100 per cent commitment
The success of Harrow Arts Centre’s 100% programme of events and festivals is based on the many young people involved in both pr…
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The role of a patron
What should a patron be able to offer an arts organisation? Louise Coles suggests that expectations need to be clear from the outs…
Dedicated teamwork
Paul Richards recalls how a dedicated team of volunteers, including performers, created UpRise, London’s anti-racism festival, a…
Writing for voluntary musicians
Groups in the voluntary music sector are often privileged to premiere a new piece of music. Henry Bird looks at how composers and…
Theatre on the ground
What are the issues facing community theatre today? The National Operatic and Dramatic Association can name quite a few of them…
State of play
Tina Mermiri examines recent research to discover what the arts – and its sponsors – can learn from their audiences
Reaching hidden communities
The Sound Agents has gained a reputation for working with hidden and hard-to-reach communities in Liverpool. Moira Kenny describes…
Sharing audiences
Kate Rolfe explains how RADA and Curzon Cinemas are working together to encourage their respective audiences to broaden their cult…
New audiences for contemporary work
David Edmunds describes how funding will allow Dep Arts to develop new approaches to increase access to contemporary dance and the…
Creating more adventurous family audiences
How can venues encourage family audiences to ‘play less safe’ and try something new? Carey Fluker Hunt outlines how the ‘Cul…
Marketing with customer insight
When it opened in 2009 the cinema screen at the Grove Theatre in Dunstable saw average audiences of about 40 people, but data-led…
Mixing teenagers and orchestral music
First Time Live Youth aims to change the way orchestral concerts are perceived by young people, says Matt Carwardine-Palmer.
Please come back soon!
What can we do about people who are positively inclined towards the arts, seem to have a good time whenever they go, but just don�…
Arms wide open
The National Trust has doubled its turnover and significantly increased membership over the last 12 years. Dame Fiona Reynolds exp…
Equipped for the challenge
Victoria Aspden explains how the EducationLive event is persuading teachers of the value of bringing school groups to the theatre,…
An academic impact
An arts partnership linking THEATRE IS… with a new Academy school will enable the impact of arts participation on educationa…
National icon, international reach
Schools around the world have been invited to tune into a live science lesson taking place at the Royal Albert Hall. Lucy Noble te…
Challenge and Change
How can education in galleries thrive in the face of challenging times for culture and education more generally? Jane Sillis is en…
Good training, great teaching
The importance of training as a teacher in the arts is often under-valued – to the detriment of our sector, says Maricia Klincke
Raising the game
Rob Smith has found a sustainable model for working with artist educators that provides artists with an income stream relevant to…
Removing barriers and having fun
An arts college in Camden has been awarded a three-year contract by the Council to provide short break services in the borough for…
Multiple perspectives
A cross-curricular approach to education can validate the fundamental contribution of music to our lives, says Chris Harrison.
Chairing a regional cultural consortium
Regional Cultural Consortia (RCCs) were set up to provide a route for advising ministers; to stimulate greater strategic coherence…
Cultural Strategy – Pinning down a cloud
If I were to sum up my experience of producing a cultural strategy, I would say it was like trying to pin down a cloud.A very love…
