UK City OF CULTURE 2013 & 2017

We discussed in class the establishment of the UK CITY OF CULTURE programme (based on the European City of Culture Model).

This is how the government describes the programme:
UK  City of Culture programme " We run the competition for UK City of Culture. This programme, inspired by Liverpool’s time as European Capital of Culture in 2008, uses culture and creativity to transform communities and help grow artistic talent. Winning the  title and hosting a year of cultural events will help to:
- attract more  visitors to the city, supporting the local economy
- increase media interest in the city, helping longer-term tourism
- bring community members together
- increase levels of professional artistic collaboration - people working together on creative
projects"

You can read more about it here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/supporting-vibrant-and-sustainable-arts-and-culture/supporting-pages/uk-city-of-culture-programme

More information about the current 2013 UK City of Culture are here: http://www.cityofculture2013.com/

To find our more about the shortlisted cities for 2017, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22967259 Including the bids of the various shortlisted cities:

• Hull City of Culture bid
• Leicester City of Culture  bid
• Swansea Bay City of  Culture bid
• Dundee City of Culture bid

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