Rivington Place Announces Appointment of Kallaway

17 July 2007, London: Rivington Place, the new £8m public building dedicated to the continuous display of culturally diverse visual arts, has appointed Kallaway to handle public relations in the run up to its launch at the beginning of October this year. The building designed by leading architect David Adjaye is the first new-build public gallery in London since the Hayward Gallery 40 years ago. It will be part of Hoxton’s thriving cultural cluster that also includes White Cube, Circus Space and Spitalfields Market to name but a few.

Rivington Place (www.rivingtonplace.org), which opens to the public on 5 October, celebrates the vision of two organisations: inIVA (the Institute of International Visual Arts) and Autograph ABP of establishing a permanent space in which to develop and profile international issues and perspectives in contemporary art that are relevant now.

Rivington Place is supported by a £5.9 million Arts Council England’s Lottery Capital 2 programme grant. Barclays Bank plc is the Rivington Place founding corporate partner, contributing £1.1m toward the development.

Rivington Place is the culmination of a 20 year history in which these organisations worked to champion fresh perspective on the visual arts. In particular, Rivington Place will profile work from artists and places not normally seen in the UK and influence new generations of visitors, artists and arts professionals.

Professor Stuart Hall, cultural theorist and Rivington Place vice chairman, said: “Difference is complex – it alters and evolves, but does not go away. Difference matters and will continue to matter, it provides an incredible source of richness, new ways of seeing and creativity. Rivington Place is a landmark building which celebrates diversity and the exciting and essential contribution it makes to the visual arts.”

Kallaway is a public relations, sponsorship and events agency specialising in arts and culture. Recently, it launched Wellcome Collection, a £30m cultural venue from the Wellcome Trust which brings together medicine, life and art under one roof for the first time. It is also creating communications campaigns for Akram Khan Company, Modern Art Oxford, Campaign for Drawing, Russian ACT and City of London.

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Further information:
Kallaway
Anna Cusden
020 7221 7883
anna.cusden@kallaway.co.uk

Will Kallaway
020 7221 7883
william@kallaway.co.uk

Rivington Place
Josie Ballin
Press PR Manager
020 7229 9616
josie@iniva.org

Rivington Place Funding Supporters
Arts Council England works to get more art to more people in more places. It develops and promotes the arts across England, acting as an independent body at arm's length from government. Between 2006 and 2008, it will invest £1.1 billion of public money from government and the National Lottery in supporting the arts. This is the bedrock of support for the arts in England. It believes that the arts have the power to change lives and communities, and to create opportunities for people throughout the country.

Barclays is the Rivington Place founding corporate partner, contributing £1.1 million toward the development. This innovative partnership reflects Barclays history of supporting positive social change and making a real and lasting difference to the diverse communities in which it operates.

The Rivington Place project has London Development Agency, City Fringe Partnership, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and Hackney Council funding for SME workspace for cultural/creative industries in the building. It has also received access funding from The City Bridge Trust. The Foyle Foundation and the Garfield Weston Foundation, along with the Brodksy Center and Clifford Chance have also contributed funds to the project.

inIVA (Institute of International Visual Arts), established in 1994, is a contemporary visual arts agency that supports and promotes the work of artists, curators and scholars form diverse cultural backgrounds, making their artistic practice and ideas accessible to new and diverse audiences. inIVA creates exhibitions, publications, multimedia, education and
research projects. The agency invests in artists who deserve wider recognition for their talents; takes art into unexpected places as well as the more traditional venues; and engages new audiences, young and old, in contemporary art. http://www.iniva.org/

Autograph ABP is an international non-profit making photographic arts agency established in 1988 to address the lack of representation for a constituency of photographers that has been historically ignored. Its primary role is to develop, exhibit and publish the work of photographers and artists from culturally diverse backgrounds and to act as an advocate for their inclusion in all mainstream areas of exhibition, publishing, training and education and
commerce. To this end, Autograph ABP produces its own programme of activities and collaborates with other arts organisations, nationally and internationally. http://www.autograph-abp.co.uk/

About Kallaway
Kallaway (www.kallaway.co.uk) is an award winning sponsorship and public relations consultancy with a specialisation in arts and culture. Projects range from creating one of the UK’s most successful sponsorships, Whitbread Book of The Year; through to the international festival Russian ACT and opening the UK’s newest cultural venue, Wellcome Collection.

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