The Jaguar Land Rover Awards for Arts & Business, in association with the Birmingham Post, are open to any Midlands business which has partnered with a cultural organisation, helping to make the Midlands a more vibrant and creative place to live and work.
This event, which celebrates and showcases the best of these cultural partnerships across the Midlands, is now in its tenth year. The winners will be announced and presented with prizes which have been specially created by the artist, Eryka Isaak, at a ceremony hosted by Sarah Falkland of BBC Midlands Today at Town Hall, Birmingham on Thursday 15 October.
The judges for this year are:
Terry Grimley
Arts Editor, The Birmingham Post
Laura Dyer
Area Executive Director Midlands and South West, Arts Council England
Bob Betts
Chief Executive, Smith of Derby Ltd
Simon Warr
Director, Communications & Public Affairs, Jaguar Land Rover
Jeffrey Skidmore
Artistic Director, Ex Cathedra
Jon Finch
Director of Engagement West, Museums, Libraries & Archives
The partnerships which have been shortlisted are:
Labels Outlet Shopping A&B Community Award
Areva T&D (UK) Ltd / Stafford Gatehouse Theatre
National Express / EC-Arts
Clarke Associates A&B Cultural Branding Award
A,E.Harris (Birmingham) Ltd / Stan's Café Theatre
Harvey Ingram LLP / Curve Theatre
MLA A&B Museums, Libraries & Archives Award
Continental Airlines / Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Inchcape Motors Shrewsbury/Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC/Wolverhampton Arts & Museums Service
Business Link A&B People Development Award
Signet Trading Ltd / Holte Visual and Performing Arts College
VSM (UK) Ltd / Craftspace
Advantage West Midlands A&B Sustained Partnership Award
BMW Plant Hams Hall / Lichfield Festival
Rolls Royce / Sinfonia VIVA
VSM (UK) Ltd / Craftspace
Marketing Birmingham A&B Young People Award
Balfour Beatty Capital / County Youth Arts-Nottinghamshire County Council
National Express / EC-Arts
Signet Trading Ltd / Holte Visual and Performing Arts College
Land Rover A&B Board Member of the Year Award
Birmingham Hippodrome / Ray Way
Elmhurst School for Dance / David Povall
Multistory / Colin Wells
Look out for for forthcoming news and profiles of the short-listed projects and their partners over the next three weeks.
