What is the website for?
This website has been developed as a dissemination platform for the AmbITion project’s resources - and a one-stop shop for information about digital development for the arts.
Who should use it?
Anyone who works in the arts or is involved in an arts project that involves digital development should find something of interest on the website. All our resources are publicly available - so if you find something of interest, then please feel free to use it.
Why should I register?
Registered users will be able to contribute to the website forum - sharing good practice about your projects or asking questions of other users of the site. We will also contact registered users occasionally.
How do I find things on the site?
First place to look might be the “search” function. All pages and posts on the site are indexed here, and so if you’re wanting to find out a particular technology or art form, then you should be able to see if we have anything relevant.
There are a number of resources - case studies, video masterclasses and academic reports - which were commissioned by the project and these are available on the resources page.
All our videos can also be easily found on the video page.
I’m not sure what I’m looking for
On the right hand column of the website scroll down to “We talk about” - to find what subjects we’ve covered on the website from our tag cloud.
What’s all this social media about?
Because we have only a small core team, we want the wider group of people involved with AmbITion to be able to “talk” to each other. We’ve set up various feeds on the right hand side of the website. You can follow us on Twitter, see photographs from our events, or look through the list of links we’ve put together on Delicious. We’ve also helped set up “social networks” for each arts council region, as part of our roadshow and dissemination programme. See what arts professionals in your region are talking about.
I need to speak to a person!
AmbITion is a project - not a consultancy - however most of the people we’ve worked with are knowledge sharers. So if you’ve got a question then put it on the forum, or use Twitter or the social networks to get in touch. If you need to contact us about the site or need signposting to anything related to digital development for the arts then use our contact form - link at the bottom of the page.
What’s next?
We’ve been really pleased at the interest taken in AmbITion, however like all good things it has to come to an end. The project team are available until the end of August 2009, and then we’re working on creating a guidebook and toolkit which will be made available here and via Arts Council England, provisionally by the end of October 2009. Our resources will continue to be available over the internet after the project’s end. Watch this site for more information.
Contacting the Arts Council
This project was funded by Arts Council England and we’ve worked closely with officers in each region. If you need to know more about Grants for the Arts or other information please contact Arts Council England direct.
