Creative Leicestershire July ebulletin

The Creative Leicestershire July ebulletin is out now. With lots of information and opportunities for people working in the arts and creative industries in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

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Local artists and musicians to benefit from the opening of a new creative hub in Leicester City Centre

Former Creative Leicestershire Bursary Winners, LCMP will be opening a new creative space in the City centre:

Local artists and musicians are set to benefit from a new creative space opening in the city centre, combining art exhibitions, recording facilities, business support services and much more.

The creative hub, known as “HQ”, is located at 38 Charles Street in Leicester City Centre, having taken over the premises formerly occupied by 5HQ (former home of the Formation Record label). The venue contains high quality recording studio facilities, workshop areas, gallery and exhibition space, art supplies, event tickets and much more.

HQ is being run and managed by LCMP (Leicester Community Music Project), a social enterprise who work with local artists and musicians to nurture and develop their talents. The group received a grant of £5,000 through “CaSE-da”, the local Co-operative Development Agency, towards the cost of renovating the building.

HQ will enable LCMP to continue Leicester’s proud history of supporting the local music scene through providing a place for musicians to record their music and provide the opportunity to work closely with mentors to develop their skills and confidence. Later in the year there will also be the opportunity to take part in apprenticeship schemes to gain formal qualifications and work experience opportunities.

The grand opening of HQ will take place on Friday 6th July from 3pm until 8pm and is open to anyone to attend. The event will feature guided tours of the recording studio facilities with performers and producers showcasing their recent projects. As the building is famed for being an integral part of the early rave scene, an art exhibition entitled “Rave Culture”, featuring works from local artists will also be on display in the gallery space.

Yasin El Ashrafi, Chairman of LCMP, said: “We are delighted to be formally opening HQ – the building has a long-standing reputation for being a meeting point for local urban musicians, we hope to uphold and build on this. A lot of hard work has gone into transforming the building which will enable us to continue our work with emerging local talent.”

An afterparty, in conjunction with FORTRAN Records, will be taking place at The Music Café just off Braunstone Gate from 10pm – 4am.

For more information please contact Yasin on 07835243805/0116 3196063 or email lcmpcic@hotmail.com

Making a Living: Sharing Experiences - Hinckley

Unfortunately we have had to cancel our Making a Living event on Tuesday 3 July at the Atkins Building. We will be rescheduling the event for Autumn, if you wish to be kept informed of when the new date will be please keep reading our ebulletin and subscribe if you have not already.

Wellbeing Wednesdays - A Celebration of Arts and Wellbeing 2012

Throughout the month of October Leicestershire County will be celebrating Wellbeing Wednesdays, a month of events, on each of the five wednesdays, to help celebrate and champion the many ways within which culture and the arts contribute to our collective and individual wellbeing - and arts and cultural practitioners are being invited to join in!

Leicestershire County Council will lead on delivering this celebration, in partnership with NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland and Big Difference Company.

This partnership is looking to hear from anyone with an interest in supporting this celebration. hosting events, sharing information about their work etc.

To let us know about your cultural activity, how it could fit in to the celebrations, please contact:


Lucia Masundire
Leicestershire County Council
Arts & Creative Industries Officer
T: 0116 305 4119
Email: Lucia.Masundire@leics.gov.uk

Please get in touch by Monday 6 August

Creative Leicestershire April ebulletin

The Creative Leicestershire April ebulletin is out now!!

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Get mentored! Creative Leicestershire's mentoring scheme

Creative Leicestershire are looking for 10 individuals, at any stage in their career, who are interested in working with a mentor over a six month period in 2012 to support their professional development.

To apply you must be;

• based in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland; 
• over 18 years old;
• currently working professionally full or part-time in the arts sector (either as an artist/creative or arts administrator/manager). 

You may apply with a mentor in mind, or ask us to help you find one. We will expect you to work up a development plan for yourself and we will give you £500 towards carrying out the plan.

Download the application information here. If you have any questions email lucia.masundire@leics.gov.uk

Deadline for applications is Monday 30 April 2012.

Wistow Gallery is Now Open

Wistow Gallery, is a new independent gallery at Wistow Rural Centre in the beautiful south Leicestershire countryside.


Run by Kate Foster, the gallery opened in March 2012 and showcases the best contemporary craft, art and design from the county. They have sourced an exciting, constantly changing and affordable range of ceramics, glass, jewellery, prints, paintings, wood, cards and paper crafts, textiles and much more, all created uniquely by very talented artists from Leicestershire and Rutland.

So if you are looking for a gift, a unique souvenir of your visit to Leicestershire, or something new for your own collection, come and see what some of the best makers, designers and artists in the region have to offer…

Kate is a Furniture Design graduate who lives with her husband and two daughters in Kibworth near Wistow. In the year she turns 40, Kate is realising her long-standing dream of opening her own gallery.

To keep up-to-date with products, artists and events at Wistow Gallery, visit their website and/or follow them on Twitter @WistowGallery.