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The
Clore Leadership Programme, a new initiative of the Clore Duffield
Foundation to strengthen leadership across the arts, announced its
first ever group of 27 Clore Leadership Fellows at the Royal Society
of the Arts today.
The
announcement was made by the Director of the Clore Leadership
Programme, the Rt Hon Chris Smith MP, and its patron, Dame Vivien
Duffield, on the day of a special conference entitled
Leadership
in Culture at the Royal Society of the Arts and the Courtauld
Institute.
The
full details of the Fellows are as follows:
Anwar
Akhtar
(NESTA-supported) Aged 35. Lives in London. Project Director
for The Rich Mix Cultural Foundation, a new arts and cultural centre
located in London's East End. Previously Senior Officer in the Culture Team at the Greater
London Authority, Projects Officer for Arts Council England and
Project Director for The Republic Sheffield, a commercial music venue.
Tom
Andrews
(Youth Music) Aged 34. Lives
in Canterbury. Chief Executive
(and Founder) of Music for Change, which works with music educators
from
Africa, the Caribbean
and Asia,
and provides
interactive workshops and performances, community projects and
information. Previously
Production/Press Officer for World Music Network.
Maria
Balshaw (Creative
Partnerships) Aged 34. Lives
in Birmingham. Creative
Director, CP Birmingham. Previously
Research Fellow, University
of
Birmingham
and Lecturer in
Cultural Studies, University
College
Northampton.
Colin
Bell
(Clore Duffield Foundation-supported) Aged 51. Lives in London. Until recently
was Acting Chief Executive of Crystalcastle. Previously Managing
Director of Elton John Management, Managing Director of London
Records, Head of
Press for Polygram Records and Manager of Tom Robinson.
Mark
Dusseault (Self-funded)
Aged 39. Lives in British Columbia. Publicist for
the Belfry Theatre, Victoria.
Previously producer of a national community theatre festival
and Communications Assistant for Alberta Theatre Projects.
Susanna
Eastburn
(Youth Music) Aged 35. Lives in Huddersfield. Artistic
Director of Huddersfield
Contemporary
Music Festival. Previously
International Promotions Manager for Chester Music Ltd/Novello &
Co Ltd.
Ciara
Eastell (MLA-Libraries)
Aged 33. Lives in Taunton. Principal
Assistant County Librarian for Somerset
County
Council.
Previously Service and Financial Planning Manager for Cambridgeshire
Libraries; Co-East Regional Manager and Librarian for Gateshead
Libraries.
Stephen
Escritt (Clore
Duffield Foundation-supported) Aged 32. Lives in
London.
Executive Director for Carlton Hobbs Ltd, a privately owned
antiques company, and freelance author. Previously journalist and lecturer.
Teo
Greenstreet (Arts
Council England-supported) Aged 39. Lives in
London. Co-founder and
Chief Executive of The Circus Space. Previously Circus Development
Officer for Greater London Arts and performer with Bamboozle and The
Leadmill Circus.
Ellie
Maxwell (NESTA-supported)
Aged 27. Lives in
London. Founder and
Director of Firefly International, based in Scotland and Bosnia, which
works to combat social division and inequality world-wide through the
arts and informal education.
Nick
Merriman (MLA-Museums)
Aged 44. Lives in London. Curator of
Museums and Collections and Reader in Museum Studies, University
College
London.
Previously Head of Early London
History and
Collections at
Museum
of London
and Curator at Ely
Museum.
Keith
Merrin (Clore
Duffield Foundation-supported) Aged 34. Lives in
Newcastle upon
Tyne. Director of
Bede's World, museum on site of 7th century monastery.
Previously Director of Operations for the Royal Society for Nature
Conservation, Head of Marketing for Kent Wildlife Trust and Marketing
Manager for Northumberland Wildlife Trust.
Louisa
Milburn (East Midlands) Aged 31. Lives
in Derby. Education Manager of ViVA: the Orchestra of the East Midlands. Previously
Education Manager for New Music Manchester
and Development
Officer for the Octagon Theatre, Bolton.
Andrew
Missingham (Clore
Duffield Foundation-supported) Aged 37. Lives in
London. Director of the
hub, which offers consultancy, creative production and fundraising,
mainly in music but also contemporary dance and spoken word events.
Andrew has also worked as a musician/record producer, lecturer,
projects manager for the British Council and Director of Performing
Arts at the ICA.
Katrina
Newell (Paul
Hamlyn Foundation) Aged 26.
Lives in
Co.
Down.
Youth Arts Co-ordinator for New Lodge Arts Project/Ashton
Community Trust in North Belfast, which takes an
integrated approach to youth development through the arts with
marginalised young people aged 11 to 25 years.
Eddie
Nixon (Arts
Council England-supported) Aged 33. Lives in
London. Freelance
dancer/performer with New Adventures, the National Theatre, The
Featherstonehaughs and DV8 Physical Theatre. Has worked as Rehearsal
Director, choreographer and, for Dance UK, as temporary
Programme Manager.
Matthew
Peacock (NESTA-supported) Aged 32. Lives in
London. Executive
Director (and founder) of Streetwise Opera, which enables and
encourages homeless people through participation in professional
music-making. Previously Director of Marketing and Education for Opera
Boston
in USA, Assistant Editor
of Opera Magazine and Key Worker for The Passage Nightshelter.
Gavin
Reid (England's Northwest)
Aged 37. Lives in Stockport. General Manager
of Manchester
Camerata. Previously freelance trumpet player as well as Education
Co-ordinator to the Manchester Camerata and The Bridgewater Hall
Community Education Trust.
Jacqueline
Riding (DCMS-supported)
Aged 37. Lives in
London. Director of
Handel
House
Museum. Previously
Assistant Curator of the
Palace
of
Westminster
and Assistant
Registrar at Tate.
