Regional Projects and Events
'Bye for now from Kaleido ArtsSadly, as many of our supporters will know, the office of Kaleido Arts closes on March 31st 2010.The Kaleido Arts Board felt that they had no option but to close the office down because the Arts Council decided to cut Kaleido Arts' funding. If you want to know what the Board think about this look at this cartoon.* There's some good news, however, for the Kaleido Arts website. In recognition of the value of the content on the website the British Library are archiving the site on the UK Web Archive. And for Kaleido Arts, the company and charity, the story doesn't end here. We're reshaping ourselves into a society for disabled and Deaf artists and recruiting volunteers to regularly contact the 1000 people on our databases to offer information, support and other services. If you want to help, or just keep in touch, let us know at info@kaleidoarts.org. If you're already on our database don't worry, we'll be back in touch once we've re-organised. In the meantime we've contacted all the artists in touch with us and referred them, if they wished, to other disability arts organisations across England. Below is a list of these organisations, as well as information about some useful websites for artists, in case you want to sign up to other ebulletins to replace ours. Dada SouthOffice Suite G14, Springfield House, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 2LPTelephone/Fax: 01622 685 694 Email: info@dada-south.org.uk Text: 07841 476 954 Facebook: www.facebook.com/Dada-South Twitter: twitter.com/DadaSouth Website: www.dada-south.org.uk Shape LondonDeane House Studios, 27 Greenwood Place, London, NW5 1LBTelephone: 0845 521 3457 Minicom: 020 7424 736 Website: www.shapearts.org.uk Link Up Arts, if you live near SalisburySalisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, Salisbury, SP1 3UTEmail: linkuparts@salisburyarts.co.uk Telephone: 01722 343 020 Website: www.salisburyartscentre.co.uk Other helpful websites - many with e bulletins you can sign up for Disability Arts Online Disability Cultural Projects Equality South West Arts Hub Arts Matrix (now taken over by Plymouth College of Arts and Design) You can also read our press release about the office closure using this link if you want to know more. If you want to see some of the TV and press coverage about the Arts Council decision to cut our funding take a look here at this ITV West Country news item. If you are already a member, our Facebook page will still be active. Click on the link here to visit the Kaleido Arts page on Facebook. And good luck and best wishes to all the artists we know!*and thanks to Crippen for the cartoon. |