Local Arts Cash Boost
Arts Council England has announced its 2023 to 2025 investment commitments, which include eight organisations in East Sussex who will receive a total of £8.3 million – a 25% increase for the county since the last spending round.
The organisations to benefit from this investment are:
• Project Art Works in Hastings
• Hastings Contemporary
• De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill
• Glyndebourne
• Towner Eastbourne, which is hosting the Turner Prize in 2023
• Hastings-based Home Live Art
• Devonshire Collective in Eastbourne
• Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Devonshire Collective and Hastings Museum and Art Gallery are the newest East Sussex organisations to secure a three-year funding arrangement.
The successful organisations have gone through a rigorous application process in which they had to provide a detailed three-year business plan. They then presented ideas on how they will work with their local community; how they will uphold diversity and inclusion; how they will adopt or improve their environmentally responsible practices; and how they have and will maintain excellent standards in programming.
Although Arts Council England does endeavour to be less London-centric in its spending and provide more support for regional arts initiatives, the reality is, much of its money still goes to larger and already successful arts organisations.
Cllr Rupert Simmons, East Sussex County Council’s lead member for economy emphasised: “East Sussex County Council champions all of the cultural sector through the East Sussex Cultural Strategy and Culture East Sussex and values all the organisations in the county that add to our quality of life, support our physical and mental wellbeing, give marginalised communities a voice, protect and celebrate our heritage and help to contribute to our visitor economy.”
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