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The Clore Leadership Programme,
established in 2003 by the Clore Duffield Foundation as a new
initiative to strengthen leadership across the arts, will invite
applications for its first group of Fellowships from 12 January
2004.
Some twenty Fellowships will be
available, with training beginning at the end of September 2004.
Applications are open to any EU resident who has had at least five
years' work experience, in the cultural sector or beyond. The
flexibly designed Fellowship will normally last for one year, during
which Clore Fellows will attend two intensive residential leadership
courses, receive individual tuition and mentoring, extend their
management experience through a high profile secondment and have an
opportunity to engage in reflection and research. Fellows will
have the option of remaining with their present employers, and
following the course in stages, or of receiving a full-time bursary of
£20,000. Direct associated costs, including tuition fees, will
be met by the Programme. A number of Fellowships, co-funded with
other organisations, will be focused on specific areas.
Chris Smith, Director of the Clore
Leadership Programme, said "We are looking for people who will
become part of the next generation of leaders in the cultural sector -
meaning the performing and visual arts, heritage, museums, libraries
and archives, and cultural policy and administration. We don't
mind where they come from, provided they have passion, motivation,
self-awareness and proven achievement. We will be looking out
for that imaginative spark that marks out a potential leader, someone
who can innovate, energise and inspire, as well as deliver."
Thanks to partnerships established
with other organisations, a number of Fellowships will be dedicated to
specific areas: The King's Fund Fellowship to develop new links
between the arts and health; three Youth Music Fellowships to
develop leadership in the field of music; England's Northwest
Fellowship for a leader wishing to develop their career in the
North West Region; in a similar way, an East Midlands Fellowship;
the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Fellowship for some who plans to
become a cultural leader in Northern Ireland; and a Creative
Partnerships Fellowship. A number of other dedicated,
co-funded Fellowships are under discussion. The major funding
partners for the Programme include Arts Council England, Re:source,
and the Clore Duffield Foundation.
The closing date for applications is
20 February 2004, and interviews will be held between 19 April and 5
May 2004.
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