To celebrate International Women's Day on 8th March 2021, we're doing a series of feature interviews with pioneering and trailblazing women working in creative fields, who have a connection to Lancashire. First up is Lucia Haynes, a writer for television and radio.
A short documentary produced by Lancashire-based Northern Heart Films has won the Audience Award at the Hebden Bridge Film festival, where it had its first screening. The trailer of Joy Uncensored is now available to view.
New Designers returns this summer to showcase more than 3,000 of the brightest new creative minds working in contemporary design. 'One Year In' is their curated exhibition of work by design entrepreneurs in their first year of businesses. Applications are open until Sunday 28th February 2021.
Eden Project North is a new year-round attraction planned for Morecambe Bay that envisions a British seaside resort for the 21st Century. The Eden team are hosting monthly forums and online community conversations around the project. This is an opportunity to have your say and find out more.
Discover! Creative Careers Week is an online programme aimed at introducing students to different careers and workplaces across the creative industries. It takes place during National Careers Week 2021, running from 1st to 5th March 2021. If you are an employer or individual working in creative industries, find out how to get involved.
The Creative Step is Creative Lancashire's innovative online development programme, aimed at helping Lancashire-based creative business owners. We are currently recruiting for the next cohorts, which will take place throughout 2021. Find out more about the programme and the next cohort start date.
The theme of this year's Uclan's annual design conference is "Making Your Mark". You can watch a fantastic line up of guest speakers from 8th to 12th February 2021 via the links in this article.
From 18-21st of February 2021, The BFI Future Film Festival will be delivering masterclasses, talks, workshops, and a knockout film programme. For the very first time, the festival will be completely online and completely free.
The Creativity Exchange is a new platform and online community for teachers and creative practitioners to get inspired, offer support, share ideas, and help develop teaching for creativity across the curriculum.
A second round of Culture Recovery Fund grants, offering an additional £14million of support, is now open to independent cinemas in England whose businesses have been unavoidably interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The deadline for submissions is Monday 1st February 2021.
Creative & Cultural Skills have teamed up with The National Festival of Making to launch an industry-led student challenge. The Live Brief is designed to support students’ skills development across the combination of creative and business skills needed to thrive as a professional, whether freelance or employed.
Applications are now open for the second round of the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage, with a further £36 million available in grants to support heritage organisations across England survive the on-going impact of COVID-19 through April to June.
In recent months, Soap Media has received three highly regarded industry accolades from internationally recognised organisations. Clutch awarded them Top Global B2B Partner and included them in their Top 1000 global companies list. Soap was also nominated for the Drum Top 100, the most important index in the digital marketing industry.
The second edition of Handmade Interact, an Interactive Virtual Craft Fair, takes place from Tuesday 23 - Sunday 28 March 2021. This year the focus is on Women in Craft. Exhibitors interested in showcasing their work at the fair have until Friday 12th February to submit your application.
Lars Gotrich (NPR Music) plays tribute to Daniel Dumile, the influential and inspirational rapper and producer best known as MF DOOM, who died on Oct. 31, according to a message posted on his Instagram account by his wife, Jasmine Dumile on New Years Eve.
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