CLOA Executive Committee Meeting Presentation by Paul Anderson MBE, CEO
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Transcript of CLOA Executive Committee Meeting Presentation by Paul Anderson MBE, CEO
CLOA Executive Committee Meeting
Presentation by Paul Anderson MBE, CEO
UK Centre for Carnival Arts
UK Centre for Carnival Arts
Outcomes
•Leave with knowledge and a positive vision of carnival and its potential for communities
•Enable more expressions of interest in the National Archive Project – rolling out 2013
•Hold more activities at our centre in the future
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Where the vision began…
Labour force constraints
Potentially depressing impactof lack of identity anddownmarket image
Lack of dynamismin local economy
Poor retail status andother service deficiencies
Relatively poorer quality and availability of
employment land
Low innovation orhigh technology
presence
Low inwardinvestment
Poor industrialstructure
Slower growth ofall or most sectors
Shortcomings inCommunication infrastructure
“Enterprise & Culture in
Luton & Beds”
File closed!
“Enterprise & Culture in
Luton & Beds”
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Our Vision
The renaissance of our town and region driven by the unstoppable,
creative and inclusive force of carnival arts
Carnivalinspiration into aspiration
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The UKCCA Story People
Passion
Possibilities
Partnerships
Our Mission1. To increase the skills, knowledge and
expertise of carnival practitioners and artists
2. To preserve carnival arts’ culturally diverse traditions, artists and communities
3. To create a welcoming, inclusive and creative space as a unique home for carnival arts and its participants
4. To develop and manage a sustainable organisation
5. To nurture, develop and sustain carnival related businesses and industry
6. To take a lead in building partnerships, initiatives and awareness of carnival arts as a tool for change, tourism and regeneration.
7. To co-produce a world class carnival event to act as a showcase for the watering and flowering of the UK carnival scene
8. To develop new audiences and participants
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A topology of UK carnival communities
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How the public view Carnival Source – UKCCA Audience Research
First Luton Carnival 1976Late May Bank Holiday - great time to link with schoolsOpens UK’s National carnival seasonUK’s biggest one day Carnival150,000 visitors60+ Carnival groups participate each year19 are locally created - schools, community groups and Carnival bands9 reputable carnival bands take part each year3.4 million economic impactUKCCA Mas Camp and works with school and community groups participating in Carnival
AimLIC showcases carnival excellence to raise carnival’s statusLIC assists artists to tour work in national carnival townsShowcasing best practice
Luton International carnival
The Luton Carnival Arts Development Trust (LCADT), now called The UK Centre for Carnival Arts (UKCCA) was set up in 1998 as an independent body to:
• Sustain carnival activities beyond the one day event
• Use regeneration funds to develop carnival arts and position the town via a national centre
• Present carnival as a way to promote social inclusion and bring people together
•Support educational achievement – aiding failing schools
• Improve the quality and content of Luton Carnival
• Increase participation in the parade – from 1000 - 2000
• Build a centre for carnival arts – now opened since May 2009
•Show case of international arts from the many worlds of carnival
•UK may not be known for carnival but realised its best placed to develop the art form and its professional practice
Our mission is to ‘raise the status of carnival arts to that enjoyed by other art forms
History of UKCCA
Multi Purposed Carnival CentreBuilding was opened in May 2009 and now houses:
Our 30 strong team
National Carnival Archive - funded by HLF
Home to LAM - 9 touring costume bands
Key features of the building include:
• Mas camp large scale space (costume making facilities) • Welding and casting area & Wet room• Meeting/seminar/lecture rooms • Band rehearsal space• Theatre/concert facilities•Child care Facility• Bar/Café• Street market/trading facilities• Year round creative team, commercial team and administration centre
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UKCCA Annual Revenue Income (£K)2002-2013
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UKCCA typically raises 70% of income from grants, 20% from ticket sales and hires and 10% from sponsors and overheads.
Finances
Launch Year - May 2009
The UKCCA TeamUKCCA Staff Structure – September 2012
Chief Executive
Officer
PA
Head of Finance & Resources
Business & Centre
Manager
Creative Director
Marketing Consultant
Admin CPD
Development Officer
Marketing & Events Officer
Bar Staff, Stewards,
Casual DM, Porters
Centre Bookings (.5)
Head Duty Technical Manager
Venue Host & Office Manager
Finance Assistant
Digital Archivist (.5)
Archive Project
Manager
Learning & Outreach Officer X4
(.5)
Archive Coordinator
X4 (.5)
Web Editor (.5)
Marketing Assistant
3 Learning & Outreach Officers & 3 Archive Coordinators are based at our 3
partner sites
Creative Learning
Consultant
Our two teams (commercial and artistic) programme activities across two broad seasons:
Educational season (Sept to May) community workshops, development and outreach, courses, conferences, seminars, school visits
Carnival season (Lent to Sept) - master classes, showcases, events and developmental programmes and summer scheme linked to carnivals
Centre’s Capacity
Venue - holds 1,200 people inside and outside made up of:Class rooms - hold 30 each = 90Bar/ Café = 95Workshop =15Café/ bar, outside and Mas camp space = 1,000
Comprehensive facilities team in place to manage buildings for both commercial and community programming.
Growing commercial arm - developing commercial ‘product’ to be sold.
Our Programming Rationale
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Making the vision happen
Town wide& regional
Regeneration
Environmentalsustainability
Culturalcohesion
Tourism&
LIC
Sustainableresources
CrimeDiversionary
work
BusinessDevelopment
& InwardInvestment
InnovativeEducational
Programmes
Developing Employable
skills
Carnival &
UKCCA
Who are UKCCA’s key partners?LocalUniversity of Luton, Luton Borough Council, Barnfield College, local schools, Chamber of Commerce, the voluntary sector, small businesses and carnival community
RegionalCarnival networks, Small businesses, North Herts college, regional arts organisations
NationalArts Council England, Heritage Lottery Fund, LOCOG, London College of fashion, University of the Arts
InternationalBrazil (Rio) culture team, University of the West Indies, NCBA, Pan Trinbago and international exchange partners in Hamburg, Denmark
We have funding to present talent already within our UK shores but we finding it increasingly difficult to present work from international carnival communities to support our projects, so UKCCA welcomes a two way relationship With Partnership Organisations linking artists to our:
September - May
•Master Classes, Workshops & Learning programmes
•Positioning artists in our range of learning projects and partnerships
•Our and partners Conferences, Discussions & Seminars
•Schools, community and outreach programmes
Lent to September
•Performing artists in our events linked to touring venues and carnival network
•Large scale performances, band presentations and showcases linking with UK carnival touring possibilities
•Engage in exchange programmes were UK artists visit carnival destinations to develop
•UK’s artists learning carnival skills from host country carnival through:
•Assisting our adoption of carnival world hertiage
Collaboration possibilities...
Thanks for Listening
All of We is One!!