New year, new hopes and dreams. We've all got great expectations for 2010, but when the clock strikes midnight, what have we got to look forward to?

It's the end of a year that's seen the word recession become an excuse for funding cuts and frugality, a year where politician's greed was laid bare, a year in which swine flu failed to bring about the a-pork-alypse, and of course, we said goodbye to Jacko and hello to Obama. But behind the headlines 2009 has been a good year in the arts, with record ticket sales at the Edinburgh Fringe and one of the strongest Cannes film festivals in years.

Some of you have had a year the rest of us can only dream of, but as we leave the noughties behind and head into 2010, others will be hoping this is the year that your expectations pay off.

To celebrate the winners from 2009 and look ahead to the break through artists worth watching in 2010 we'll speak to the people in the know and ask them about the year that was and the next 12 months. We'll hear from those who've made it, and find out who's poised to emerge into the limelight in the coming months. We'll hear from the people who work with the  up and coming, and delve into our 16,000 members to reveal the wealth of talent who share IdeasTap with you.

Plus, in this month's Editor's brief, we want to see your work around the theme of 'Going Up'. The best entry gets £300 and the artist becomes part of our alumni.

Articles will be added to this page throughout the month so keep checking back:

- Tv in 2010

- Some of the leading figures in the arts industry look ahead to 2010 and reflect on 2009 >>

- Visual arts opportunities for 2010 >>

- Theatre opportunities for 2010 >>

- Film opportunities for 2010 >>

- Have your say: Are arts organisation The Oubliette squatters or artists? >>

- Tips for Marketing your show in Edinburgh >>

- Interview with Paul Roseby, Artistic Director of the National Youth Theatre >>

- Michael Oakley - Assistant Director on Inherit the Wind >>

- Job of the Week: Artistic Director of Plastik Theatre >>

- Our Edinburgh marketing brief winners tell us how to create theatre on a shoestring >>

- Take a look at the work of some of our visual artists >>

- Interview with Steve Winter, Head of Old Vic New Voices >>

- Interview with screenwriter Jack Thorne >>

- Job of the Week: Hear from a young director >>

- Enter the Editor's Brief and win £300 >>

- See what creative opportunities we ran in 2009 >>

- Get advice from the stars of this year's The 24 Hour Plays: Celebrity Gala >>

- Take a look at The Buzz for December>>

Also this month:

This month's Editor's brief winners >>

Ideas Fund films continue>>

IdeasTap in Dubai Videos >>

Dubai blogs>>

Read about our Innovators winners >>

Watch our interview with poet Jack Stannard including an exclusive preview of his recent poem Camden Chinese.

At just seventeen Jack was hand-picked by established performance poet Luke Wright to perform a late slot at Latitude 2009. We predict massive things in 2010 for this young lyricist. Read the full blurb here in The Knowledge>>

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