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engage has 'Area Representatives' across the UK to help members, as well as part-time Coordinators in Wales and Scotland. In addition, our 'Freelance Reps' can offer advice and support to our freelance members. These are listed below. Please contact your local Rep for advice or to find out what's going on locally. Area programmes, including newsletters, training and networking events are run on a voluntary basis, and depend on local interest and resources.

Recent reports from area meetings can be downloaded below.

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Area group news

engage Yorkshire Area Group Meeting
Wednesday 4 June
Live Art Space at Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
11.00 - 14.45

This is an extended meeting, incorporating a 'practical' workshop led by artist Rachel Massey. The meeting will focus on the involvement of two of Yorkshire's galleries (The Ferens and Scarborough Art Gallery) in Engage's Envision programme and The Ferens' wider and longer term commitment to developing young audiences. As Envision draws to a close, this is an opportunity to reflect on what we have learnt from it in Yorkshire, get some practical ideas for working with young people and be creative ourselves!

Kirsten Simister, Curator at The Ferens, will talk about research and recommendations made by Audiences Yorkshire into ways of developing young audiences at The Ferens. She will talk about the Arts Ambassadors scheme, whereby university students and the gallery work in partnership to develop younger audiences through programming, interpretation and marketing. Also future plans for the Arts Ambassadors to curate an exhibition, and how involvement in Envision and working with very hard to reach young people can be built on. There is also opportunity to see the family friendly exhibition 'Heroes & Villains'.

Rachel Massey, Freelance artist and Envision National Coordinator
Rachel worked as lead artist on Scarborough Art Gallery's Envision project before taking over from Jo Wheeler as Envision National Coordinator for the final months of the project. She'll give a context for Envision nationally and also lead a practical workshop looking at creative ways of engaging young people in interpretation and responding to art works, based on work done at Scarborough Art Gallery.

Lara Goodband, Curator at Scarborough Art Gallery
Lara will talk about her involvement in Envision and the project's impact on the Gallery.

Programme
11am Welcome - Tea & Coffee
11.15 - 11.45am Members update
11.45 -12 noon Overview of Envision programme:The National Picture
Rachel Massey, Envision National Coordinator
12 -12.30pm Young Audiences at the Ferens
Kirsten Simister, Curator at The Ferens
12.30 -1pm Lunch
1 -1.15pm The Envision project at Scarborough Art Gallery
Lara Goodband, Curator at Scarborough Art Gallery
1.15 - 2.30pm Practical workshop: Creative Interpretation
Rachel Massey, artist
2.30 -2.45pm Any Other Business
Kirsten will introduce the 'Heroes & Villains' exhibition for those interested in looking round.

Please confirm whether you're able to attend by contacting either Kathryn or Lara.

Kathryn Welford - kathryn.welford@gmail.com
Lara Goodband - lara.goodband@scarborough.gov.uk

Lunch will be provided. ---

Area group reports

Yorkshire
engage Yorkshire meeting March 2007

West Midlands
engage West Midlands meeting September 2007

West Midlands
engage West Midlands meeting May 2007

London
The good, the bad, the solution...? engage London Area Group meeting May 2008 ---

Area reps

The engage Area Reps are:
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   Scotland - Katie Bruce, Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
   Scotland - Helen Watson, National Galleries of Scotland
   Wales - Eleri Wyn Evans, National Museums & Galleries of Wales
   Wales - Honor Pedican, Wrexham Arts Centre
   Wales - Victoria Tillotson, Ffotogallery
   Northern - Emma Thomas, Baltic, The Centre for Contemporary Art
   North-West - Sally Fort
   North-West - Karen Hickling, FACT
   North-West - Judy Thomas, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art
   Yorkshire - Ms Lara Goodband, Scarborough Art Gallery
   Yorkshire - Ms Kathryn Welford
   West Midlands - Trevelyan Wright, Compton Verney
   East Midlands - Mr David Gilbert
   East Midlands - Amber Walls
   East - Fran Wilde
   South-West - Helen Davies, Arnolfini
   South-West - Georgina Kennedy, Tate St Ives
   South-West - Caroline Mawdsley, Plymouth Arts Centre
   South-West - Hannah Reeves, Spacex Gallery
   South-East - Polly Gifford, De La Warr Pavilion
   South-East - Fiona Heathcote, Modern Art Oxford
   South-East - Kate Travers
   South-East - Natalie Walton, Milton Keynes Gallery
   London - Alexandra Bennett, Orleans House Gallery
   London - Lee McCulley, PM Gallery & House
   London - Rachel Moss, National Portrait Gallery
   London - Jo Saunders