Good luck with the Music City status bid Sunderland!! 🤞🏻ACE North Sunderland Culture Sunderland.City North East Combined Authority

Useful meeting today with our NEUniversities group bringing together the 5 NE unis to share knowledge on delivering cultural programmes, education & research and a focus on cultural skills and measuring the impacts of culture funding for communities #case4culture North East Combined Authority

Fantastic recognition of world class museums in County Durham Beamish Museum The Bowes Museum #durham North East Combined Authority ACE North Historic England North East #Case4Culture

Brilliant night for the north east at Museums + Heritage Show & Awards Awards with Beamish Museum and The Bowes Museum winning big awards! NECulture North East Combined Authority

Cheryl Gavin Helix Arts is one of the region’s champions for Creative Health. She recently spoke at our Creative Health event and is one of the leaders at 'Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance: Exploring Quality in Creative Health' on 12 June. Book now: bit.ly/3UC92EK

New research exclusively seen by Channel 4 News shows just 1 in 12 creatives working in TV and Film in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are from working class backgrounds.

Actor Samira Ahmed says her experience of drama school made her realise 'you need connections'.

The 16th edition of The Late Shows promises an embarrassment of free, after hours riches across Tyneside. @DavidjWhetstone hears about some very special commissions theqt.online/late-shows-art…

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The Late Shows are back this weekend - a great way to explore fantastic culture venues and discover new arts and heritage The Late Shows TWAM Museums North East Combined Authority #Newcastle #Gateshead #Case4Culture

New article from me on culture and #devolution in the 20th anniversary issue of Progressive Review 👌🏻 IPPR

The North East has grown a great network of local culture partnerships over the last decade - Sunderland Culture is one of the best - a great opportunity here for a new Chief Exec👍. @NorthEastCA ACE North Sunderland Culture Sunderland.City
Durham Culture County #Case4Culture

Important report here from Community Foundation highlighting the vital role of cultural engagement and participation for our North East communities ACE North Historic England North East Combined Authority #Case4Culture

The view from the bus on my way to my next meeting. Meanwhile up pops news that Kim McGuinness is elected Mayor for the North East. Congratulations Kim! Here’s to a new era for this brilliant region & its people. If we all work together, we can make great things happen.

Fantastic appointment! ACE North Rebecca Ball

We’re pleased to announce that Rebecca Ball, currently Chief Executive Sunderland Culture, will join us as our new Area Director, North, in August. Rebecca takes over from Sarah Maxfield who has been a huge advocate for culture for 14 years at the Arts Council and we wish her well.

“We’re looking forward to working with Kim McGuinness. We believe devolution offers fantastic opportunities for our arts & heritage sectors to grow & engage more people across the region.” Jane Robinson, NECP Co-chair Pro-Vice Chancellor, Engagement & Place, Newcastle University

The Silver Swan is back in the The Bowes Museum picture galleries so more people can experience her daily 2 p.m. playing. Thanks to all who supported her restoration to working order. It feels appropriate she's sitting in front of paintings of canals in Venice! 1/2
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As part of our ongoing North East Case for Culture work, we recently convened a meeting of child health, education & culture colleagues who have an experienced overview of the sector, their recommendations are now available on our website.

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So much potential to grow the economic scale of our arts and heritage organisations and freelancers across the North East #NEDevo North East Combined Authority ACE North Historic England North East #Case4Cukture

'The opportunities are kind of endless in the North East. It's teeming with new projects and activities right now, and I think our opportunities are manifold.' Anand Bhatt on the arts and culture sector in the North East as we head into #Devolution . #CaseForCulture Anand Bhatt

'By devolving authority to the region, it means the region can make choices about what it finds is important, to its economy, to its citizens, to the health & wellbeing of people in our region.' Kate Denby Northern Stage, on the opportunities of North East Devolution.