Peterborough Creative City

The journey of a creative city

• A programme of high quality arts events and programme • to raise the creative profile of Peterborough

• A talented city with a growing creative economy • Supporting talent & growing creative industries

• How communities are activated, • participating and contributing to the cultural life of the city• Legacy of Citizen Power programme and participatory arts projects

• Culturally networked• Engaging with communities and growing potential audiences• harness our cultural assets in ways that maximise their contribution to

growth

• Working towards the development of new cultural infrastructure

The developing role of Vivacity

• Generate a clear vision for the arts in Peterborough• Strengthen the cultural and creative product in our venues• Support the development of arts activity across Peterborough• Create the strategic framework to implement change• Developing partnerships • Enable and broker new opportunities• Resource and investment alignment• Expertise• Communication and advocacy

Peterborough BOP 2008 Cultural Gap Analysis

1. Need to develop local arts economy and support community

2. Need to improve current cultural asset base3. Need to capitalise on the opportunity to create a

new flagship arts development

Principles for development: Connectivity• Thread together the key sites

and venues, linking Peterborough’s cultural assets and maximising their value as a complete offer

Peterborough Cultural Cross

Principles for development: Partnership

• Need for a solution that leverages high quality work to achieve local benefits

• Increase density of numbers

• ‘One stop from’ idea to source external partners and audiences

Two stops – one hour +

One stop –Around one hour train time

King’s Cross St Pancras

NorwichLeicester

Leeds

Nottingham

Peterborough Cambridge

Paris / Brussels

Southbank Arts ShedPrinciples for development: Boldness

• Raise the profile of Peterborough; and raise the profile of the arts in Peterborough

• New, distinctive, high profile, and nationally/internationally recognised

• Link to the international connections of Peterborough’s diverse population and ‘environment city’

Dortmunder U

La Machine - Nantes

Twin Track Approach1. Continuing to strengthen artistic product and capacity

• Developing Peterborough Arts Festival• Creative collaborations• Relationship with Arts Council England

2. Catalyse Growth – South Bank Arts Shed• Develop programme to Creative People and Places • Chauffeur’s Cottage – introducing Metal to Peterborough• Maximising the collaboration with NPO’s e.g. Eastern Angles

– Forty Years on Project – connections back to place and history• Business case development and feasibility study

Consensus and partnership development

2. Next Steps cont - Creative People & Places£37 million national fund to establish around 15 projects The purpose of this programme is to create 15 action research partnerships to deliver these outcomes:

1. More people from places of least engagement experience and are inspired by the arts.

2. An increase in the range of people regularly engaging in the arts.3. A demonstrable increase in high-quality arts offer for people in

places of least engagement. 4. Sustainable projects and programmes that support the arts and

cultural sector to continue to increase reach and improve engagement.

Timetable Creative People and Places

22nd Feb → • Desktop research & development, identification of stakeholders & communities (ongoing)

9th March21st March

• Creative People and Places conversations: Views of communities, arts orgs & artists, key stakeholders.

14th March • Write-up of workshop2nd April • Outline of Creative People and Places EOI

• Identify early partners ongoing13th April • EOI submitted to Arts Council England

• Peterborough notified in June

20th Jun → • Arts Council England selection and interview process

August • Notification of decision from Arts Council England

Sept → • Phase 1 – Identifying partners• Developing partnership and early delivery

31st Oct • Action Plan produced for Arts Council EnglandMarch 2013 • Full business plan produced

Next Steps today and beyond

• Our ambition for the arts in Peterborough should be bold; Peterborough’s local communities, businesses and visitors should not be deprived of the unique and wide-ranging benefits of the arts

• Common issues easy to identify – what we need today is progress on solutions and priorities

• How will my contribution be used?• How will the broader arts agenda be developed?