the hub is a dynamic and entrepreneurial arts and creative enterprise development practice. Our ‘think and do tank’ model brings together a team of highly skilled, industry savvy consultants, researchers, producers and trainers.
Our mission is to develop new thinking and practice in the arts; to create and work on projects that excite us; to enable others to better meet their potential, and to share our knowledge to improve our cultural landscape. Find out more…
In the third podcast, Deirdre Melvin discovers the artists reactions to the local audiences they encountered in Mangalia in Romania, a sleepy seaside town in the grip of Euro 2008 Championships and Mayoral Election Campaign fever. Dogus Bitecik is amazed how the dance piece Monday in the Sun “transformed” the young local football fans […]
READ MOREFor the second SEAS podcast Deirdre Melvin tells the story of the SEAS events in Bulgaria – Varna and Balchik. Venelin Shurelov describes the inspiration behind the Fantomat installation. Dave Parkin and Tom Adams from Metro-Boulot-Dodo discuss the highs and lows of their tour diet (sizzling meat platters and buckwheat porridge). Hear about […]
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After ploughing through some eighty-odd proposals, we’re really pleased to announce that we’ve commissioned Jean Binta Breeze, Aoife Mannix & Janie Armour, Andy Craven-Griffiths and Mark Grist & MC Mixy to create new material especially for the Phrased & Confused festival stage at Summer Sundae Weekender 8th-10th August 2008.
Visit www.phrasedandconfused.co.uk to find all details.
The first of three Black/North SEAS podcasts, produced by the hub, brings to life the tour’s opening week in Odessa. Wunderbaum’s Dutch take on Manchester United, the wonderful Fantomat installation which stopped the city in its tracks, altercations with the authorities. Listen here:
(warning: contains strong language)
READ MOREEarlier this year the hub was commissioned by Sound Connections to deliver a podcast training project for young disabled musicians and producers. Over the course of five half day workshops we worked with the participants to develop their recording and production skills and to devise and record content for their own podcast. We also invited […]
READ MOREWe work with a wide range of clients from small independent businesses to national organisations such as AIM, ACE and more. These are some of our most recent projects:
the hub ran the UK’s biggest ever survey of professional musicians and music students. Nearly three thousand took part in our Musicians…Have Your Say survey, which was commissioned by the Musicians Benevolent Fund.
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the hub was working with the internationally renowned music venue, The Stables, to help with the opening of its new small scale performance space, called Stage 2, in September 2007.
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The new Regional Economic Strategy for Yorkshire and Humber 2006 – 2015 gives significant prominence to creative industries. In response to this, Yorkshire Forward and Arts Council England Yorkshire commissioned the hub in 2006 to investigate the possibility for structured support for the music industry in the region.
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the hub developed the business planning series ‘Sustain to Gain’ for the Creative Industries Development Agency
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