Meeting Minds, on November 15th at the Old Market, Brighton & Hove had an exciting line up:

• Clare Cooper - Co-Director of the Missions Models Money Programme
• Ekow Eshun – Artistic Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts
• Professor Robert Hewison – author of the Demos publication Not a Sideshow: Leadership and Cultural Value
• Margaret Sheehy – Director, MSL Project Management and Consultancy, chair of Audiences London

The event was chaired by Lyn Gardner, theatre critic, The Guardian.

 

  A full report of Meeting Minds is now available. To download a copy click here or to receive a copy by email  send a request to  info@allwayslearning.org.uk 

 

 

 

Information about our 2008 Meeting Minds Conference will be posted soon. Watch this space!

An exciting line-up of speakers:

 

• Clare Cooper, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the MMM Programme and lead developer of Mission Models Money's next generation initiative, 'Designing for Transition'.
• Ekow Eshun, Artistic Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, panellist on the BBC’s Late Review and author.
• Robert Hewison, visiting professor at City University, and author of Not a Sideshow: Leadership and Cultural Value (available for download here).
• Margaret Sheehy, Director, MSL Project Management and Consultancy.

The speakers' biographies can be found here.

 

We also asked each speaker some questions:

 

• What does success look like for arts and cultural organisations?
• On what basis are boards and chief executives making key decisions on strategy and programme?
• What do we want to achieve in the arts and cultural sector? What value does it have? And how do we measure this?

 

Their responses can be read here.

This event was held in November 2006. It included key thinkers and practitioners involved in the arts engaged in an exploration of how the arts are valued in the UK today. The event included a speaker panel, facilitated round table discussions, and was followed by informal networking.

 

Find our more about the 2006 What value, the arts? event here.