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| Ten new awards announced for artists working on regeneration projects The final round of awards have been made from PROJECT to support the involvement of artists in groundbreaking new projects throughout the UK . In its latest round PROJECT has awarded over £106, 000, bringing the number of schemes supported to thirty and the total amount awarded to £320, 000. Whilst opportunities to apply to the scheme have now closed, Public Art South West will continue to manage and support all the awards made until March 2006. A formal evaluation of the scheme is currently underway which is due to be completed by February 2006. There are some great regeneration projects in this round of awards: Plymouth City Council, Plymouth Waterfront, Team Building Award £10, 000; Guildford Cathedral, Art and Sacred Places, Visionary Award £7, 500; SARAG, South Acton Residents Action Group (SARAG), Creative Communities Award £11, 000; Ashwell Property Group, cb1, Cambridge, Visionary Award £15, 000; ISIS Waterside Regeneration, Warwick Bar, Birmingham, Visionary Award £10, 000; Derbyshire County Council, Property Design Practice, Visionary Award £15, 000; North & West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust, Team Building Award £5, 000; Edinburgh City Council, Edinburgh Waterfront, Visionary Award £15, 000; Winchburgh Future, West Lothian Council, Cala Homes, Visionary Award £15, 000; STAR Radio Project, Cardiff, Talking Artists Award (Jennie Savage) £3, 000. PROJECT is managed by Public Art South West and funded by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) and Arts & Business (A&B). write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Construction News :: home page |