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15 Apr 2008 The show goes on: Successful touring exhibitions - A Museums Association one-day conference 30 June 2008 Yorkshire Museum, York: Touring exhibitions are a proven way of attracting new visitors. They generate new insights into collections and topics and stimulate new approaches to interpretation.

Effective touring exhibitions can be put together by anyone with enough ambition and enthusiasm. This conference shows how best to share collections, develop skills and maximise limited budgets.

Experts from the Touring Exhibitions Group and other bodies will lead delegates through presentations and participative exercises to greater confidence in all aspects of planning, negotiating and decision-making. The day will also explore the latest thinking and initiatives, including the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation’s Regional Museums Initiative and the Museums Association’s Effective Collections programme.

TEG members can book this event for the same price as Museums Association members, the discounted rate of £115 (standard non-member price £190), just quote TEG membership number when booking.

Who is it for?
*       registrars and loans officers
*       exhibitions officers and organisers
*       museum managers
*       anyone with a strategic or practical interest in touring exhibitions and collections mobility

What will I learn?
*       how to build and sustain better relationships with colleagues in other institutions and disciplines
*       how to put together engaging shows on a limited budget
*       new approaches to designing and promoting exhibitions
*       how to draft contracts and budgets
*       ways to minimise risk and troubleshoot common problems associated with touring

Speakers
Caroline Worthington Curator of art, York Art Gallery
Caroline Krzesinska Creative director, Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust
Sally Cross Collections co-ordinator, Museums Association
Sarah Champion CEO, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
Hamish MacGillivray Acme Museum Services
Donna Loveday Head of exhibitions, Design Museum
Mark Hilton Director of finance and resources, Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust

Further details and bookings: www.museumsassociation.org/events/showgoeson
29 Mar 2008 Seminar on Touring Exhibitions in Alternative Venues - 15 September: Monday 15 September 2008
To be hosted by the Portico Library, Manchester
Details of the programme and online booking will be available from June in the Events area of the website.
21 Dec 2007 Jobs & Notices: TEG members can use the Jobs & Notices webpage free of charge to advertise their current job vacancies or post news about projects, events and special opportunities relating to exhibitions. Jobs & Notices is available to TEG members only and is located in the Resources area. Notices are removed automatically after one month.
If you are not a TEG member and you would like to advertise an opportunity in Jobs & Notices, there is a £40 charge - please email judith@teg.org.uk.; More News

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27 Nov 2007 TEG Standards of Good Practice

A resolution that TEG should introduce Standards for Good Practice to which all members would subscribe was put to the AGM on 16 November 2007 and accepted in principle. Those present at the AGM also agreed that the draft Standards were broadly on the right lines. There will now be a period of consultation, to allow members the opportunity to comment on the draft. Members are requested to send their comments to admin@teg.org.uk by 31st January 2008.

Prospective members are advised to look at the draft list of standards and need commentary and consider whether you would be prepared to subscribe to them before submitting a membership application. The intention is to promote professional behaviour and consistent practice. The Committee is not aiming to bar from membership anyone who feels that they cannot achieve the required level in any of the tasks associated with organising or hosting an exhibition, but to give them the incentive to do so in the future.

2 May 2007 TEG calls for strategic investment in touring exhibitions

TEG announced today a series of recommendations aimed at improving the provision of touring exhibitions UK-wide. The recommendations, which stem from the report on the findings of TEG’s two-year national research project, include measures to maximise the potential of touring exhibitions to develop audiences and improve access to collections and call for a more unified collaborative approach by funders and stakeholders to strengthen the touring infrastructure for arts and heritage. For more details, please see the press release.

3 Apr 2007 TEG launches results of research into touring exhibitions

The report on the findings of TEG’s National Research Project 2005-07 will be launched at the Design Museum, London, on Tuesday 1 May, from 6-8pm. Members of TEG, contributors to the research, associates, representatives of the press and stakeholders are invited to attend the event.
The report covers wide-ranging issues and findings concerning exhibition touring and programming and contains recommendations for the future development of the touring sector. The research project, funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation as part of TEG’s organisational development programme, has been carried out by independent consultant, Sally Fort and more than 250 organisations have contributed to surveys and consultations, aimed at mapping touring activity across the UK. For more information, please see the press release.

7 Jun 2006 TEG Seminar Coordinator

TEG has appointed a seminar coordinator to develop and deliver a series of regional seminars to explore specific areas of touring exhibitions. These seminars will serve as focal points to generate debate about current and proposed regional touring activity and to encourage practical activity amongst TEG members.

Jasleen Kandhari has been appointed to this position funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and will start on 1 July, working for a period of three years. She will manage a programme of two TEG regional seminars per year as well as the Marketplace and is keen to hear your ideas on topics for future seminars. She can be contacted on seminars@teg.org.uk or via the Seminars page.

The first seminar on ‘Handling Sculpture’ was held on 16 May at Yorkshire Sculpture Park and this will be followed by a seminar on ‘Libraries as Exhibition Venues’ at Sutton Library on 31 July where Jasleen looks forward to meeting you! This year, Marketplace will be held at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum on 2 October with the opportunity for exhibitors to deliver short presentations on their exhibition projects as part of the seminar programme. To send in your ideas for these presentations or for details of the programmes and to book on-line, see the Seminars page.

2 Mar 2006 National Research Project - Survey report

TEG announced today the findings from stage one of its National Research Project 2005-2007. The survey, funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, reveals that the most valuable aspect of receiving touring exhibitions is their ability to attract new and more varied audiences, with 60% of staff citing that as their main reason for hiring exhibitions. For organisations creating exhibitions, 64% of staff involved rated touring exhibitions’ ability to raise the profile of the organisation as their most valuable characteristic. See the Press Release for more details.

The next stage of the research will explore specific areas of touring including partnership exhibitions, audience diversity, regional patterns of touring, and supply and demand. If you are involved (or considering becoming involved) in touring and have an exhibition, education or audience development policy or similar that you are willing to share; or an innovative case study around a touring exhibition, please contact TEG’s researcher Sally Fort at sallyent@yahoo.co.uk. Headline results will be presented in spring 2007 and the report will be available in the summer.

Touring Exhibitions Group

Sharing the skills, knowledge and experience of working with exhibitions.

TEG is the professional group in the UK concerned with all aspects of organising and touring exhibitions. We are an independent membership network of galleries, museums, libraries, art and science centres and other organisations committed to exchanging exhibitions as a means of sharing ideas, materials and resources. We aim to tour exhibitions as widely as possible in order to extend public awareness, knowledge and enjoyment of historical and contemporary culture.

Welcome from Chair

Welcome to the Touring Exhibitions Group’s website, which was launched in 2005 with the new Handbook (a completely revised and on-line edition of ‘Touring Exhibitions’, our highly regarded manual of good practice). The last few years have been an exciting time for TEG. As well as the website, we have introduced a seminar programme and published a major research project, Mapping the Touring Landscape.

We would really appreciate your feedback on this website as we intend to keep on developing it to make it as useful as possible. A recent feature for members is the Venue Search designed to complement the original Exhibition Search. Hopefully this will make it quick and straightforward to find venues or an exhibition appropriate to you.

I look forward to working with you in the future.

Yours sincerely,
Sarah Champion

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