Better Together #15: Rethinking Value Beyond Metrics with Eleonora Belfiore
How can organisations use storytelling, qualitative impact, and advocacy to articulate value when funders prioritise measurement.
16 Dec 2025
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Clear filterCVAN EM's Better Together programme brings together change makers from across the East and West Midlands for bi-monthly online sessions that foster connection, support, and shared learning. Aimed particularly at directors, trustees, and programme leads, the sessions provide a supportive space to discuss current challenges and explore collective approaches to sector development.
Each one-hour session focuses on an urgent or timely topic and prioritises open discussion, helping strengthen collaboration and resilience across the region's visual arts ecology.
Better Together #14: Strengthening the Art Technical Workforce | Sustainable, Fair & Inclusive Practices
Join Sarah Titheridge and Phill Wilson-Perkin, experienced art technicians, teachers, and organisers of the BECTU Art Technicians Branch for this sector-focused session on supporting the technical workforce.
17 Nov 2025
Better Together #13: How can we work differently?
Hannah Wallis in Conversation with Cathy Wade, moderated by Colette Griffin. Exploring how visual arts focused project spaces, organisations and institutions can facilitate open exchange.
07 Oct 2025
Making Room for Children and Art
Lunch, Play and Conversation with Jo Harrison from Art Working Parents Alliance and Assunta & Lou Art Club. Saturday 15 November 2025, 1-3PM at New Art Exchange, Nottingham.
30 Sep 2025
Better Together #12: Axis on AI
Mark Smith, Executive Director of Axis, discusses AI's impact on arts organisations and introduces Axis's AI Ethics Framework as a starting point for critical engagement.
27 Jun 2025
Better Together #11: Income Generation Strategies for Organisations
Kate Lockhart explores understanding the best income generation strategy for your organisation, revisiting fundamental tools for communicating who you are and aligning income streams with your purpose.
22 Apr 2025
Better Together #10: Public Realm Commissioning | An Artist's Perspective
Hosted by Heather Peak, this session explores best practices and essential support structures for successful public art projects.
25 Feb 2025
Better Together #9: Access to Work
Join Cathy Waller, co-founder of Decode, to learn how Access to Work can support people working in the Arts and Culture Sector, demystifying the application process.
21 Nov 2024
Better Together #8: Secondary Income for Arts & Culture Organisations
Adam Roe, Executive Director at New Art Exchange, discusses NAE's approach to secondary income with a focus on their CaféBar and how it supports the organisation's wider aims.
15 Oct 2024
Better Together #7: Understanding the Value of Artist Studios
Jon Opie, Head of Artist Support at Acme, discusses how to make the case for artist studios to key stakeholders, drawing on research published with UCL.
05 Aug 2024
Better Together #6: The Art Working Parents Alliance
Jo Harrison and Hettie Judah, founders of the Art Working Parents Alliance (AWP), discuss establishing an East Midlands cohort and improving working conditions for parents in the art world.
24 Apr 2024
Better Together #5: Capital Projects & Collaborative Initiatives
Emer Grant from NN Contemporary Art discusses how integrating spatial design practices within art, architecture, and design can foster collective models within artist-led institutions for cultural regeneration.
13 Mar 2024
Better Together #4: Governance, governance….How to love it and why it's important
Andrea Nixon from People Make It Work joins us to discuss board governance, trustee recruitment, and the relationship between board and executive.
25 Jan 2024
Better Together #3: Gallery Climate Coalition
An introduction to the Gallery Climate Coalition and their Carbon Calculator for arts organisations.
26 Oct 2023
Better Together #2: How do we achieve best practice when capacity is a constant challenge?
Jo Verrent, director of Unlimited, discusses how to deliver more with less while maintaining best practice.
27 Sep 2023
Better Together #1: AREVA Report
CVAN London x INIVA Report on Anti-Racism and Equity in the Visual Arts with Dr Jack Ky Tan
17 Jun 2023