SOME of Bradford’s best-loved cultural and creative organisations are to receive a share of millions of pounds in funding as they look to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. The money, which will be distributed by Arts Council England, is part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. The recipients in the Bradford district include: Bradford Theatres (which includes the Alhambra and St George’s Hall) - £445,000 The Brick Box - £35,000 Mind the Gap - £33,915 Fuse Art Space CIC - £33,125 Kala Sangam - £61,500 Bingley Little Theatre - £76,045 Black Dyke Band £38,040 Other groups in West Yorkshire which will benefit include Brighouse & Rastrick Band, Northern Broadsides Theatre Company, Kirklees Theatre Trust and Kirklees Museums and Galleries among others.
BRADFORD has produced some remarkable artists over the years - many internationally renowned, with work in collections worldwide. In the third book of his ‘Not Just Hockney’ series looking at past artists from the district, Colin Neville profiles a range of extraordinary men and women and the highs and lows of their lives. As with the other two books - Past Silsden Artists and Lesser Known Artists of the Bradford District, 1890-1997 - profits from sales will support community-run Silsden Town Hall. Says Colin: “Some of the highs were very high indeed. Bradford-born etcher and sculptor May Tremel is now largely forgotten but in her heyday her prints were exhibited internationally alongside some of the finest British printmakers and artists. Dorothy Bradford gained respect for her sublime paintings of musicians and dancers.