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]. 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/benefits.aspx

Members can view details of forthcoming area group activities and reports from past meetings at http://www.engage.org/area-groups.aspx

Sarah Plumb

Doctoral Researcher, Associate Lecturer in Curating, and engage SE Area Representative

Doctoral Researcher Profile

School of Museum Studies

University of Leicester

Associate Lecturer, Curating

Manchester School of Art

Manchester Metropolitan University

engage South East

The National Association for Gallery Education