Pictures for the Competition. No 1

This picture is for competiton entrants to study and to make an assessment of how they will use the picture for the competiton brief.

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The Challenge for Culture in East London

Kate Gavron’s “The New East End” examines relations between white working class and Bangladeshis in the Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Culture and Economics

Various writers, researchers and consultants have put forward challenging arguments to outline the role of culture in the economies of cities, regions and countries where culture is seen as a major economic driver. For us here at Mirador, the issue is not whether culture has a positive role in economic development. We take that for granted although [...]

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The Times Supplement: Working Towards 2012

The first of many supplements, The Times Supplement, dated 17 May 2006, offers a fairly comprehensive coverage of some of the key issues.  Its coverage of historical information is particularly interesting.
The main shortcoming of the Supplement, in my view, is the lack of coverage of Culture and its importance for 2012 and the period of up to ten years after the [...]

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Just Out!

The economic importance of the creative industries 
What does the term 'creative industries' mean? How significant is the creative sector? What opportunities does the sector present?
In the past, consensus on defintions has not been easy to achieve. As a result the estimates of the size and importance of the creative sector vary.
This is straight from NESTA's website.  [...]

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Cultural Planning in East London for 2012

The submission of a successful bid to host the London Olympics in 2012 has created unprecedented euphoria and enthusiasm. However, many 'nervous' observers on the sidelines may feel that the people and organisations in charge of planning and delivery may not be able to meet their targets. Of course, people who work in culture bring their own [...]

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The worst-case scenario is unacceptable

The worst-case scenario is unacceptable. Instead Mirador aims to work with its present and future clients and partners to address the following:

Innovation and creativity. The markets for culture are changing  and the challenge in the next ten years is to resist a culture of providing ‘more of the same’.

New entrepreneurialism.  Local authorities and their partners [...]

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The worst-case scenario

The worst case scenarion presents major losses to the local cultural economies if cultural planning was to fail and local provision is not enhanced to meet the demands of new or expanding markets.  A worst-case scenario prevails where:

arts and cultural producers, community groups, local authorities, arts funders and business sponsors fail to analyse and scrutinise their [...]

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Our Framework for Delivery

Mirador has developed a framework to support the joint delivery of its productions and programmes. The following components are included in each project, wherever possible, subject to funding.
The Core Programme:

Dedicated Festival or other events·        
Access workshops·        
Multimedia expositions·        
Open air events·        
Community engagement and inclusion·        
Partnerships 

Key components to generate efficiencies in the commissioning and delivery process:

Touring Exhibitions
Dedicated websites
Resource packs
Cross-artform outputs
A dedicated blog to [...]

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Addressing our key programmes for cultural diversity

Mirador is interested in developing a series of productions to implement its own programmes for addressing cultural diversity in London. The main components of our projected programme for delivery are:
 ·         Social inclusion
·         Capacity building through partnerships
·         Modernisation of delivery mechanisms to undertake large scale work
·         Creating effective links with learning and skills development
·         Investing in [...]

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