Links: South West Region

General

www.artsandhealthsouthwest.org.uk
Arts & Health South West
Networking and support organisation set up by people working in the Arts and Health sector in the South West region.

www.artsmatrix.org.uk
ArtsMatrix
A network of arts organisations that provide information, advice and guidance on skills development to arts practitioners across the South West of England

www.audiencessw.org
Audiences South West
Offer support, advice, consultancy, training and business development to cultural organisations, to build audiences and increase participation.

www.creativesouthwest.info
The Creative Enterprise Gateway
A new service for the creative industries, offering easy access to a wide variety of sources of information, advice and guidance.

www.creativeskills.org.uk
Creative Skills
Creative Skills provides professional development support for individual practitioners from creative industries in Cornwall. Full range of training, advice and support services described on this website.

www.crafts.org.uk
Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Includes an on-line directory of the work of Guild members, as well as information on membership and exhibitions at Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, Devon.

www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/publicartists
Gloucestershire County Council Register of Public Artists
Searchable database of artists working in the public realm.

www.artinlandscapes.org.uk
Natural Partners: Arts in the Protected Landscape
Designed to encourage those working in protected landscapes such as those in the South West to explore innovative ways of working in partnership with the arts.

Projects

www.theartofwellbeing.co.uk
The Art of Wellbeing
The arts have been part of the vision and process of developing Knowle West Health Park from its earliest days. The Art of Wellbeing project continues this work.

www.artcare.salisbury.nhs.uk
Artcare
ArtCare is the arts in health service for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. The website includes information on the ambitious 'New Art on Site' programme supporting the modernisation of Salisbury District Hospital.

www.artsforhealthcornwall.org.uk
Arts for Health Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Organisation dedicated to assist in the delivery of a more holistic healthcare service working with artists in health and social care settings.

www.bristollegiblecity.info
Bristol Legible City
Bristol Legible City is a unique concept to improve people’s understanding and experience of the city through the implementation of identity, information and transport projects integrated with artists’ work.

http://www.bsf-culture.co.uk/case_study.php?id=31
Bristol Building Schools for the Future
The BSF programme in Bristol has been using public art to engage pupils in the building process, with the support of Creative Partnerships.

www.ehca.org.uk
Exeter Health Care Arts
Well-designed site detailing key completed projects, forward plans and the services of the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust arts project. Includes a full evaluation report of the work of EHCA from its inception in 1992 to 1998.

www.forestofdean-sculpture.org.uk
Forest of Dean
Includes a location map with currently sited work on the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail, text and images on the artists and their works, What’s New section with details of new commissions, project background and a report on development and management issues.

www.leadingthewayarts.info
Leading the Way
Well designed site with full details of the programme of integrated public art commissions and residencies for the new Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.

www.movingonarts.info
Moving On
A three year programme of public art commissions enhancing new buildings and facilities in the Somerset and Avon Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

www.situations.org.uk
Situations
A two-year programme of activity investigating the significance of context in the commissioning and production of contemporary art works. It seeks to create a unique network of debates and projects, informing the ways in which art is commissioned and made. Situations is part of the place research centre at the University of the West of England, Bristol and is developed in association with partners such as Arnolfini and the University of Bristol.

www.swindonartscape.co.uk
Swindon Artscape
Describes the performing and public art work of the local authority in Swindon with details of current projects.

Commissioning Agencies

Foreground
(Tabitha Clayson & Simon Morrissey, Curators)
The Old Church School
Butts Hill
Frome
BA11 1HR
Tel: 01373 888187
e-mail: info@foregroundprojects.org.uk
www.foregroundprojects.org.uk

Ginkgo Projects Ltd
(Director Tom Littlewood)
St Judes Studio
Axbridge
Somerset BA26 2AF
Tel/Fax: 01934 733406
e-mail: tom@ginkgoprojects.co.uk
www.ginkgoprojects.co.uk

ProjectBase
(Director Sara Black)
The Old Grammar School
West Park Redruth
Cornwall
TR13 3AJ
Tel: 01209 315924
e-mail: info@projectbase.org.uk
www.projectbase.org.uk

Willis Newson Ltd
(Director Jane Willis)
10-12 Picton Street
Bristol BS6 5QA
Tel: 0117 924 7617
e-mail: info@willisnewson.co.uk
www.willisnewson.co.uk

Visit our full list of commissioning agencies and consultants who carry out work in the South West.

Design Professions

www.bristolarchitects.com
Bristol and Bath RIBA
Site for Bristol and Bath branch of RIBA. Includes a useful links page.

www.architecturecentre.co.uk
Architecture Centre Bristol
The website has been redesigned with an easy-to-use interface with well-organised archive pages. Contains information about current and previous exhibitions and events.

www.awsw.org.uk
Architecture South West
This new website, Architecture South West features events that celebrate contemporary architecture and take place during June 2008.

www.uwe.ac.uk/amd/lan2d/cusp/
CUSP – Creative Urban Space Projects
CUSP is a Bristol-based network of artists, architects, academics, planners and researchers who work together to explore the nature of social space and help develop culturally rich and sustainable forms of urban life. The site includes illustrated reports on projects.

http://www.acdandc.org.uk/
Architecture Centre Devon & Cornwall
The Architecture Centre Devon and Cornwall was established in June 2006 with support from CABE - The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and Creating Excellence, the regional centre for sustainable communities, to promote quality in the design of the built environment. Their website was launched in November 2007.

www.ribawessex.com
RIBA Wessex
Information on architect members and the programme of RIBA Wessex.

Regeneration

www.creatingexcellence.org.uk
Creating Excellence
Information on all aspects of regeneration - health, education, sustainability, business, employment, crime - plus a good links section and networking opportunities from Creating Excellence, the South West's Regeneration Centre.