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When British Nigerian Artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA was looking to realise his idea for the 2024 Venice Biennale he naturally turned to his collaborator of 26 years, Anthony Bennett, based at Yorkshire Artspace in Sheffield, UK.

An informal evening of meet and greet facilitated by the Sheffield Culture Collective.

Inspiring creativity for children and young people.

In March 2023 Sheffield Culture Collective held its first public event of the year bringing the city’s private, voluntary, public and arts sectors together for an evening.

A much-loved children’s book being brought to the stage by a South Yorkshire-based African theatre company is set to tour community venues across the region to break down barriers to the arts.

The Sheffield Culture Collective is greatly saddened by the death of our Chair Lord Bob Kerslake. Our sympathies are naturally with his family at this time.

Sheffield Museums Trust is the charity responsible for running six of the city’s leading museums and heritage sites – Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Graves Gallery, Kelham Island Museum, Millennium Gallery, Shepherd Wheel Workshop and Weston Park Museum.

Sheffield Theatres’ three-auditoria complex attracts audiences of around 400,000 each year and is the largest producing theatre complex outside London, nationally recognised for its excellent production values, high calibre casting and world-class creative teams.

Arts Catalyst was founded in 1994. Based in London for 26 years, in 2020 the organisation moved to Sheffield. Over the last three decades Arts Catalyst commissioned over 170 creative projects that have at their heart a desire to connect people with ideas about the world around them.

One the world's largest documentary film festivals and markets. Established in Sheffield in 1994, 2023 saw the 30th edition take place across various venues in Sheffield city centre.

The UK’s premier meeting place for professionals working in children’s media. Sponsors and delegates are from BBC Children’s, Disney, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, independent producers both national and international. This edition (2023) is the 20th Anniversary.

Site Gallery is Sheffield’s international contemporary art space, specialising in moving image, new media and performance. Pioneering emerging art practices and ideas, Site works in partnership with local, regional and international collaborators to nurture artistic talent and supports the development of contemporary art.

Who are the people that represent Sheffield? This summer, a new exhibition at the Millennium Gallery created in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery celebrates the pioneers, performers, athletes and artists synonymous with our city.

Music in the roundhouse. Kathryn Stott and Steven Isserlis CBE as Guest Festival Curators for Sheffield Chamber Music Festival in 2023 and 2024

It has been announced that a Sheffield classical music group, Ensemble 360, has been shortlisted for a prestigious national music award. 

When the Culture Collective was founded, it was with a clear view to level up funding for culture in the city and to make the case to national government that investing in Sheffield would deliver results.

We published our Strategy Document on 17th June 2021. Our strategy explains how we intend to bring our vision to life and deliver significant outcomes for our city over the next 10 years.

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Stark figures have revealed an enormous gulf in the amount of cultural funding Sheffield receives compared to other Northern cities.

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An influential group of leaders say arts and culture could be used to transform Sheffield – but only if the city’s ‘offer’ becomes ‘bigger, bolder and better’.

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Brought together with the aim to improve access to cultural opportunities in Sheffield, the city’s new Culture Collective is also trying to boost the local economy.

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