CITIES AND TERRITORIAL CHALLENGES: THE ROLE OF CULTURAL CENTERSIN RESILIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICSconnecting stakeholders to contribute to sustainable, inclusive and innovative cities

ENCC SHORTCUTCONFERENCE

BURY 17-19 FEB 2016

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1. Table Of Content Welcome 2

1. Programme 4

2. Detailed Programme 8Day 1 – Wednesday 17th 9Day 2 – Thursday 18th 11Day 3 – Friday 19th 15

3. Speakers & Workshop Leaders 18

4. Organisers & Partners 24

5. About Bury 30

6. Practicalinformation 32Contact information 33Meeting point after conference 33Transport 33Airport Information 34Taxi Cab 34Need help? 34Your Hotel in Bury 35Venues 36

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Welcome to the ENCC Shortcut Conference Bury 2016

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Citiesandterritorialchallenges:theroleofculturalcentersinresilienceanddevelopmentdynamics:connectingstakeholderstocontributetosustainable,inclusiveandinnovativecities.

Representatives of ongoing social, political and economic transformations, European cities have to re-invent their mode of development and sustainability, taking into account democratic, social, economic and environmental challenges ; they need to connect to local issues as well as to globalized dynamics. What role do artistic and creative stakeholders, and specifically cultural centre, play in this landscape of development and change? How do they offer spaces for experimentation to engage citizens in new forms of participation, of economic, social or environmental resilience? How may they contribute to the interconnection of their local territories at a European and international level? What are the benefits and challenges of developing new relationships with local and international cultural centre and stakeholders? These are some of the issues that will be explored during the forthcoming ENCC conference in Bury – UK, February 2016.

Bury – UK is an interesting example of such challenges and dynamics. The city has focused on its cultural sector as one of the main assets in its development strategy, with Bury Arts Museum playing a key role in this process. In recent years Bury Arts Museum has prioritised building strong and productive partnerships with international culturalcentres, including those in China, Japan and Taiwan. Bury is therefore a fascinating example of a cultural centreworking internationally whilst also negotiating a myriad of local issues – while developing their model of international working Bury Art Museum have had to engage local authorities, partner organisations and local audiences, clearly informing them of the benefits of this model and how it contributes to the town’s territorial development.

The conference is co-organised by Bury Arts Museum and ENCC. It will provide participants an opportunity to meet people from across the cultural sector around the main topic, including local and international cultural stakeholders, policy makers, activists, academics. The event will also follow previous ENCC meetings by providing a forum for networking, capacity building and engaging in analysis and debate.

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1. Programme

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02.00PM CULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS AND GREATER MANCHESTER CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS CULTURAL VISITS

IN BURY & MANCHESTER

FUSILLIER MUSEUM

TRANSPORT MUSEUM / ELR TRAIN RIDE

CHETHAM PARK PROJECT

THE MET

12.00PM REGISTRATION

01.00PM INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFERENCE

5.30PM DINNER

7.00PM-SOCIALEVENING Meetingpoint:TheClarence-Bar&Restaurant:

2 Silver St, Bury BL9 0EX

GROUP1-BURY: GROUP2-MANCHESTER:

Day 1 – Wednesday 17th

Bury Art MuseumMoss St, Bury BL9 0DR

Bury Town HallKnowsley St, Bury, BL9 0SW

The MetMarket St, Bury, BL9 0BW

Fusilier MuseumMoss St, Bury BL9 0DF

Bury transport MuseumCastlecroft Goods Warehouse, Bolton St, Bury BL9 0EY

Venues

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Day 2 – Thursday 18th

09.30AM REGISTRATION10.00AMOPENINGSPEECHES(room:GALLERYD)

11.00AM COFFEE BREAK

12.45PM LUNCH BREAK12.30PM EXPLANATION OF THE AFTERNOON WORKING GROUPS

03.30PM COFFEE BREAK

07.00PM DINNER AND SOCIAL EVENING

05.15PM GETTING TOGETHER AND FEEDBACKS FROM THEWORKSHOPS(PLENARY)

10.30AMCITIESCHALLENGES,FROMLOCALTOGLOBAL(PLENARY)

INVERTING THE HIERARCHY OF MEDIATIONS Tony Trehy

11.30PMCITIESCHALLENGES,FROMLOCALTOGLOBAL(PLENARY)

WHAT ARE THE MAIN SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES OF THE CITIES FOR THE NEXT DECADES?

Raül Abeledo Sanchis

02.00PM SUSTAINING ARTISTS EMERGENCE TO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND CREATIVE DYNAMICS

(WORKSHOPS)ARTISTIC EMERGENCE AND LOCAL CREATIVITY

Kwong LeeSmall Theatre

LUTON PROJECTMatthew Shawl

Minden Room

CITIZENS PARTICIPATION IN URBAN SPACECamilla Møhring Reestorff, Birgit Eriksson, Carsten Stage

Normandy Room

03.50PM TACKLING CITIES CHALLENGES, NEW PATH FOR COLLABORATIONS(WORKSHOPS)

ALLTOGETHERNOW:THE ART OF WORKING IN

PARTNERSHIP Catharine Braithwaite

Normandy Room, Nx reception

CREATIVEEUROPEDESKFLANDERS:Europeanexamplesofurbanresilience

andpresentationofEuropeanstrategiesandfundingframes

Gudrun HeymansMinden Room, top floor

HOW CULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS WORK IN CONNECTION WITH GLOBAL NETWORKS AND PERSPECTIVE?

