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As part of its remit, the Cultural
Transformation Board is exploring the
feasibility of developing a Kent bid, to
be European Capital of Culture 2023.
The Board is also driving the process for
the refresh of the Kent Cultural Strategy,
which will present a 10-year vision for
the development of arts and culture in
the county.
Collaboration
As a result of partnerships made at the
Transformation Board, Jasmin Vardimon
Company and Turner Contemporary
delivered a new cross artform work
which brought together contemporary
dance and visual art in an immersive
performance.
In response to increasing financial pressure, population growth and
opportunities afforded by advances in information technology, Kent
County Council brought together a number of cultural leaders and
wider stakeholders to form a Cultural Transformation Board to begin
to re-imagine the way that arts and culture are delivered in Kent.
arts organisations, Public Health, the
education sector, Arts Council England
and Historic England. An open invitation
to a wider annual stakeholder group
enables engagement from a wider
network of partners.
The Board is responsible for:
Strategic leadership
Decision making
Identifying and articulating
pressures and opportunities
for the sector
Agreeing collaborative responses
and delivery
Organising the gathering and collating
of quantitative and qualitative evidence
Exploring and piloting different business
models and funding opportunities
Communicating with the sector and
wider partners
The Board has identified and
prioritised six key strategic themes:
Cultural Commissioning
Cultural Education Challenge
Creative sector economic growth
Joint Programming, Artistic Quality
and Audience Development
Cultural Tourism
Heritage and Museums
The primary aim of the Board
is to
connect cultural organisations, creating
opportunities for them to engage with
each other and enabling collaboration
with key partners.
The Board agrees shared priorities and
identifies opportunities for using culture
to deliver positive outcomes with
partners from a range of sectors, in
particular public health and education.
Recently a dialogue has begun with
waste management to explore ways in
which cultural organisations can add
social value into new contracts.
The Board is also actively progressing
new business models to plan for
financial resilience and ensure that the
world-class activity and high profile of
the Kent cultural sector, which currently
supports economic growth, skills
development and community wellbeing
in the county, can continue to be
enjoyed well into the future.
Building a sound evidence base and
sharing data are priorities for the Board
to enable it to deliver positive messages
about the impact of culture and the
value of joint commissions and
cross-sector collaboration.
The Board is a small and flexible groupwith
a mandate as a decision-making body.
Membership is made up of key cultural
leaders and the County Council Culture
and Creative Economy Service Manager.
The Board is supported by a Specialist
Advisors Group with membership from
Kent Cultural
Transformation Board