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Dateline: 7th June, 2004 Gate Director Gets Fellowship Award The Clore Leadership Programme, a new initiative of the Clore Duffield Foundation to strengthen leadership across the arts, announced its first ever group of 27 Clore Leadership Fellows at the Royal Society of the Arts. Among them was Erica Whyman, artistic director of the London fringe Gate Theatre. The announcement was made by the Director of the Clore Leadership Programme, the Rt Hon Chris Smith MP, and its patron, Dame Vivien Duffield, on the day of a special conference entitled Leadership in Culture at the Royal Society of the Arts and the Courtauld Institute. The full details of the Fellowships are as follows: Anwar Akhtar (NESTA-supported) Aged 35. Lives in London. Project Director for The Rich Mix Cultural Foundation, a new arts and cultural centre located in London's East End. Previously Senior Officer in the Culture Team at the Greater London Authority, Projects Officer for Arts Council England and Project Director for The Republic Sheffield, a commercial music venue. Tom Andrews (Youth Music) Aged 34. Lives in Canterbury. Chief Executive (and Founder) of Music for Change, which works with music educators from Africa, the Caribbean and Asia, and provides interactive workshops and performances, community projects and information. Previously Production/Press Officer for World Music Network. Maria Balshaw (Creative Partnerships) Aged 34. Lives in Birmingham. Creative Director, CP Birmingham. Previously Research Fellow, University of Birmingham and Lecturer in Cultural Studies, University College Northampton. Colin Bell (Clore Duffield Foundation-supported) Aged 51. Lives in London. Until recently was Acting Chief Executive of Crystalcastle. Previously Managing Director of Elton John Management, Managing Director of London Records, Head of Press for Polygram Records and Manager of Tom Robinson. Mark Dusseault (Self-funded) Aged 39. Lives in British Columbia. Publicist for the Belfry Theatre., Victoria. Previously producer of a national community theatre festival and Communications Assistant for Alberta Theatre Projects. Susanna Eastburn (Youth Music) Aged 35. Lives in Huddersfield. Artistic Director of Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Previously International Promotions Manager for Chester Music Ltd/Novello & Co Ltd. Ciara Eastell (MLA-Libraries) Aged 33. Lives in Taunton. Principal Assistant County Librarian for Somerset County Council. Previously Service and Financial Planning Manager for Cambridgeshire Libraries; Co-East Regional Manager and Librarian for Gateshead Libraries. Stephen Escritt (Clore Duffield Foundation-supported) Aged 32. Lives in London. Executive Director for Carlton Hobbs Ltd, a privately owned antiques company, and freelance author. Previously journalist and lecturer. Teo Greenstreet (ACE-supported) Aged 39. Lives in London. Chief executive of The Circus Space. Previously Circus Development Manager for Greater London Arts and performer with Bamboozle and The Leadmill Circus. Eleanor Maxwell (NESTA-supported) Aged 27. Lives in London. Founder and Director of Firefly Youth Project which works in Scotland and Bosnia to combat social division and inequality through the arts and informal education. Nicholas Merriman (MLA-Museums) Aged 43. Lives in London. Curator of Museums and Collections, University College London. Previously Head of Early London History and Collections at Museum of London and Curator at Ely Museum. Keith Merrin (Clore Duffield Foundation-supported) Aged 34. Lives in Newcastle upon Tyne. Director of Bede's World, museum on site of 7th century monastery. Previously Director of Operations for the Royal Society for Nature Conservation, Head of Marketing for Kent Wildlife Trust and Marketing Manager for Northumberland Wildlife Trust. Louisa Milburn (East Midlands) Aged 31. Lives in Derby. Education Manager of ViVA: the Orchestra of the East Midlands. Previously Education Manager for New Music Manchester and Development Officer for the Octagon Theatre, Bolton. Andrew Missingham (Clore Duffield Foundation-supported) Aged 37. Lives in London. Director of the hub, which offers consultancy, creative production and fundraising, mainly in music but also contemporary dance and spoken word events. Andrew has also worked as a musician/record producer, lecturer, projects manager for the British Council