Rachel Marsden

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Day 3 – Friday 19th

09.15AM REGISTRAION

11.30AM COFFEE BREAK

11.45PM PATH FOR RESILIENT CITIES, FROMLOCALCHALLENGESTOGLOBALCHALLENGES(PLENARY2)PART2

09.30AM PATH FOR RESILIENT CITIES, FROMLOCALCHALLENGESTOGLOBALCHALLENGES(PLENARY2)

NEW CHALLENGES FOR SOCIETIES, NEW CHALLENGES FOR THE ARTS SECTORLucy Neal

THE HAPPY MUSEUM PROJECT Tony Butler

AGENDA 21 FOR CULTURE AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN A LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES:EXEMPLESINBELOHORIZONTE

Leonidas Oliveira

R-URBANINHACKNEYWICK–UK:ENHANCINGTHECAPACITYOFURBANRESILIENCETHROUGHANETWORKOFUSER-RUNFACILITIES

Andreas Lang

CULTURALPOLICYINPROCESSESOFTRANSFORMATION:CAPACITY BUILDING FOR URBAN AND RURAL AREAS

Prof. Wolfgang Schneider

03.30PM COFFEE BREAK

05.15PM CLOSURE

12.45PM LUNCH BREAK

03.50PM ENCC PLENARY ASSEMBLY

02.00PMARTSANDLOCALRESILIENCE(WORKSHOPS)

‘SING ME TO SLEEP’ Arthur+Martha

MET Theatre

FUTURE EVERYTHINGTom Higham Minden Room

ECONOMIC INNOVATION AND LOCAL

DEVELOPMENT? Raul Abeledo Sanchis

Normandy Room, Nx reception

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2. Detailed Programme

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Day 1 – Wednesday 17th

12.00pm–01.00pm: Registration01.00pm–02.00pm: Introductiontotheconference02.00pm–05.00pm: Culturalstakeholdersand greater Manchester cultural transformations

The visits will take place in 2 groups:

GROUP1:CULTURAL VISITS IN BURY

2.00pm: The Met

3.00pm: Fusillier Museum

4.00pm: Transport Museum / ELR Train ride

GROUP2:CHETHAMPARKPROJECT–MANCHESTER

Cheetham Park, more commonly known as Elizabeth Street Park is a Victorian park, which is situated at the centre of Cheetham Hill, North Manchester. Opened in 1886, the park holds happy memories for many people who grew up in the area. However, over recent years it has been neglected and is currently not well-used. In 2013, arts organisation Buddleia worked with residents of Cheetham Hill, North Manchester, and artist Torange Khonsari, of art and architecture group Public Works, to explore the history of Cheetham Park on Elizabeth street and to think about how it could once again become an important community space. They invited people to take part in a series of activities in the park. These included the DIY Common, developed by Torange Khonsari as a way to use the park as a collective resource for the surrounding community.

A new artist residency on the theme of Cheetham Park has started as from February 2015, funded by the Leverhulme Trust and led by Torange Khonsari in partnership with the Manchester Jewish Museum, Dr. Abigail Gilmore from the Institute for Cultural Practices, and two Researchers-in-Residence from the University of Manchester.

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You’ll be invited to meet the diverse stakeholders involved in the project, and to understand better how the local dynamic was initiated and sustained.

2.00pm: Departure from Bury to Manchester and Cheetham Hill neighbourhood

2.30pm: Short introduction to the project

3.00pm: History tour by Manchester Jewish museum

4.00pm: Walk of tailoring industry and the park

5.00pm: Visit to the Welcome Community Center in Cheetham Hill and discovery of their work in the local area

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Day 2 – Thursday 18th

09.30am–10.00am: Registration10.00am–10.30am: Openingspeeches

Tony Trehy – Director of Bury Art Museum

Ivo Peeters – ENCC Chairman

SylvineBois-Choussy – ENCC Coordinator

10.30am–11.00am: Citieschallenges,fromlocalto global (plenary)

INVERTING THE HIERARCHY OF MEDIATIONS – Tony Trehy, Director of Bury Art Museum, UK

As its smallest district is to Bury, Bury is to Manchester; as Manchester is to London, and as London competes global prominence with Berlin or New York. Cultural, economic and political influence in the UK is concentrated in the South of England. Metaphorically every nation has its peripheral ‘north’, whether it’s the South of Italy or East of Germany; every town, indeed every cultural venue, is a satellite to somewhere else. This hierarchy of mediations, one level peripheral to another, defines an experience, status, access to resources, even the seriousness with which its cultural actions are received. Director Tony Trehy presents an analysis of this dynamic of power and argues that in the 21st Century a new reality is possible, one were the hierarchy can be challenged and that being peripheral may represent the greatest opportunity for sustainability and creative innovation.

