Our Activities

Future Arts Centres is a network enabling peer-support for leaders of UK arts centres.

 

We also deliver a range of consultancy, advocacy, major projects and ongoing activities to further develop the work of arts centres or to share expertise beyond the sector.

Creative enterprises

Arts centres as creative enterprises In early 2024, a small group of FAC members met six times to interrogate the […]

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Upcoming dates

Upcoming opportunities and events available to any Future Arts Centres member include: Creative Enterprise A series of online discussions […]

PEOPLE’S PLAN FOR NATURE

We were delighted to work with the World Wildlife Fund, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the National Trust to support the People’s Plan for Nature – the biggest ever conversation about the future of nature in the UK.

Here and Now

Here and Now was a national and local celebration of culture within communities. 40 new projects took place in and around 40 arts centres across the country throughout 2020, led by artists and co-created with local people.

Global-Vision

Future Arts Centres’ Global-Vision project set out to explore how arts centres could work internationally, to find ways of working that retained our connections to our local communities whilst at the same time, benefited from international ideas, resources and networks.

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National Members’ Meetings

National Members’ Meetings take place three times a year and are an informal, discursive opportunity for leaders of arts centres […]

Advocacy and communication

Championing the role of arts centres in the wider social and cultural landscape is a key priority for Future Arts Centres.