A NEW PHASE
I’m just about to enter a new and slightly unknown phase of activity with Blue Monkey Network. Part of our Grant For The Arts for 2013 included a sum of money to enable me to work with consultants to explore ideas about planning for a sustainable future and developing the Network. So far I’ve had some help with writing a brief for consultants and putting out a call for expressions of interest and proposals.
I was thrilled to come across Sarah who runs the artist-run space Meantime in Cheltenham – http://meantime.org.uk/. Sarah was kind enough to give me a valuable half hour of her time for a very interesting and enjoyable phone conversation in which we were able to compare notes about our organisations and about our very similar consultancy projects. She’s a little bit ahead of me having already advertised and selected a consultant and so she was able to give me some very useful advice about e.g. the value of having a selection panel to help with the selection process.
So I’m beginning to get the ads out there and have had my first enquiry. Now it’s a question of waiting to see what happens and who expresses an interest. I’m excited to see who might apply and what might come of it.