11.00am–11.30am: Coffeebreak11.30am–12.30pm: Citieschallenges,fromlocalto global (plenary)

HOW CULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS WORK IN CONNECTION WITH GLOBAL NETWORKS AND PERSPECTIVE? CURATINGCHINA’SARCHITECTURESOFCHANGE: FROM ARTIST TO ART MUSEUM – Rachel Marsden, Independent Curator, UK

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For many, it is a life lived divided between cities, places, and experiences – what can be defined as “in the transculture”, the space across and between different global cultures. The rapid development of the city, urban fabric and land, which we negotiate on a daily basis, raises questions as to how we try and accept its changing presence, how we are placed within it and its future impact. China is growing at an unprecedented speed in line with the president, Xi Jinping’s catchphrase of achieving “The Chinese Dream”. As cities become centres for manufacture and production, and urban neighbourhoods are restructured, buildings seem to suddenly disappear, whilst new ones, already in progress, become visible on the skyline. Mass media relays many images and statistics relating to this economic growth, now the second largest in the world specifically for luxury goods, and in relation to its cultural boom largely of contemporary art, architecture, fashion and graphic arts. Since 2001, every month has seen an urban growth in the nation equivalent to the size of the city of Chicago. In turn, China has recognised the importance of this cultural innovation, acknowledging that value cannot just come from manufacturing and production, re-envisioning their national mission ‘from Made in China to Created/Designed in China’. (Keane 2013:149) Seeing it as an opportunity to build civic identity through cultural growth, it has triggered what they are calling ‘the “museumification” of China’ (Johnson and Florence 2013), the start of a Chinese ‘museographic practice’ (Ha Thuc 2014:46) and dedicated “museum zones”. Furthrmore, due to its short history of only fifteen years, the contemporary art museum only makes up only 2% of museums in China – most designed by renowned “starchitects”, Chinese and international, with first-tier cities wanting to attract designers who can present “utopian visions” (Keane 2013:154).

The rapid construction of these largely Western ‘modernist’ buildings, together with China’s “ghost cities”, left empty in the wake of over-zealous construction, has caused me to reflect on what I call China’s “architectures of change” from the perspectives of the artist, curator and art museum.

The question seems to be more ‘how many museums can we build and at what pace?’ rather than ‘what content will be shown? (Ha Thuc 2014:46)

WHAT ARE THE MAIN SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES OF THE CITIES FOR THE NEXT DECADES? – Raül Abeledo Sanchis, University of Valencia, Spain

What are the main sustainability challenges of the cities for the next decades? How these scenario affect the planning and management of cultural organisations? What kind of impacts can we expect in terms of re-structuration of the market? What are the main strenghts, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis) that we can identify for the cultural stakeholders in our contemporary urban context?

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12.30pm–12.45pm: Explanationoftheafternoon working groups12.45pm–02.00pm: Lunchbreak02.00pm–03.30pm: Sustainingartistsemergenceto contribute to local development andcreativedynamics (workshops)

ARTISTIC EMERGENCE AND LOCAL CREATIVITY – Kwong Lee, Director of Castlefield Gallery Manchester, UK

Kwong will lead a workshop that will explore the Castlefield’ s innovative approach to supporting the Manchester Art Scene. CG’s vision is for the North West of England to be a place where artists can live and produce work while presenting their work in national and international contexts. Its mission is to nurture talent, explore cultural trends and deepen their audience’s relationship to contemporary art, the workshop will explore this as well as how CG came to develop New Art Spaces a pop-up creative space for emerging talent. The workshop will also look at the CG Associates Membership Scheme, launched in 2012, for artists and independent curators and writers.

SUSTAINING LOCAL ECONOMY THROUGH ARTS – Matthew Shaul, Departure Lounge in Luton, UK

Departure Lounge in Luton, which I founded in collaboaration with Trevor Horsewood in 2010 has established a significant new presence for emerging contemporary photographic art in southern England. I will discuss the often halting and often interrupted process of establishing “Departure Lounge” in Luton’s (a process, which is ongoing) and in particular the challenges of establishing a contemporary art gallery from a standing start with no start up capital in a location which suffers from very negative PR, high levels of economic and social exclusion and low levels of aspiration.

CITIZENS PARTICIPATION IN URBAN SPACE – Camilla Møhring Reestorff / Birgit Eriksson / Carsten Stage, Aarhus University, Denmark

3.30pm–3.50pm: Coffeebreak

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3.50pm–5.15pm: Tacklingcitieschallenges,new pathforcollaborations (workshops)

ALLTOGETHERNOW: THE ART OF WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP – Catharine Braithwaite, UK

In this time of crowd sourcing and crowd funding, museums and galleries can also benefit from working in partnership with each other as well as with organisations outside the cultural realm, an approach which can reap rewards particularly in uncertain economic times. Partnership encapsulates the sharing of resources, ideas, objectives, staff and even audiences which can provide stronger and often more creative strategies. Partnership can deliver economic benefit for the city by bringing in culturally interested visitors as well as becoming more visible to new market segments who might not otherwise engage with museums and galleries.

