Following 2013’s Campus of Culture event and 2014’s Culture Café, this year’s Culture Café is being held on Thursday 4^th June at 3pm-6pm in SUSU’s Bar 2, building 42. The event is open to anyone with a passion for the Arts, and this year’s event will focus around the theme “the future of the Arts”. Please feel free to circulate to friends, colleagues and students and encourage them to register for what promises to be a very interesting and engaging event.

Discussion points will include:
What is the future of the Arts?
What if Arts funding is cut?
What is the future of Arts in Southampton?

Please come along and join the discussion.

If you are interested in attending, please join the event on facebook here. If you do not use facebook, please contact me via email on c.j.cloud@soton.ac.uk. Please note that space is limited.

Please see below for the programme of events:

Section 1: Concourse, Building 42, University Road, Southampton.

3:00 – 3:50 – exhibition of students’ creative work.

Section 2: Bar 2, Building 42, University Road, Southampton.

3:50 – 4:00 – Refreshments and registration.
4:00 – 4:10 – Introduction
4:10 – 4:20 – Amy Ashenden presents excerpts from her documentary, Working for Nothing, which asks whether unpaid internships are useful, inevitable and fair.
4:20 – 4:40 – Sam Hodges, Director and Chief Executive at The Nuffield Theatre discusses the future of Arts in Southampton, and the impact the new Arts complex will have on the city. 
4:40 – 5:55 – Table discussions – conversations on various issues surrounding the future of the Arts.

Section 3: Bar 2, Building 42, University Road, Southampton.

6:00 – 9pm – Networking

If the programme isn’t enticing enough, we’ve ordered some delicious petit fours for the occasion.

If you are interested in attending and haven’t already registered, please join the event on facebook here. If you do not use facebook, please contact me via email on c.j.cloud@soton.ac.uk. Please feel free to pass this invitation on to colleagues, students and friends.

If you are based in Winchester School of Art we can provide free transport to and from the event. Please email me on c.j.cloud@soton.ac.uk to book this. Please note that space is limited.tudent Activities Coordinator (Creative Industries)

Registered Office:
University of Southampton Students’ Union, Building 40, University Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO17 1BJ
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