaces and an archive and project space; two remodelled and environmentally controlled galleries; and a new integrated and accessible welcome space and café. The project will transform our work with children, young people and community groups, allow us to curate exhibitions with major artists from around the world, display 20th and 21st century art in the best conditions, and have the facilities to encourage even more people to enjoy Kettle’s Yard. Kettle’s Yard has raised £4.28m for the capital project. We have also raised to date £1.5m for an endowment that will strengthen long-term resilience and help to support running costs of £1.4m per annum. To date the project has been supported by Heritage Lottery Fund, University of Cambridge, The Monument Trust, Edlis Neeson Foundation, Clore Duffield Foundation and DCMS Wolfson Museums & Galleries Improvement Fund, as well as a number of other trusts, foundations and individual donors. Jamie Fobert Architects are the architects for Kettle’s Yard: Looking Ahead. See: http://jamiefobertarchitects.com/ To view the plans and visualisations see: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/development/plans.php We hope to be able to celebrate the end of the building programme and a renewed Kettle’s Yard by 2017.