Cultural tourism is becoming increasingly popular within both the cultural and tourism sectors, but what does cultural tourism actually mean in practice? It’s not a quick and easy option – a cultural destination is not established in visitors’ minds by one-off advertising campaigns, by working in isolation or by sticking within your own sector. Being outward looking can lead to new creativity, new funding opportunities and it can be sustainable if partners inside and outside the cultural sector buy in for the long term.

EUROPEAN EXAMPLES OF URBAN RESILIENCE AND PRESENTATION OF EUROPEAN STRATEGIES AND FUNDING FRAMES – Christoph Jankowski, British Council / Creative Europe Desk Culture, UK

5.15pm–5.45pm: Gettingtogetherandfeedbacks fromtheworkshops(plenary)07.00pm–…: Dinnerandsocialevening

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Day 3 – Friday 19th

09.15am–09.30pm: Registration09.30am–11.30am: Pathforresilientcities: Tackling social, economic and environmental issues (plenary 2)

TRANSITIONTOWNS:NEWCHALLENGESFORSOCIETIES,NEWCHALLENGES FOR THE ARTS SECTOR – Lucy Neal, Transition Network, UK

Among her various engagements in the cultural and arts sector, Lucy Neal is a collaborator of Transition Network. Transition network is a charitable organisation whose role is to inspire, encourage, connect, support and train communities as they self-organise around the Transition model, creating initiatives that rebuild resilience and reduce CO2 emissions. Ultimately it’s about creating a healthy human culture, one that meets our needs for community, livelihoods and fun, to support local stakeholders to take initiatives and face climate change locally. Lucy Neal will offer a a broad perspective on ongoing environmental and social transformations and what is at stake for the cultural sector. She will also give a feed back on the recent Coop21 from a grass roots network perspective, and open path for actions for the civil society sector to tackle these shared challenges.

‘THE HAPPY MUSEUM PROJECT’ – Tony Butler, Derby Museum Trust, UK

Tony Butler is the director of the Happy Museum Project an initiative that supports museum activities focusing on environmental sustainability, happiness and wellbeing. The project’s ideals draw on a 2011 manifesto co-written by the New Economics Foundation. The Happy Museum Project looks at how the UK museum sector can respond to the challenges presented by the need for creating a more sustainable future. Their proposition is that museums are well placed to play an active part, but that grasping the opportunity will require reimagining some key aspects of their role, both in terms of the kinds of experience they provide to their visitors and the way they relate to their collections, to their communities and to the pressing issues of the day.

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R-URBANINHACKNEYWICK–UK:ENHANCINGTHECAPACITYOFURBANRESILIENCETHROUGHANETWORKOFUSER-RUNFACILITIES – Andreas Lang, Director of PublicWorks, UK

R-urban is a bottom-up strategy that explores the possibilities of enhancing the capacity of urban resilience by introducing a network of user-run facilities. It initiates locally closed ecological cycles that will support the emergence of alternative models of living, producing and consuming. R-urban is supported by the EU Life+ Programme of environmental governance. The project partners are AAA, Paris (coordinator), the City of Colombes and public works, London.R-urban in Hackney Wick is a two phased pilot project with the aim to create collective and participatory process leading to the creation of a new public re-use facility centered around ecological and eco-construction principles while exploring issues around mobile urbanism and reversible use of vacant urban sites. The initial phase of R-urban in Hackney Wick connects existing local initiatives and expertise already engaged with eco-construction and material re-use to create a network of participants and make their knowledge publicly accessible through a participative process. In its second phase the project starts to adopt a vacant site(s) to establish a Transferable Re-use Centre. The centre will allow members to learn about sustainable eco-construction by providing a series of residents run facilities.

11.30am–11.45am: CoffeeBreak11.45am–12.45pm: Pathforresilientcities, fromlocalchallengestoglobal challenges (plenary 2) PART 2

AGENDA 21 FOR CULTURE AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN A LOCALMUNICIPALITIES:EXEMPLESINBELOHORIZONTE – Leonidas Oliveira, Presidente da Fundação Municipal de Cultura de Belo Horizonte & Janine Avelar, Project coordinator Fundação Municipal de Cultura de Belo Horizonte

The Agenda 21 for culture is a tool to promote the role of culture in local policies. The present canonical triangle of sustainable development – environment, social inclusion and economics – either doesn’t include culture or it is considered an instrumental element. Therefore, the Agenda 21 for culture is a tool to turn culture into a fourth pillar of sustainable development. This confirms the importance of having solid and autonomous cultural policies as well as the establishment of bridges to other dominions of the governance. The speakers will present the concreate implementation of this text in the municipality of Belo Horizonte.

