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Hi Gemmers, Some of you might be interested in the forthcoming engage SE area meeting exploring the Ethics of Corporate Sponsorship. See attached and below for more details. If you would like to book on or find out more please email me. Best wishes, Sarah Plumb. engage South East Area Group Meeting Tuesday 14 June 2016, 12.00-4.00pm Live Art Development Agency, London The Ethics of Corporate Sponsorship engage South East Area Reps invite members and regional colleagues to an Area Group Meeting at the Study Room, Live Art Development Agency (LADA), London on Tuesday 14 June, 12-4pm. The meeting offers an opportunity to explore and discuss the ethics of corporate sponsorship and fundraising. With the recent news that BP will end its sponsorship of Tate in 2017 and of the Edinburgh International Festival after 34 years, this timely meeting will include presentations and workshops from a number of key advocates in the cultural sector calling for more ethical considerations of offers of financial support. LADA will begin the session by introducing their work on ethical funding issues and their recent project PLAYING UP: Live Art for Kids & Adults. Platform, the organisation that combines art, activism, education and research to create unique projects driven by the need for social and ecological justice, will lead a discursive workshop. And educator, consultant and evaluator Bridget McKenzie will draw on her extensive experience of working with cultural organisations and her thinking on culture, ecology and the future to make provocative challenges to members’ practice. There will also be an opportunity to pick up the Museum Association’s new Code of Ethics, which encourages practitioners to consider shifts in thinking and approaches to partnering with commercial organisations. 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch and informal networking 13.00 – 13.20 Introduction to LADA 13.20 – 14.20 Workshop - Platform 14.20 – 14.50 Discussion 14.50 – 15.10 Break 15.10 – 15.40 Presentation - Bridget McKenzie, Flow Associates 15.40 – 16.00 Plenary To book a place or request further information, contact South East Area Rep Sarah Plumb via email on [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> . Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Please advise in advance of any dietary requirements. Live Art Development Agency – Study Room The White Building, Unit 7, Queen's Yard, White Post Lane, London E9 5EN T. 020 8985 2124 Travel & Directions: http://www.thisisliveart.co.uk/contact LADA is a 5 minute walk from Hackney Wick Overground and a 10-15 minute walk from Stratford Station, through the Olympic Park. The entrance to the LADA's Study Room is the door on the ramp entrance, on the North side of the building. Please ring the intercom for Live Art Development Agency, the bottom button. Area Group Meetings are free of charge to engage members, and members from any region are invited to attend. Non-members are welcome to attend one 'taster' meeting for an entrance fee of £5 (non-members who have attended a meeting before please contact engage or visit our website to join). To find out about the benefits of joining engage <http://engage.org/members/benefits.aspx> http://engage.org/benefits.aspx Members can view details of forthcoming area group activities and reports from past meetings at <http://www.engage.org/area-groups.aspx> http://www.engage.org/area-groups.aspx Sarah Plumb Doctoral Researcher, Associate Lecturer in Curating, and engage SE Area Representative <http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/museumstudies/research-degrees/phd-student -research/Sarah_Plumb> Doctoral Researcher Profile School of Museum Studies University of Leicester <http://www.art.mmu.ac.uk/arthistorycurating/> Associate Lecturer, Curating Manchester School of Art Manchester Metropolitan University <http://www.engage.org/area-groups-se> engage South East The National Association for Gallery Education --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +