Light Up The North

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Light Up The North – nurturing artistic ambition

Light up the North (LUTN) is a network of northern light festivals (full members and Associate Members) which have come together to share their collective expertise to support both the development of the partner festivals and the wider sector. Through regional, national and international networking and collaboration LUTN nurtures artistic ambition through artist and producer development, co-commissioning and joint fundraising.

The capacity and depth of cultural practice within the network enables LUTN to support emerging artists, explore technical innovations and create aspirational work to deliver a compelling offer for audiences.

Aims

  • Support emerging artists and explore ways to co-commission and showcase new work through initiatives such as Light Lab.
  • Collaborate to share knowledge and expertise across the cultural sector.
  • Develop partnerships with other festivals around the world to help build and share audiences and support artist mobility and development.
  • Develop a recognisable festival brand with a reputation for best practice in the North of England

Criteria for Full Members and Associate Members of LUTN

Full Member

1. Festival must be an established northern* light festival**.
2. Not for profit
3. Programmes Curated Light Art
4. Commissions new work

Membership Fee: £1,500 pa

Associate Member

1. From anywhere in the UK
2. Not for profit
3. Programmes Curated Light Art
4. Planning or currently delivering a light festival

Membership Fee: £500 pa

* This area consists of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, County Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear and West Yorkshire, plus the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.
** A light festival in this instance is defined as a festival where the headline programme is the presentation of light artworks. The programme of the festival should include light artwork from multiple artists, using different mediums of light across the programme.

 

Obligations for Members

Full Member

  • 1 organisational representative to attend regular LUTN executive meetings, which are held in person, with an option to join online. As a guide, executive meetings are for half days and held quarterly, and are immediately followed by full LUTN meetings.
  • Play a full part in the executive function of LUTN, including sitting on LUTN sub groups, and in some cases, leading on some areas, including making reports to the LUTN full network meetings
  • Pay a membership fee. If not the full year, the fee will be pro-rata (the year starts in April)
  • Contribute a report after each international festival visit, sharing intel with other members
  • Provide information and images of your festival for use on the LUTN website, social media and e-news/other communications (following the LUTN guidelines)
  • Contribute towards LUTN evaluation reports, providing information on your festivals to the evaluator

Associate Member

  • 1 organisational representative to attend LUTN meetings, which are held in person, with an option to join online. As a guide, full LUTN meetings are for half days and held quarterly. 
  • Provide information and images of your festival, following the LUTN guidelines, for use on the LUTN website, social media and e-news/other communications
  • Pay a membership fee. If not the full year, the fee will be pro-rata (the year starts in April)

Benefits to Members

Benefit Full Member Associate Member
Website login access to member’s area √ √
Festival page/details on website √ √
Contact with LUTN Members √ √
Hire of members’ artworks at preferential rates √ √
Welcome from Strategic Lead with signposting to most appropriate network members, depending on priorities and needs √ √
Advice from network members on a range of relevant topics such as best practice and event safety √ √
Optional attendance at LUTN full network meetings, either in person or remotely (currently held quarterly) √ √
Social media highlight post/s √ √
Light Up the North e-newsletter content inclusion √ √
Potential opportunities for joint commissioning (at additional cost, priority to Full members) √ √
Member networking including formal meetings and events √ √
Potential opportunities for co-presentation (at additional cost, priority to Full members) √ √
Opportunities to invest and deliver talent development programmes √ √
Attendance at LUTN Strategic Group meetings (currently quarterly) √
Social media promotion √
Webinar workshops (contribute to and join as a participant) √
Joint visits to other festivals, including international festivals, with up to £500 (pro rata where membership is not for the full year) towards costs of attending festivals outside the LUTN network (requirement to produce a festival report) √
Contribute to LUTN working sub-groups √

Membership Enquiry

Thank you for your interest in Light Up The North.

If you would like to find out more about joining/are interested in joing the network please complete the short enquiry form below. If you are unsure of the network benefits or if you match the eligibility criteria, we welcome you to complete the enquiry form including any queries you have and we will arrange a follow up membership call.

For Profit
Do you programme Curated Light Art
Do you commission new work
Are you currently delivering or planning to deliver a light festival

Please note:  The Festival is the member of LUTN, not an organisation. We find that operational contexts for LUTN festival members are varied and often collaborative across organisations such as Local Authorities, arts organisations and independent producers. We welcome individuals representing the member Festival from across these multiple organisations where capacity and responsibility make most sense.

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