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The first white paper for Culture in 50 years is released this week
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It has been 50 years since the Government wrote its last White Paper for Culture, this week sees a new one, drawn from consultation with the sector over recent months.
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CVAN response to CHANCELLOR'S BUDGET
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CVAN welcome a number of announcements made by the Chancellor in his budget on March 16, particularly in relation to a of tax break for museums and galleries.
Read MoreCulture Counts Campaign update
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The Culture Counts campaign is keen to ensure culture is on the agenda in the upcoming Parliament elections and will be holding a high profile hustings event in Glasgow, with the culture spokespeople from all the parties, to kick off debate.
Read MoreBacc for the Future campaign update
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There is a petition on the Parliament website in support of arts in the EBacc. If the petition gets to 100,000 signatures by Monday 9 May 2016 we will secure a debate in the House of Commons on the new English Baccalaureate (EBacc) and the threat this poses to creative subjects in secondary schools.
Read MoreArts for EU Campaign
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CVAN are backing a new Arts for EU campaign to make a positive cultural case for Britain remaining in the EU.
Read MoreArtists’ Livelihoods: A comprehensive study of how artists in England live and work
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Arts Council England has commissioned a new national study, to find out directly from visual artists in England about the economic, social and cultural factors which affect their ability to develop a sustainable practice.
Read MoreArtist's Resale Right 10th Anniversary
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On Saturday 13 February 2016, DACS will join artists across the UK in celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Artist's Resale Right (ARR) - one of the most important rights supporting the livelihoods of artists and estates.
Read MoreThe Next Steps? – a contribution to debate on a new national policy for the arts and culture in England
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The Next Steps? – a contribution to debate on a new national policy for the arts and culture in England is GPS Culture’s contribution to the 2016 national debates on the arts and culture
Read MoreThe National Society for Education in Art and Design Survey Report 2015-16
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In the last five years how has government policy impacted on art, craft and design education? Read the full report
Read MoreBacc for the future campaign meeting
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The next Bacc for the future campaign meeting takes place on Thursday 18 February 2016. The meeting will take place between 16.00-17.00 and will be held at 4-5 Inverness Mews (W2 3JQ)
Read MoreGood news: Article and letter published in The Times
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Yesterday The Times newspaper published the cultural sectors’ collective letter about the EBacc. The have also published an article about the letter in the main paper (including in the print edition).
Read MoreEngaging MP's with the arts
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VASW hosted a consultation on 16th October 2015 with Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw to ask him for guidance on how the visual arts community can engage with MP’s and communicate with them.
Read MoreA Portrait of the Artist as an Unpaid Man
/'The public need to treat the exploitation of artistic labour as some kind of taboo while artists themselves must stand firm and refuse to work for nothing. No amount of government policy is going to change this ... Are you prepared to get real?' Text by James Doeser
Read More#artistsmatter: But can we put a value on how much?
/'We all agree that #culturematters (to borrow from the current campaign). By extension therefore we can presumably all agree that #artistsmatter too. After all they are the architects, creators, enactors and translators of this culture-that-matters-so-much...' Text by James Doeser
Read MoreEBacc consultation published
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The Government has launched their consultation on plans to make the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) a headline measure for schools, and for the EBacc to be given a ‘more prominent role’ within the Ofsted framework.
Read MoreJoint Visual Arts Submission to Treasury highlights importance of sector to UK economy
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Initiated by a-n and CVAN, with contributions from Scottish Artists Union, Engage and other key organisations the visual arts sector made a joint submission to the Treasury Spending Review outlining a number of key recommendations to help better support the sector.
Read MoreMP engagement strategy
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The Cultural sector supported through What Next? and University College London are running an MP engagement strategy, encouraging the cultural sector to contact their MP, make a positive and informed case for culture and invite them to an arts event.
Read MoreCVAN attended the Cultural Campaigns Network meeting
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The discussion centred around the Autumn Spending review and the need for the cultural sector to be submitting information now to inform thinking by Government in the early Autumn.
Read MoreBacc for the Future II takes off!
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Together, we can keep up the momentum and ensure that the creative subjects that help make the UK’s creative industries the envy of the world are protected.
Read MoreContemporary Visual Arts Network
The Contemporary Visual Arts Network’s ultimate goal is to nurture contemporary visual artists and organisations in order to produce internationally regarded, critically engaged work that is valued by our society.
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CVANRT @VisualArtsSW: Family drop in workshop making bug boxes @ThelmaHulbert - Fri 8 Apr 11-3pm https://t.co/WorJoBgTpH #family #swartevents -
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CVANRT @tpwestmidlands: .@brightstripe1 have some exhibitor space available for April's Hereford Arts Market. https://t.co/rLvZY74ASH