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Sunderland City Council
Civic Centre
Burdon Road
Sunderland
SR2 7DN

Tel. (0191) 520 5555

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Arts and Creative Development
The Arts and Creative Development team have prepared a new Arts Strategy and Delivery Plan that will inform arts and creative development across the city for 2008 to 2012. Our vision for the arts is: engage, inspire, create In order to sustain this vision, our strategic objectives for 2008 to 2012 are: to support the development of Sunderland's creative sector in order to maximise the social and economic contributions it makes to our community to increase opportunities for Sunderland's residents, visitors and businesses to become involved in creative activity to develop and support creative projects which enhance the built and natural environment	Image Credit: Novak

The Arts and Creative Development team comprises of specialist arts development officers and curators who work to promote and support a range of Art programmes, initiatives and events that reflect the city's diversity of cultural interests and arts practice. The team works in partnership locally, regionally, nationally and internationally to maximise the impact of Arts activities and provision within the city. The core functions include: directing and managing the delivery of an ambitious arts programme that increases choice and access to innovative contemporary art and artists facilitating the work of others and their contributions to the growth and development of arts and creative activities in the city devising and implementing polices and strategies that support the development, growth and sustainability of the arts and creativity in Sunderland providing advice, guidance and support in relation to the development, growth and promotion of arts within the city Documents Arts and Creative Development Strategy ( pdf 215 kb) Music Strategy ( pdf 691 kb) Links Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Arts Centre Washington For more details please contact arts@sunderland.gov.uk
last updated 05/12/08