We would like to invite you to our next MAP event – MAP Renaissance Gathering (Summer Party) Wednesday 29th of August, at Rio Sala (Tapas Bar & Restaurant 8pm til late.  FREE ENTRY !

 Please come along and enjoy an evening of entertainment, Highlights will include VJ’s, Live music, Magician, Free Tapas Buffet and drink on arrival and a fundraising skills auction.

As a member of MAP you are invited to offer your skills for auction, There is a number of ways you can do this for example in the form of a small commission of art or a workshop?  Please contact Philip_Douglas@Middlesbrough.gov.uk to discuss further or to put your name forward to submit a voucher.

As places are limited, please RSVP . We look forward to seeing you there!

We would like to invite you to the next Map event …
Wednesday 18th July 2007

“Commissioning II – Raising the Game ”

Blue Lounge, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough
7pm start
Free Entry, Bar available, Bring friends!

Blue Lounge is exclusively reserved for this Map event. No need to show your membership card on the door to get in but we will be asking you to purchase a membership card during the event if you do not already have one: only £3 students and £5 adults until Jan 2008.

There are already special benefits for Map membership and many more to come, such as concessions for major arts events, study trips, seminars, workspaces and opportunities to exhibit your work, also the chance to belong to the largest arts collective in the North East !

Programme for the night:
Host:
Amanda McHale  (Chair of the Map board of trustees)
Speakers:
Matthew Jarratt – Commissions North:
Arts Council Matthew established Commissions North within Arts Council England North East in 1999 after 10 years of working as an artist and project manager in the North East.
Christian Barnes – Public Arts Officer , Middlesbrough:
Christian delivers projects that involve contemporary art, artists, architects and landscape architects in the public realm
David Metcalfe – Forma – Arts and Media company:
David Metcalfe is Chief Executive of Forma Arts and Media Producers, one or Europe’s leading production agencies for high quality interdisciplinary art projects. The company works closely with contemporary artists and major international venues to produce and tour projects that combine diverse media.
Plus networking time.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Map – Artists Network for the Tees Valley – supported by the Middlesbrough Council, Tees Valley Investment Fund and the Town Centre Company

I hope you will take this opportunity to have your say on support for and investment into the creative industries in the North East.

One North East is keen to focus support in the region’s creative industries to ensure that it truly benefits businesses like yours. To do this, we need the evidence to show the growing importance of the commercial creative industries and the sorts of business support you feel will be most beneficial to you, now and into the future.

Please spare ten minutes of your time to complete the online survey at http://www.ibp.eu.com/onenortheast by Monday 16 th July 2007 .

As a special thank you, everyone who submits a response will be entered into a prize draw to win a day out at one of the region’s premier spa facilities.

This work is being carried out on behalf of the One North East. If you wish to check out the credentials of the research, please contact Mark Adamson, Creative Industries Specialist Advisor, One North East on 0191 229 6853 or mark.adamson@onenortheast.co.uk

www.maparts.co.uk

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