Monthly newsletter for members of the Kaptur Project Steering Group - and particularly aimed at the Project Sponsors. Month 6 of this 18 month project.

1. KAPTUR news 06/18
CULTURAL CHANGE LEADING TO INCREASED FUNDING FOR ARTISTIC RESEARCH
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Lake Como, Campo, Denise Wren, 21 small tiles used to demonstrate
Villa del Balbiano, studies of gates in Northern different saltglaze tests on stoneware, 1960s. ©
Italian Sketchbook, 1891. Rosemary Wren/Crafts Study Centre 2004. Photo:
© Glasgow School of Art. David Westwood.
Available from: Available from:
http://vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=92819 http://vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=74581
Sample of experimental metal thread work on Victor Stiebel, Evening dress in the Ground Floor
hessian, late 1960s. © Goldsmiths, University of Collection (1961-1963) sketchbook, Spring 1962. ©
London. Constance Howard Resource and London College of Fashion, University of the Arts
Research Centre in Textiles. London.
Available from: Available from:
http://vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=133111 http://vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=186725

2. KAPTUR news 06/18
CULTURAL CHANGE LEADING TO INCREASED FUNDING FOR ARTISTIC RESEARCH
This month's edition of the KAPTUR news begins with a page of visual arts research data, one
example per partner institution of content freely available for educational use in the Visual Arts Data
Service (VADS) online catalogue.
"Research data can be described as data which arises out of, and evidences, research. [...]
Examples of visual arts research data may include sketchbooks, log books, sets of images,
video recordings, trials, prototypes, ceramic glaze recipes, found objects, and
correspondence."
Garrett and Gramstadt, forthcoming in Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2012)
MONTH 06 HEADLINES:
 the next Steering Group meeting will be held on Wednesday 18th July 2012 at HEFCE,
Centre Point, London
 KAPTUR presented at the British Library's Digital Conversations event on 30th March
 a written paper was submitted to EVA 2012 for peer-review (short excerpt above)
 an RDM Discussion paper was written and included as an agenda item at the UCA Research
and Enterprise Committee meeting on 30th March
 a User Needs Requirements document has been circulated to the partners
 project partners' funding trends were reported as a blog post
 the implementation plan is available as a blog post
 Project Officers attended the JISCMRD two-day workshop on institutional RDM policies (12-
13th March, Leeds) and the JISCMRD Data Management Planning (DMP) end of project
event (23rd March, London)
Led by the Visual Arts Data Service, a Research Centre of the University for the Creative Arts, and
working collaboratively with four institutional partners: Glasgow School of Art; Goldsmiths, University
of London; University for the Creative Arts; and University of the Arts London; KAPTUR (October
2011 - March 2013) will discover, create and pilot a sectoral model of best practice in the
management of research data in the arts.
News/EVENTS - available from: @MTG_work on Twitter and from the KAPTUR blog
PROJECT PROGRESS - available on the KAPTUR blog under the category monthly reports
PROJECT OUTPUTS - available from SlideShare and also key outputs from the KAPTUR website