Second Floor Studios & Arts Competitors

Birmingham Royal Ballet is one of the world's leading touring ballet companies. We inspire and move people worldwide. We create and perform full-scale classical ballets alongside compelling and relevant contemporary work. Our impact beyond the stage has a profound social impact. We want to inspire, engage, entertain and educate audiences, and are committed to reaching the widest possible audience regardless of age or social status. We have up to 60 permanent dancers and our own outstanding orchestra, the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, which ensures we have some of the best orchestral music in the UK. We are also home to The Jerwood Centre; a world-class facility for the prevention and treatment of dance Injuries.

Midlands Arts Centre is a contemporary arts centre and charity, set in the magnificent surroundings of Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham. MAC is VisitEngland's Top Free Visitor Attraction in the West Midlands (11th nationally) and receives over 1m visits per annum. Originally opened in 1962, MAC reopened in May 2010 after extensive refurbishment and is a hub of creativity and learning in the Midlands, offering over 150 creative courses and workshops for children, young people and adults each week. With four performance auditoria including an outdoor arena, rehearsal and media studios, a cinema, visual art galleries, café and bar, MAC presents a broad range of contemporary work from both emerging and established artists across genres. The whole building offers free WiFi access and there’s a wide range of rooms for hire for meetings, conferences, hospitality, performances and rehearsals. Registered Charity Number: 528979 Registered Company Number: 718349

Yorkshire Artspace is a registered charity providing studio space for around 170 artists and makers across two sites in Sheffield city centre. We provide high quality, affordable studio space and deliver a professional development programme which offers exhibition opportunities, training and subsidised Starter Studios for early career creatives. Established in 1977 by art graduates, Yorkshire Artspace was one of the first studio groups developed outside London. Since then, we’ve grown to become one of the largest and most established studio providers in the UK, described by Arts Council England as “one of the leading artist studio spaces in Europe”. We aim for a 50:50 balance of visual and applied artists across our studios, which makes our community of painters, metalsmiths, ceramicists, fine artists, furniture makers, sculptors, jewellers, writers, fashion designers and more a unique hub of skills and experience. Our work is informed by consultation with our members in order to deliver activity that responds to their collective needs. We are an ACE National Portfolio Organisation, which enables us to programme activity in support of our vision: for visual and applied art to be thriving and accessible in our region. We achieve this by supporting creative careers through our two Starter Studios and wider professional development offer, and by creating opportunities for the public to engage with art through exhibitions, workshops and our annual Open Studios event.