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Finland’s Approach to Cultural Learning: An Education
How can arts and culture leaders advocate for the value and impact of cultural education in society? Lisa Broom, Cambridge Junction’s Creative Learning Manager went to Helsinki researching how Fins value art and culture within children and young people’s education; she shares ...
over 1 year ago
LGBT+ CHARITY CELEBRATES SILVER JUBILEE
The Kite Trust, the East of England's leading organisation for LGBT+ young people, is 25 years old in 2018. To celebrate, they are having a BIRTHDAY BASH at The Junction on Tuesday 20th February. All welcome! Headlining the Bash is Mock the Week's Zoe Lyons, with her "...inca...
over 1 year ago
CACL Declares Committment to The Equality Pledge
On Friday 7 July at a reception for the Big Weekend, Malavika Anderson gave a speech declaring Cambridge Arts and Cultural Leader’s commitment to the Equality Pledge. This is what she said: Thanks Elaine [Midgley]. Good evening everyone and many thanks to Cambridge Live for ...
over 1 year ago
CAN Conference Handover | 'Whose Culture Is It Anyway?' | action since the 2017 conference
Details of the 2018 CAN Conference will soon be announced and before then we we’d like to reflect on developments since last year’s conference, ‘Whose Culture is it Anyway?’. In 2017 we discussed the factors that impact on the ability of creative organisations to engage diver...
over 1 year ago
Youth Empowerment: an emerging LGBT+ drama group creates awareness
Drama practitioner, Mori Fernandez Plaschinski shares the aims and impact of a newly emergent drama group run by Kite Trust, Cambridge’s leading organisation for LGBT+ youth. Creating a positive platform for expression and developing self and wider awareness. The Kite Trust...
over 1 year ago
Community Focus: We Celebrate our City of Diversity
“Unity in Diversity” was the spirit of an event that showcased the talent and creativity within the membership of Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum (CECF). Eddie Stadnik, CEO of CECF shares the highlights of this successful event expressing the breadth of cultures living in Ca...
over 1 year ago
Diverse Actions: Ambitions for diversity and equality aligning with excellence and innovation
Daniel Brine has recently stepped down as Artistic Director & Chief Executive of Cambridge Junction to become the Director of Norfolk and Norwich Festival. Part Daniel’s legacy at the Junction is the establishment of a national initiative developing the representation of ...
over 1 year ago
Donizetti: Elisir D'Amore
It's with great joy that we would like to invite you to our 10th Anniversary celebration In occasion of the Italian opera by Donizetti: Elisir D'Amore at West Road Concert Hall, West Road, Cambridge, Saturday 24th February, 2018, at 7.45pm. Please come along earlier for dri...
over 1 year ago
Wysing Arts Exhibition Launch & End of Year Highlights Book
EXHIBITION LAUNCH, WYSING ARTS CENTRE 10 FEBRUARY, 6-8PM Join us to launch our first exhibition of 2018, more of an avalanche. This group exhibition presents new work produced at Wysing in 2017, alongside existing and historical work, that considers what it means to have sens...
over 1 year ago
City Council Arts Officer Contributes to Arts Professional 'How to...'
Cambridge City Council Arts Development Officer, Akua Obeng-Frimpong has recently contributed a piece in Arts Professional, sharing advice on how to gain support from your local council. When is it the right time to approach a council with your idea for an arts project? Click...
over 1 year ago