Hollis Sponsorship Bulletin

Lucy Stout, head of development at Cardiff-based arts initiative Artes Mundi, was presented with the Hollis Award for Outstanding Contribution Award by Arts & Business chief executive Colin Tweedy.  Lucy has dedicated her career to arts fundraising.  Few people have done more to bring together the public, private, arts and education sectors in a way which benefits cultural, community and commercial stakeholders.  In a prestigious career which spans 25 years, Lucy has been development director of the Royal National Theatre in London and was Director of Development for the Welsh National Opera, establishing the department and leading the fundraising team for 13 years.   Lucy’s aim is to bring the arts together with the right business sponsors in relationships that go way beyond the money.