Re:Frame - B&H Visual Arts Analysis

A city can have a genuinely rich visual arts scene and still find that scene precarious. Brighton & Hove holds both of those things at once: decades of creative depth across artists, studios, festivals, museums and community-led organisations, set against real and growing pressures on how that work is sustained.

I was glad to sit on the Project Board for Re:Frame, the analysis of the city's visual arts sector commissioned by Brighton & Hove City Council and Arts Council England, with the Brighton & Hove Visual Arts Coalition and Brighton & Hove Culture Alliance, and authored by Cultural Associates Oxford. The brief was an honest one: document what has been achieved, name the challenges plainly, and set out recommendations for a more confident and sustainable future.

What I value most is that it reads as a beginning rather than a conclusion. The findings only matter if they become the ground for collaboration and action across the city, and that work belongs to everyone with a stake in Brighton & Hove's creative future.

The report, alongside a statement from the Project Board on next steps, is here: https://lnkd.in/eBcqDQ_g