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CULTURALPOLICYINPROCESSESOFTRANSFORMATION:CAPACITY BUILDING FOR URBAN AND RURAL AREAS – Prof. Wolfgang Schneider, University of Hildesheim, Germany

12.45pm–02.00pm: Lunchbreak02.00pm–3.30pm: Artsandlocalresilience (workshops)

‘SING ME TO SLEEP’ – Arthur+Martha, UK

British poet Philip Davenport will introduce Sing Me To Sleep, a collaboration between homeless people in Lithuania and the UK. Two quilt artworks will be made with homeless people in Vilnius and Manchester in a project devised by arts organisation arthur+martha CIC who work with marginalised communities, often in partnership with Bury Art Museum.

The quilts will be themed around bedtime stories, fairytales, lullabies and the associations for homeless people they bring. Fairytales often have a darker side, but always violence is reversed, preserving the essential part of life without which we cannot prosper: hope. These stories will be refracted through different languages and through memory, making a rich crossover between the poles of experience and innocence. Samples of the creative workshops will be included in this presentation.

FUTUREEVERYTHING – Tom Higham, FutureEverything, UK

ECONOMIC INNOVATION AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT? – Raul Abeledo Sanchis, University Of Valencia, Spain

From the contents of my plenary speech, the workshop aims to help the participants to analyze their specific reality and situation, promoting applying the theoretical and methodological framework in a practical way. As a result, an strategic vision will be developed and the main action guidelines will be identified.

3.30pm–3.50pm: Coffeebreak3.50pm–5.15pm: ENCCPlenaryassembly5.15pm–5.45pm: Closure

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3. Speakers & Workshop Leaders

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RaülAbeledoSanchis,UniversityofValenciaPhD in Economics and Master of Science in Environmental Strategies & Management. Specialized in local development, environmental sustainability and cultural planning. Author of the thesis “The Agenda 21 as a Strategy for Local Sustainable Development: From Environment to Culture” and European projects director of the Research Unit of Cultural Economics (econcult.eu).

Catharine BraithwaiteCatharine Braithwaite has over 20 years experience in arts marketing communications, mainly working in the visual arts, museums and literary sector. She started her career at Man-chester Art Galleries, moving to Tate Liverpool as its Press and Marketing Manager for 5 years, highlights of which were re-launching the Gallery in 1998 and working on the press launch of Tate Modern. She led five successful profile building nation-al and international press campaigns for Liverpool Biennial. In 2007-8, she worked on a series of ambitious public realm works commissioned for Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture including the Antony Gormley’s Another Place and the award-winning new commission by Richard Wilson, Turn-ing the Place Over. She also worked on the launch of Dream, a major new sculptural commission with Channel 4, The Art Fund, Arts Council England and St. Helens Council.

Tony Butler, Derby Museum TrustTony Butler has been Executive Director of Derby Museums Trust since 2013. The Trust runs three museums and is custo-dians to the city’s historic collections which include the larg-est collection of work by Joseph Wright of Derby. Prior to that, Tony was director of the Museum of East Anglian Life for nine years. He repositioned the organisation as a social enterprise and led a major capital development programme. In 2011 he founded the Happy Museum Project, to create a community of practice to explore how museums could contribute to a society in which well-being and environmental sustainability were its principle values. He was the Fellow for museums on the Clore Leadership Programme in 2007-2008, a Director of Mission Models Money and is a Trustee of Kids in Museums.

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ArtistsPhilipDavenportandLoisBlackburn,Arthur+MarthaArthur+Martha (Davenport and artist Lois Blackburn) is an arts organisation that helps marginalised people discover their creative voice by making poems and artworks – with positive health, well-being and other beneficial social outcomes. They work with society’s outsiders – older people with complex health and social needs, carers and homeless people: groups ignored not just by the art establishment, but all too often by everyone. The quilts will be shown at the National Gallery of Lithuania in Vilnius and Bury Art Gallery, Museum and Ar-chives, Autumn 2016.

BirgitEriksson,PHDandassociateprofessorinaestheticsandcultureBirgit Eriksson holds a PhD (1999) and since 2001 has been associate professor in Aesthetics and Culture at the School of Communication and Culture, AU. BE is co-director of the research programme in Cultural Transformations and co-founder of a research unit in Participatory Culture. She has been Director of Studies and head of the Board of Studies in the Department of Aesthetic Studies, AU. She has been the leader of the research project Participatory Citizenship: New Experiences and Expectations 2014-15 (in cooperation with European Capital of Culture Aarhus 2017). She is the author of numerous books and articles in Danish and English. Her most recent research focuses on participatory art and culture; the uses of art; social identities and citizenship; aesthetics and politics.

