{"id":5333,"date":"2013-01-25T17:51:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T17:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=5333"},"modified":"2013-01-25T17:51:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T17:51:20","slug":"competition-for-2017-uk-city-of-culture-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=5333","title":{"rendered":"Competition for 2017 UK City of Culture open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">England\u2019s culture minister Ed Vaizey has launched nationwide contest for the 2017 UK City of Culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DCMS writes<\/span>:<br \/>\nThe competition, which comes in the same week that Derry-Londonderry officially kicks off its year as the first ever UK City of Culture, is designed to use culture and creativity as a catalyst to transform communities, as well as showcasing artistic talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The UK City of Culture is a prestigious title that is a vehicle for encouraging economic growth along with highlighting the very best of the country\u2019s cultural talent,\u2019 said Culture Minister Ed Vaizey.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Derry-Londonderry is already making the most of the opportunities being UK City of Culture brings and I would urge other local authorities and partnerships across the length and breadth of the UK to consider putting themselves forward.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Catalyst for change<\/span><br \/>\nPhil Redmond, Chair of the Independent Advisory Panel said that \u2018the success of Liverpool\u2019s year as European Capital of Culture and the excitement of Derry-Londonderry\u2019s year as the first UK City of Culture show that this programme really can act as a catalyst for change.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We want to see bids that are distinctive, ambitious, and represent their local area. As well as demonstrating cultural excellence, the panel and I want to see partnerships with innovation that will engage a huge range of audiences. And above all we need to see plans that are realistic and deliverable.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How to bid<\/span><br \/>\nThose interested in submitting bids to be UK City of Culture 2017 are invited to register with DCMS by the end of February.<\/p>\n<p>Bids for the 2017 competition must be received by the end of April after which they will be assessed by an Independent Advisory Panel with the aim of announcing a shortlist in June.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hoped the announcement of who has won will be made in Derry-Londonderry in November 2013.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DCMS News<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.culture.gov.uk\/news\/news_stories\/9677.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England\u2019s culture minister Ed Vaizey has launched nationwide contest for the 2017 UK City of Culture. DCMS writes: The competition, which comes in the same week that Derry-Londonderry officially kicks off its year as the first ever UK City of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=5333\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5333"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5335,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5333\/revisions\/5335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}