Council encouraging Southport entries for this year’s City Region Culture & Creativity Awards
Once again, Sefton Council is encouraging the Borough’s artists, arts organisations and community groups to submit nominations in for the Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards.
Entries need to be submitted by Friday 12th November and must feature activity that took place have taken place between 13 November 2020 and 12 November 2021.
Nominees must either live, study and/or work in one of the City Region’s six boroughs or have created work or projects that have significantly benefited its residents and visitors and contributed to the development of the local economy.
Categories
Award categories include Artist and Arts Organisation of the Year, a Student Inspiration Award, The People’s Choice and the Judges’ ‘Inspiration Award’ for significant contribution to Culture. There is also a range of Impact Awards for themes that include Health & Wellbeing, Environmental Sustainability, Improving Education & Learning and Sustainable Business in Arts.
Nominations can be creative individuals, organisations, groups or partnerships and can include the visual and the performing arts such as theatre, dance, music and opera. Photography, film and broadcast media, literature, museums, galleries and heritage and craft creations and projects can also be entered.
Last year The Atkinson in Southport picked up the People’s Choice for Outstanding Contribution to Culture and the Covid-19 Creative Response Impact Award. And Artist of the Year was awarded to Paul Curtis, who has just completed the spectacular sand lizard mural at Ainsdale’s Toad Hall, the largest ever painting by a single artist in UK
Cllr Trish Hardy, Sefton Council’s Cabinet Member for Communities and Housing said: “Despite all the problems and trials the pandemic has thrown at us and the effect it had on our year as the Borough of Culture, creativity has continued to thrive across Sefton.
“I would urge individual artists and organisations across Sefton to visit www.lcrcultureawards.co.uk to find out more about the awards and categories and to submit nominations for the awards by the November deadline.”
Vibrant and exciting
The Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity awards were created as part of the Metro Mayor’s Percent for Culture initiative. They were established to recognise the value and power for change that the arts, cultural and creative sector can bring in reinforcing the city region as one of the most vibrant and exciting places to live, work, study, visit or do business.
The Awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday 2nd March 2022.
Creativity and generosity
Announcing this year’s Awards, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram said: “The Liverpool City Region is the country’s cultural capital; that creativity is in our DNA and we’ve seen it on full display over the past year. As we have emerged the pandemic, people across our region have stepped up with imagination, creativity and generosity that I know will help to lead our creative recovery.
“I’m sure this year’s awards, when we’re able to come together properly, celebrate our creative talent and recognise the resilience that got us through the pandemic, will be a memorable occasion for us all.”