Sara
Robinson (Arts
Council England-supported) Aged 35. Lives in
Ludlow. Director of
Ludlow Assembly Rooms, a rural Arts and Community Centre. Previously
freelance Arts Project Director for Yorkshire Youth Music, Kirklees
Cultural Services, the Orange Darlington Festival and Bradford LEA
Early Years.
Axel Rüger (Clore
Duffield Foundation-supported) Aged 36. Lives in London. Curator of Dutch Paintings for the National Gallery. Previously
Administrator at Sotheby's, Berlin, administrative assistant at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study
and curatorial intern in the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Nii
Sackey (Youth
Music) Aged 26. Lives in London. Director and
Founder of Bigga Fish, which provides youth education through music,
multimedia and entertainment.
Moira
Sinclair (King's
Fund Arts & Health) Aged
40. Lives in Berkhamsted. Director of Vital Arts, which delivers
integrated arts projects for patients, staff and the wider community
at Barts and The London NHS Trust. Previously Community Leisure
Manager at South Bedfordshire District Council, General Manager of
Green Candle Dance Company, and held various management posts at
Tricycle Theatre and Soho Theatre.
Kathleen
Soriano (Clore
Duffield Foundation-supported) Aged 40. Lives in
London. Head of
Exhibitions and Collections Management at National Portrait Gallery.
Previously Education/Exhibition Assistant at Royal
Academy
of Arts.
Deborah
Tritton (MLA-Archives)
Aged 31. Lives in Truro. Archive Services Manager for Historic Collections, Cornwall
County Council. Previously Archivist for Cornwall
Record Office and
Archive Development Officer at SWMLAC.
Julia
Twomlow (Arts
Council England-supported) Aged 37. Lives in
Penzance.
Until recently
was Centre Director for Acorn Theatre in Penzance. Now freelance
arts manager, including UK
representation/tour management for Polish trio 'Kroke'.
Erica
Whyman
(Arts Council England-supported) Aged 34. Lives in London. Artistic
Director of the Gate Theatre. Previously Artistic Director of
Southwark Playhouse, Associate Producer/Director of Tricycle Theatre
and Assistant Director for English Shakespeare Company and Oxford
Stage Company.
The
Clore Leadership Programme is an initiative of the Clore Duffield
Foundation and aims to help in cultivating a new generation of
cultural leaders for the UK. Fellows are selected annually, from the cultural sector or
beyond, to undertake a year-long programme of work, research, training
and secondment designed to develop the leadership skills and
experience of each individual. Fellows
have the option of remaining with their present employers, or of
receiving a full-time scholarship of £20,000.
The
major funding partners for the Programme include Arts Council England,
the DCMS, MLA (the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council), National
Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), Culture East
Midlands, together with East Midlands Development Agency, England's
North West Cultural Consortium, together with the North West
Development Agency, the King's Fund, Youth Music, the Paul Hamlyn
Foundation, the Arts and Humanities Research Board, and the Clore
Duffield Foundation. Direct associated costs, including tuition fess,
will be met by the programme.
Quotes:
"This
is a group of people of outstanding quality. It was a very hard
task selecting the final list of 27, but they bowled us over when we
interviewed them. I'm certain that the Clore Fellowship will give them
the skills, the experience and the confidence they need, to take on
senior leadership roles in the future."
Rt Hon Chris Smith, Director,
Clore Leadership Programme
"We
welcome the creation of the Clore Leadership Programme which is an
innovative and timely intervention by the Clore Duffield Foundation to
encourage and develop future leaders in the cultural sector. Chris
Smith's team have attracted high quality applicants from across the
arts sector. We have been delighted to have been involved in the
development of this programme and to have funded 6 Fellows."
Peter Hewitt, Chief
Executive,
Arts Council
England
"It
has been clear to those working in the cultural sector for some time
that the
UK
needs to grow more imaginative and diverse leaders for the future. We
believe that the Clore Leadership Programme is a step in the right
direction and an important complement to other interventions that are
taking place. We are pleased to be partnering them in a way that
assists us to meet our own priorities. We send best wishes to their
first group of Fellows."
Venu Dhupa, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
Fellowship Director
"I am delighted that Katrina Newell has been appointed to the
Fellowship supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. It is entirely in
keeping with our focus in
Northern
Ireland
that
the Fellow should have such a commitment to working with young people
and such a passion for the Arts."
Michael Hamlyn
"Youth
Music is delighted to be supporting three Clore Leadership Fellowships
in 2004-5. We want the placements to focus on reaching children
and young people who do not currently have access to music-making,
whilst ensuring that the musical experience is of the highest quality.
We look forward to seeing the progress of the three Youth Music
Fellows: Tom Andrews, Susanna Eastburn and Nii Sackey and to the
contribution the Clore Leadership Programme will have in strengthening
leadership across the whole of the arts sector."
Christina
Coker, Chief Executive, Youth Music
"Culture
East
Midlands
has
been delighted to support the Clore Leadership Fellowship Programme in
its first year. Louisa Milburn, the East Midlands Fellow, is an
exceptional and promising talent and, with the support of the tailored
training and development offered through the programme, I am confident
she will be an asset not only to the
East
Midlands
but
also to the cultural sector in the future."
Sukhy Johal, Executive
Director, Culture
East
Midlands
"The
Northwest Clore Fellowship, supported by Northwest Development Agency,
demonstrates the importance of developing our leadership talent.
Culture Northwest is delighted to be part of this national programme.
We have a strong commitment towards developing some of the most
innovative and high achieving individuals to be the leaders of the
future in the region's cultural sector."
Libby Raper, Director of
Culture Northwest
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