The Exchange enables artists, cultural and creative Small to Medium Enterprises and Early Career Researchers to collaborate on research and enrich the ecology between the arts, creative industries and Universities.

Sluice__ tours the finalists of the inaugural Sluice_screens ɔc 2015 Prize to Islington Mill in partnership with Caustic Coastal. The evening screening will also mark the launch of the Spring 2016 edition of the biannual Sluice_magazine.

SPUR is hosting a Show + Tell alongside the Martin Parr The Rhubarb Triangle & Other Stories exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield, local students and emerging artists are invited to take part.

Featuring contributions from guest speakers and members of the East Midlands’s network,
this event will explore the notion of making things happen; how and why things happen,
who makes things happen, how artists (can) make things happen and will pose the question "What is happening and what needs to happen in the East Midlands?".

The Value of Artists: A National Conversation
Organised by the Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN )

The event will welcome arts organisations, museums, and freelance artists, curators and producers from across the Arts Council Areas to listen, share, question and challenge their approaches to the Creative Case though case studies, group conversations and 1:1 exchanges.

Develop: Workshop is a one-day professional development event which will include workshops and talks with experts from the international photographic sector. 5 February 2016, 9.30-17.00
Bamburgh House, Market Street, Newcastle upon Tyne

Axisweb and Heart of Glass are delighted to present an exciting professional development and networking opportunity for artists, producers and creatives interested in the field of social and collaborative arts practice.

The Creative Industries Federation invites members of the North East's arts, creative industries and cultural education community to a meeting at BALTIC on Monday 16th November to discuss the issues, challenges and opportunities facing the region's creative future.