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Dateline: 19th September, 2006

Keynote speaker: Lord Smith of Finsbury

Wales Arts Review Panel Public Meeting

The Wales Arts Review Panel is inviting those with an interest in the Arts in Walsesto join them for a day of discussion and review of policy and strategy in international arts management on Friday, 29th September.

Speakers from around the world have been invited to come and present the ideas and methods of their home country. This day has been organised in line with the Review Panel’s remit from the Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport to investigate the funding of the arts in an international context. Attention will be given to the funding mechanisms as they exist in other countries, as well as to the relationship between the arts and government.

The Review Panel is pleased to be able to offer this opportunity for the public to attend and participate in this important and enlightening investigation and dialogue. The Review Panel welcomes feedback from all members of the community as government funding is provided on behalf of the people of Wales and they hope the day will be of interest to people from all sectors who have an interest in the arts.

Speakers and Topics

Keynote Speaker: The Right Honourable Lord Smith of Finsbury, Clore Leadership Programme

Chris Smith was the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 1997 to 2001. He is currently Chairman of the Wordsworth Trust, Chairman of the Donmar Warehouse, a member of the board of the National Theatre, Chairman of Classic FM's consumer panel, and is on the advisory council of the London Symphony Orchestra. He is a Visiting Professor in Culture and the Creative Industries at the University of the Arts London, an honorary Fellow of Pembroke College Cambridge, and Chair of the London Cultural Consortium. He was Chair of the Judges for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2004, and remained MP for Islington South and Finsbury until the 2005 election when he stepped down after 22 years.

The Clore Leadership programme is an initiative of the Clore Duffield Foundation. Its aim is to help train and develop a new generation of leaders for the cultural sector within the UK.

Catherine Brown-Watt, Executive Director Major Performing Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts

Ms Brown-Watt is the Director of the Major Performing Arts Board and was Manager of the Council’s Major Organisations Fund from its establishment in 1995. In 1999, she was seconded from the Council to act as Executive Officer for the Federal Government’s Major Performing Arts Inquiry – a ministerial inquiry into this sector.

Ben Hurkmans, Head of Culture, Dutch Embassy London

Mr Hurkmans has recently accepted the post of Head of Culture at the Dutch Embassy in London.

David Brew, Head of Cultural Policy Division, Scottish Executive

Mr Brew is a Senior Civil Servant in the Scottish Executive. He heads the Division responsible for culture within the Tourism, Culture & Sport Group and advises the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport on all aspects of cultural and language policy.

Neil Murray, Executive Director, National Theatre of Scotland

The creation of a National Theatre of Scotland was one of the commitments in the Scottish Executive's National Cultural Strategy. Now in its infancy, the National Theatre of Scotland (NToS) is a commissioning organisation and can commission existing theatres and theatre companies, or bring together directors, writers, designers and performers in new combinations to create productions that will play in theatres and other venues up and down the country.

Elan Closs Stephens, The Wales Arts Review Panel Chair

Professor Closs Stephens is Professor of Communications and Creative Industries at the University of Wales Aberystwyth where she has taught within both Drama and Television since 1975. She has been in turn a member of the Broadcasting Council for Wales of the BBC, a member of the S4C Authority and Director of the Thomson Compliance Unit on monitoring S4C. In 1998 she was appointed by DCMS to Chair S4C, a post which she held for eight years. During this time, she also served as Adviser on Restructuring the Arts Council of Wales. Professor Stephens has been a member of the Council of the National Library of Wales, a member and Vice-Chairman of the Welsh Language Board, a Governor of the University of Glamorgan and Chair of Chwarae Teg,a company devoted to the economic development of women.

She is currently Governor of the British Film Institute and Chair of its Audit and Governance, Chair of the Wales Advisory Council of the British Council and Trustee of the Bevan Foundation. She is an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College Carmarthen, a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, a Vice-President of the Cardiff Business Club and was awarded a CBE in 2001.

Topics

Keynote Address ~ The Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury, Clore Leadership Programme
Government and the Arts ~ Democratic Accountability and Artistic Freedom
Major Performing Arts ~ The Australian Model
Arts and Regional Regeneration
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