Tom Higham, FutureeverythingTom Higham is the Executive Director of FutureEverything. He joined the organisation in 2012 as Senior Producer, and has been a key part of the growth and development of the company since. He was previously co-director of Modular, an organisation that focused on the creation, programming and production of interdisciplinary artworks and events. As well as extensive freelance experience in curating, programming and producing projects he has a background in festivals, holding previous roles as Festival Manager of AV Festival in the North East, and director of Northern Lights Film Festival and Press

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Play Festival. He is interested in the enabling power of digital technology, and inspired by well considered, simple and effec-tive ideas and artworks. Tom has spent 10 years in leadership positions within film, art and technology. He has worked with-in a variety of organisations on major projects, as a freelance consultant and as creative and production lead on numerous self initiated projects. Tom is a strategic, dynamic leader and a fellow of Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Leaders and Clore’s Emerging Leaders programme.

KwongLee,CastlefieldGalleryKwong will lead a workshop that will explore the Castlefield’ s innovative approach to supporting the Manchester Art Scene. CG’s vision is for the North West of England to be a place where artists can live and produce work while presenting their work in national and international contexts. Its mission is to nurture talent, explore cultural trends and deepen their audience’s re-lationship to contemporary art, the workshop will explore this as well as how CG came to develop New Art Spaces a pop-up creative space for emerging talent. The workshop will also look at the CG Associates Membership Scheme, launched in 2012, for artists and independent curators and writers.

Rachel MarsdenRachel Marsden is a transcultural curator, art consultant, PhD researcher, arts educator, arts writer and avid blogger – spe-cialising in Chinese contemporary arts and culture, (self-) pub-lishing and interpretive translation. Founder/curator of ‘The Temporary’, a transcultural exchange platform examining “temporary” and ephemeral experience in art, architecture, design, music, sound, performance and culture between UK and China, and Coordinator (Research Assistant) for Centre for Chinese Visual Arts (CCVA). PhD study at Birmingham City University and CCVA, examines the local to global translation, through interpretation, of contemporary Chinese art, specifi-cally the notion of “transcultural” curating. Also, she is Visiting Lecturer on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Fine Art, Asian Art and Contemporary Curatorial Practice across the UK/China, and an arts writer for Art Radar and in-print/online magazines, journals, books and exhibition catalogues world-wide. Dedicated to “connecting the dots that people can’t

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see”, developing social and professional transcultural relation-ships through unique networks, specifically China and the UK.

CamillaMøhringReestorff,PHD&assistantprofessordep.ofcommunicationandcultureCamilla Møhring Reestorff is assistant professor at the Depart-ment of Communication and Culture at the University of Aar-hus and Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. She is editor-in-chief of Conjunctions. Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation and coordinator of the research unit in Cultural Participation. Her previous publications include “Me-diatised affective activism. The activist imaginary and the top-less body in the Femen Movement” (2014) and “Unruly Artiv-ism and the Participatory Documentary Ecology of The Act of Killing” (2015). Her research interests are cultural participation, cultural politics, culture wars, activism, political art, affect and mediatization.

LucyNeal,co-founderdirectoroftheinternationalfestivaloftheatreCamilla Møhring Reestorff is assistant professor at the Depart-ment of Communication and Culture at the University of Aar-hus and Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. She is editor-in-chief of Conjunctions. Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation and coordinator of the research unit in Cultural Participation. Her previous publications include “Me-diatised affective activism. The activist imaginary and the top-less body in the Femen Movement” (2014) and “Unruly Artiv-ism and the Participatory Documentary Ecology of The Act of Killing” (2015). Her research interests are cultural participation, cultural politics, culture wars, activism, political art, affect and mediatization.

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MatthewShaul,artisticdirectorattheuniversityofHertfordshiregalleriesMatthew Shaul is Artistic Director at the University of Hert-fordshire Galleries (UHGalleries). He is also Director at Depar-ture Lounge – a new contemporary art gallery with a special-ism in photography in Luton 50km north of London.

Between 1990 and 1993 he worked for three New York mu-seums (MoMA, the Met & Cooper Hewitt) and was one of the first graduates of the Royal College of Art’s curatorial studies program in 1995. His curatorial interest in photography devel-oped in the early 2000s, creating early career exhibitions, com-missioning and publishing opportunities with emerging artists from all over the world and numerous projects as major inter-national touring shows.

Tony Trehy, Bury Art Museum & Sculpture CentreTony Trehy, Director, Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Centre Uniquely for a local authority gallery, Trehy has created a 21st Century vision of public culture developed in the context of the opportunities of globalisation which redefines the Local and culture as economy. Tony is an international art curator, with a specialism in text art leading to his creation of the international Text Festival in 2005 – the world’s only language art festival. Since the 1990’s he has also managed and commissioned more than 30 public art works on the Irwell Sculpture Trail – one of the UK’s largest public art schemes.

Tony has directed Bury Art Museum since 1995 building a re-spected international programme with extensive experience of partnership projects and touring exhibitions in Scandinavia, mainland Europe and the Far East. In the last four years he has been leading Greater Manchester Museums Group in creation of international touring exhibitions. His business model revo-lutionised the way regional collections can be used. Building on this experience, he established a partnership of 19 UK mu-seums to create a 300 year history of British Art which then toured to 6 major provincial galleries across China. Bury now represents more than 50 UK galleries in a groundbreaking busi-ness partnership model.

