Warwick Arts Centre

Our vision is to be a world-class venue that inspires people through the arts, culture, entertainment and learning. We are one of the largest multi-artform venues in the UK. We deliver a high quality, engaging, diverse programme of performing and visual arts, presented in world-class venues and spaces at the heart of the University of Warwick campus. Since we opened in 1974, we’ve been a distinctive and special place, an important resource for the arts and for audiences in the region and a significant force in national and international arts networks. In October 2017, Warwick Arts Centre began a 20:20 project to refresh, renew and redevelop the existing building. Parts of the venue were constructed in 1974 and the 20:20 Project will create a modern, updated, larger space in which to continue the organisation’s distinctive, creative, artistic and cultural programme. The Warwick 20:20 Project will ensure that Warwick Arts Centre will be the region’s leading cultural centre – a place where creativity, collaboration and innovation thrives, and a key venue in Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture 2021.

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In September 2018 Warwick Arts Centre welcomed Doreen Foster, to take up one of the most exciting artistic leadership roles in the UK, as Director of one of the jewels in the crown of the University of Warwick. As a nationally recognised leader in the arts, Doreen’s broad-ranging experience makes her uniquely placed to help position both Warwick Arts Centre and the University of Warwick at the heart of the communities we seek to serve.

Warwick Arts Centre delivers a high quality, engaging and diverse programme of performing and visual arts, film and alternative content and creative learning. The Arts Centre also provides a home for collaboration, innovation and creativity to thrive, an environment where ideas and talent can grow. It has a loyal audience base, served by programming and operational teams with a wealth of knowledge and experience. The Arts Centre is well respected by artists, companies, press and peers.

2019/20 is a year of transition. Under new leadership we are using it as a year to challenge our understanding of the potential audience for a dynamic programme at Warwick Arts Centre; to explore taking our artistic programme into communities and working with communities to co-produce, commission and curate and; to bring new and more diverse voices and stories to our spaces.

WARWICK 20:20 PROJECT

Warwick Arts Centre capital project (Phase 2) commenced in early 2019 and involved the removal of the existing gallery and cinema and replacement with a large ground floor exhibition space, three new cinemas, a new café/restaurant and an extended foyer.

By 2020 Warwick Arts Centre will be:

  • The beacon arts centre for the region
  • An extended building for all communities and at the heart of the University of Warwick’s regional engagement strategy
  • A comprehensive digital screen programme with 3 new cinemas
  • A renewed and more accessible ground floor art gallery
  • Improved facilities to support digital innovation, creative R&D, learning, thought  leadership, contemporary visual arts, cultural tourism
  • Exemplary creative learning, performing and socialising opportunities for students.

A launch event will take place early 2021 and will also coincide with the Coventry City of Culture 2021.

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