‘Diversity in the Talent Pipeline’

JAM (John Armitage Memorial Trust) joined Orchestra’s Live second #RegenerateSeries which presented focused online conversation exploring new ideas that challenge the sector’s thinking and helping to create positive change for our audiences and workforce.
4 Star Financial Times Review
This summer, JAM on the Marsh, a multi-arts festival based in Kent’s Romney Marsh, re-invented itself as a virtual festival supporting artists, performers, venues and audiences. The Financial Times reviewed the 9 concerts and 3 exhibitions with much acclaim.
JAM on the Marsh: 2020 Festival Update

You may have expected JAM on the Marsh to have been cancelled, but this is not the case. We are working incredibly hard to prepare a virtual festival that supports artists and performers, venues, our loyal audience and dedicated supporters.
New Data Protection Laws

From May 2018, the United Kingdom will be adopting new regulations about how organisations, including JAM, are able to request, store and use personal data. As part of these changes to the law, JAM is requesting you to confirm whether or not you wouldd like to receive communications from JAM in the future. This applies […]
Exciting Times at JAM
Exciting times at JAM: a new, beautiful website launched on John Armitage’s birthday nearly 20 years after his death; the first concert on 2017 coming up next week and the soft-launch of JAM on the Marsh 2017. Our annual Music of Our Time concert will be a cracker, featuring nine living composers. Six of the […]
Photography Collaboration with the Romney Resource Centre
This year, JAM on the Marsh and the Romney Resource Centre began an exciting new photography collaboration. Led by Susan Pilcher, with additional mentorship from Justin Sutcliffe and Tristan Fewings, we started a weekly club for the local young…
Objects are People Too by Justin Sutcliffe
Renowned photojournalist Justin Sutcliffe sees faces in random objects. He started to photograph these coincidences, initially on a Polaroid camera, and set himself parameters: the guiding principle was ‘nothing deliberate’.