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4. Organisers & Partners

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EuropeanNetworkOfCulturalCentresENCC currently represents over 3000 cultural centres with more than 15.000 employees, thousands of volunteers and 40 million visitors per year in at least 15 countries. It has been selected by the European Commission as one of the 22 networks representing the Arts and cultural sector in Europe for 2014-2017. ENCC is organising diverse events contributing to the professional development of its members, the structuring of the sector, the development of cooperation and innovation at a European level: Travelling academy, BECC Staff exchange programme, Short Cuts conferences, etc. Among the network’s working topics : Arts & Culture, Education and Life long learning, Territorial development, Digital dynamics.

Website: encc.eu

Bury Art Museum & Sculpture CentreExperience art at its finest with an exciting collection of work by international, regional and local artists. Stunning pieces by Turner, Constable and Landseer are accompanied by a changing programme of feature exhibitions from around the world. Most recent exhibitions have included work from artists such as Richard Wilson, Maurizio Nannucci and Lawrence Weiner.

The latest addition of Bury Sculpture Centre to the gallery brings a new dimension to the visitor experience by curating some of the best in international sculpture to Greater Manchester.

Housed in a distinctive Edwardian building in the town centre of Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre is the perfect venue for international art and culture in the North West of England.

Website: buryartmuseum.co.uk

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Bury CouncilThe modern-day Bury Council began in 1974 following the Local Government Act and encompasses six towns – Bury, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom, Prestwich, Tottington and Whitefield – with a population of 186,000 people. It is a metropolitan council responsible for direct provision of services including education and social care, highways and libraries, parks and waste/recycling, and public health. Bury is one of the ten councils in Greater Manchester who will soon be taking on significantly more powers and budgetary responsibility as part of devolution. The council aims to ‘lead, shape and maintain a prosperous, sustainable Bury that is fit for the future’ and having a vibrant cultural economy will play an important part in that. The borough has a wealth of creative talent, cultural diversity, heritage and visitor attractions which will all promote community prosperity.

The history of the East Lancashire Railway is the story of a heroic struggle to keep a dying part of Britain’s heritage alive, a struggle that still goes on today.

Website: bury.gov.uk

The Fusilier MuseumThe Fusilier Museum is home to the collections of the XX Lancashire Fusiliers and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Together they record over 300 years of history and heritage of the people who served in the regiments. Come face to face with the heroes of the past! The museum tells the story of the 20th Regiment of Foot and the Lancashire Fusiliers from 1688 to 1968, when they became part of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. The museum continues the story for the whole Regiment up to the present day.

The Fusilier Museum in Lancashire has a long history of its own. Originally it was housed in the Training Depot at Wellington Barracks and was used to inspire and motivate troops. In 1934 it opened its doors to the public and enlarged with private collections, personal souvenirs and a wide range of historic material. Now the museum has grown and developed again in the new town centre location which used to be known as the Arts and Crafts Centre.

Website: fusiliermuseum.com

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East Lancashire RailwayThe Railway’s past is inextricably linked to that of the area’s industry. The railways provided industries with a vital link to the country’s network of import, export, raw materials and, most importantly, workers. Even in those utilitarian times however, the East Lancashire Railway provided a leisure-time service for holidaying workers.

Developing technology in turn developed the railway, however it was also the introduction of newer, more cost effective technologies that led to the decline of the Railway as the main method of transportation.

Under various names the East Lancashire Light Railway company and the East Lancashire Railway trust have worked diligently and for the most part voluntarily to keep a little piece of this bygone age alive.

Website: eastlancsrailway.org.uk

Bury Transport MuseumThe industrial heritage of the North West is brought to life before your very eyes at Bury Transport Museum. Through stunningly restored vehicles, original artifacts and interactive exhibits, your family can explore the lives and jobs of people in the early 20th Century.

There is plenty to keep both adults and children entertained, whether that’s discovering the horse drawn tram that was once a chip shop, learning about how “Hilda” the steam roller almost met her end, meeting the bus with a history in movies or taking a look around the smallest museum inside of a museum in the UK!

Website: eastlancsrailway.org.uk

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The MetSituated in Bury, Greater Manchester, The Met is a centre of live music noted nationally for its specialist folk music programme incorporating two performance spaces, a restaurant and Edwin Street Recording Studio.

As an independent charity, The Met works to develop a growing audience to experience the arts and nurturing traditional talent to grow into national stars. The Met is organiser and promoter of a number of outdoor events including the annual Ramsbottom Festival.

The Met is an independent arts and entertainment venue run by Bury Metropolitan Arts Association, a company limited by guarantee (No. 2370868) and a registered charity (No. 701879) supported by Arts Council England and Bury Council.

