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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£105.3K
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Spending
£114.2K
- Charity no. 106254
- Company no. 68690
- Date registered. 19/10/2017
Public benefits
The beneficiaries of this resource are the general public including visual artists and creative practitioners; it provides facilities for training in the areas of visual and digital arts, teaching new and developing existing skills. The facilitation of the development of in-house production benefits artists and the general public by providing the
facilities and resources for the production of digital art in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The programme of residencies benefits artists and creatives by providing a professional studio resource in Belfast. The public benefits that flow from the training programs include the opportunity to participate in arts activities and to learn new skills. The training programmes are accessible to any member of the public who wish to engage with digital arts. DAS plays an important role in supporting people in the interim period after college by providing experience of working in professional environment. The benefits of the residency include being able to engage in peer debate, working in a cross-disciplinary environment with the benefit of knowledge transfer, which bolsters innovation. The benefits that flow from promoting the convergence of art and technology include offering the general public access to high quality contemporary digital visual art through free exhibitions and artist talks. Offering open access to resources for the promotion of the convergence of art and technology benefits any member of the general public and artists who wish to produce digital arts at any level. By promoting the convergence of art and technology DAS is advancing arts and culture by encouraging and supporting innovative uses of digital media and technology. The benefits are evidenced by the high quality work that is produced and then presented and promoted through a range of exhibitions and talks, and by feedback from the general public who attend the events. Benefit is also evidenced by the success of the practitioners who go on to further professional successes. The benefit of the facilitation of training is evidenced by participants gaining new skills and by the development of creative practitioners. The benefit of promoting the convergence of art and technology is evidenced by the attendance of the general public to exhibitions and talks and by the feedback provided via surveys. The evidence of the benefit of offering open access to resources is the number of people accessing the resources. There is no foreseen harm flowing from these purposes. The beneficiaries are the general public including visual artists and creative practitioners. There are no foreseen private benefits flowing from these purposes.
What your organisation does
DAS promotes the convergence of art and technology and provides invaluable access to the resources essential to the production of and engagement with digital arts. It provides access to digital imaging and audio equipment and software and delivers training in their use. It runs a full programme of national and international artists residencies,
public talks, exhibitions and screenings as well as facilitating training and outreach activities.
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Learning disabilities
- Men
- Older people
- Parents
- Physical disabilities
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Arts
- Cultural
- Education/training