and Director of Performing Arts at the ICA. Katrina Newell (Paul Hamlyn Foundation) Aged 26. Lives in Co. Down. Youth Arts Co-ordinator for New Lodge Arts Project/Ashton Community Trust in North Belfast, which takes an integrated approach to youth development through the arts with marginalised young people aged 11 to 25 years. Eddie Nixon (ACE-supported) Aged 33. Lives in London. Freelance dancer/performer with New Adventures, the National Theatre, The Featherstonehaughs and DV8 Physical Theatre. Has worked as Rehearsal Director, choreographer and temporary Programme Manager at Dance UK. Matthew Peacock (NESTA-supported) Aged 32. Lives in London. Executive Director (and founder) of Streetwise Opera, which enables and encourages homeless people through participation in professional music-making. Previously Director of Marketing and Education for Opera Boston in USA, Assistant Editor of Opera Magazine and Key Worker for The Passage Nightshelter. Gavin Reid (England's Northwest) Aged 37. Lives in Stockport. General Manager of Manchester Camerata. Previously Principal Trumpet and Education Co-ordinator. Jacqueline Riding (DCMS-supported) Aged 37. Lives in London. Museum Director of Handel House Museum. Previously Assistant Curator of the Palace of Westminster and Assistant Registrar at Tate. Sara Robinson (ACE-supported) Aged 35. Lives in Ludlow. Director of Ludlow Assembly Rooms, a rural Arts and Community Centre. Previously freelance Arts Project Director for Yorkshire Youth Music, Kirklees Cultural Services, the Orange Darlington Festival and Bradford LEA Early Years. Axel Ruger (Clore Duffield Foundation-supported) Aged 36. Lives in London. Curator of Dutch Paintings for the National Gallery. Previously Administrator at Sotheby's, Berlin, administrative assistant at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study and curatorial intern in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Nii Sackey (Youth Music) Aged 26. Lives in London. Director and Founder of Bigga Fish, which provides youth education through music, multimedia and entertainment. Moira Sinclair (King's Fund Arts & Health) Aged 40. Lives in Berkhamsted. Director of Vital Arts, which delivers integrated arts projects for patients, staff and the wider community at Barts and The London NHS Trust. Previously Community Leisure Manager at South Bedfordshire District Council, General Manager of Green Candle Dance Company, and held various management posts at Blackheath Concert Halls, Tricycle Theatre and Soho Theatre. Kathleen Soriano (Clore Duffield Foundation-supported) Aged 40. Lives in London. Head of Exhibitions and Collections Management at National Portrait Gallery. Previously Education/Exhibition Assistant at Royal Academy of Arts. Deborah Tritton (MLA-Archives) Aged 31. Lives in Truro. Archive Services Manager for Historic Collections, Cornwall County Council. Previously Archivist for Cornwall Record Office and Project Archivist for Guinness Archives. Julia Twomlow (ACE-supported) Aged 37. Lives in Penzance. Until recently was Centre Director for Acorn Theatre in Penzance. Now freelance arts manager, including UK representation/tour management for Polish trio 'Kroke'. Erica Whyman (ACE-supported) Aged 34. Lives in London. Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre. Previously Artistic Director of Southwark Playhouse, Associate Producer/Director of Tricycle Theatre and Assistant Director for English Shakespeare Company and Oxford Stage Company. The Clore Leadership Programme is an initiative of the Clore Duffield Foundation and aims to help in cultivating a new generation of cultural leaders for the UK. Fellows are selected annually, from the cultural sector or beyond, to undertake a yearlong programme of work, research, training and secondment designed to develop the leadership skills and experience of each individual. Fellows have the option of remaining with their present employers, or of receiving a full-time scholarship of £20,000. The major funding partners for the Programme include Arts Council England, the DCMS, MLA (the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council), NESTA and the Clore Duffield Foundation. Direct associated costs, including tuition fess, will be met by the programme. For more details of the Fellowships, see www.cloreleadership.org Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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