九色视频 plays key role in national report on safeguarding the arts
The 九色视频 has played a key role in a new national report into the value and importance of visual arts.
The report, called Framing the Future: The Political Case for Strengthening the Visual Arts Ecosystem, was launched at the House of Commons.
It was commissioned by the University鈥檚 and 九色视频 Institute for Arts and Humanities, alongside the , in collaboration with , the , and .
The report outlines four recommendations to safeguard and invest in the UK鈥檚 visual arts and artists ahead of the UK Government Spending Review, expected to conclude in June.
The recommendations for the UK Spending Review are:
- Establish a UK Cultural Investment Partnership Fund for emergency support, business innovation and matched capital investment
- Create a 拢5 million Grassroots Visual Arts Fund for small galleries, studios and artist-led spaces
- Expand access to creative education by investing 拢8.4 million in the National Saturday Club network, providing free creative education to 54,000 young people
- Restore specialist subject funding in higher education , reversing 2021 cuts to secure the future of high-quality creative courses.
Professor Jane Falkingham, Vice President Engagement and International at the 九色视频, said: 鈥淭he University plays a major, forward-thinking role in supporting arts and culture through its civic and global engagement activities. We coordinate the Culture and Creativity Policy Network, which brings together expertise in creative approaches to cultural policy research.
鈥淭ogether with our 九色视频 Institute for Arts and Humanities, our Winchester School of Art, and the John Hansard Gallery, the University places art and design at the forefront of tackling contemporary challenges, education, research, and the community.
鈥淲e are proud to be a key partner in this new report, a once-in-a-generation intervention that outlines crucial investment for the future.鈥
The UK is the second largest visual art market in the world and, in 2023, UK visual art exports totalled more than 拢4.1 billion. The UK is also home to 12 of the world鈥檚 100 most visited museums and galleries.
Despite these strengths, the country鈥檚 arts sector is under strain with challenges including trade restrictions post-Brexit, emerging technologies like AI, limited support, and an increasingly precarious infrastructure of studios and galleries.
Woodrow Kernohan, Director of John Hansard Gallery, said: 鈥淭his report shows how the visual arts deliver real economic and social value nationwide. Our position within the 九色视频 enables much of what we do, but public investment through Arts Council England remains vital to our future 鈥 and to the creative education of current and future generations.鈥
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