Website: themet.biz

Delicious At The FusiliersDelicious at The Fusilier Museum is a licensed café serving the freshest, homemade food overlooking the Gallipoli Gardens in Bury. It’s a great place to gather or to meet family, friends or work colleagues over breakfast, lunch, brunch, morning coffee or afternoon tea.

We pride ourselves in making fresh food and providing a good service for all to enjoy. Our menu includes breakfast items to set you up for the day, a wide range of hot and cold sandwiches, jacket potatoes with lots of different fillings and we also have daily specials which include soups, sandwich of the day and a hot meal alternative. We’re also famous for our homemade scones. People travel from all over to try them for themselves with many of them saying they are the best that they have ever tasted. Call in and try one for yourself.

Website: fusiliermuseum.com

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5. About Bury

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Bury is situated on the northern edge of the Greater Manchester conurbation and lies broadly in the Irwell Valley, enclosed by the West Pennine Moors. Much of the Borough’s present day character and appearance derives from the industrial expansion of the late 18th Century and early 19th Century. However, the origins of the settlement stretch back to pre-history, strongly related to the topography of the area which continues to play an important part in both the visual character, the culture and economy of the Borough.

The towns Heritage Resource is continually evolving and expanding. It boasts Scheduled Ancient Monuments, sites of archaeological merit and monuments of national importance.

There are nine Conservation Areas in the borough; these are areas of architectural and historic interest and range in form from Pennine moorland at Holcombe through industrial villages and Bury Town Centre. The Borough includes a substantial number of 19th Century parks and open spaces of some considerable quality both as a heritage and recreational resource and the remnants of a medieval deer park and private estate at Philips Park, Prestwich.

The town has four museums these include Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre, the Lancashire Fusiliers Museum, Bury Transport Museum, and East Lancashire Railway (a ‘living’ museum and tourist attraction).

The Borough also features the Irwell Sculpture Trail. This is a major public art project which runs throughout the length of the Borough. It is both a reflection and celebration of the varied character of the Irwell Valley and an example of the evolution of the heritage resource.

The town also has a vibrant commercial scene, which include the traditional Bury outdoor market which is open on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The Rock shopping complex has shops, cinema complex, bowling alley and restaurants.

More about bury: bury.gov.uk

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6. Practical information

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Conference will take place in the Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Centre

Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre Moss Street Bury BL9

phone: +44 (0)161 253 5878 e-mail: artgallery@bury.gov.uk buryartmuseum.co.uk

Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre is in the centre of Bury, just across Kay Gardens from the Mill Gate shopping centre and 50 yards from the bus + tram station interchange.

ContactinformationSylvine Bois – Choussy (Programme & Coordination) sylvine.bois.choussy@encc.eu

Kasia Skowron (Communication & Organisation) kasia.skowron@encc.eu

Tom Blaton (Webmaster) tom.blaton@encc.eu

Susan Lord (Museum Curator) s.lord@bury.gov.uk

Lesley Kitchinson (Events Officer) l.Kitchinson@bury.gov.uk

MeetingpointafterconferenceTheClarence-Bar&Restaurant 2 Silver Street Bury BL9 0EX theclarence.co.uk

TransportMetrolink trams run every 6 to 12 minutes to Bury, the journey time from Manchester city centre is approximately 25 minutes. Other Metrolink services to Bury come from Altrincham, Eccles, Oldham & Rochdale, East Didsbury and Ashton Under Lyne. There are also frequent buses services connecting Bury Interchange to the local area.

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AirportInformationManchester AirportFrequent train services run to and from the airport, around the clock, 7 days a week with First TransPennine Express and Northern Rail. Train tickets are available from Manchester Airport’s transport hub. Trains run every 10 minutes to or from Manchester Piccadilly, with an average journey time of 20 minutes. From Manchester Piccadilly train station you can access the Metrolink Tram to Bury.

manchesterairport.co.uk

Taxi CabYou can also catch a taxi cab outside the airport which will cost approximately £70 (€98)

Local Bury taxi numbers include: Elton Cars, tel +44 (0)1204 884448 Royal Peel Cars Bury, tel +44 (0)161 705 2000 Bury Taxi Rank, tel +44 (0)161 764 2605

Need help?The European emergency number 112 is not the only emergency number in the UK. It is used alongside the national emergency number 999.

Doctor:please ask Susan Lord or Lesley Kinsley to help you.

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Your Hotel in Bury

Premier Inn5 Knowsley Place, Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9 0SW

premierinn.com

Village HotelWaterfold Business Park, Rochdale Road, Bury, BL9 7BQ

village-hotels.co.uk

Rostrevor Hotel148 Manchester Road, Bury, Lancashire BL9 0TL

rostrevorhotelbury.co.uk

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Bury Art MuseumMoss St, Bury BL9 0DR, UK

Bury Town HallKnowsley St, Bury, BL9 0SW, UK

Fusilier MuseumMoss St, Bury BL9 0DF, UK

Bury transport MuseumCastlecroft Goods Warehouse, Bolton St, Bury BL9 0EY, UK

Venues

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The MetMarket St, Bury BL9 0BW, UK

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