What the arts can learn from LEGO
We've come a long way from the difficulties of recent years, and some key metrics are starting to show a positive trend. But w…
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Theatre accessibility for hearing aid users
The National’s Head of Access David Bellwood explains how the theatre prioritises accessibility, working with manufacturers…
Five strategies to elevate your philanthropy practice
Continuing our series looking at the role of philanthropy in the arts, Tessitura’s Kate Watson and Rebecca Herberson explore…
Widening the trustee pool
With increasing demands on the boards of arts organisations—by both funders and the Charity Commission—Helen Keall of…
Are we doing enough for physical health in the music industry?
While a great deal of effort has been focused, rightly, on the mental health and wellbeing of performing artists, Claire Cordeaux…
A louder Tees Valley voice
Tees Valley Combined Authority has launched a radical new programme for artists which could provide a groundbreaking model for oth…
We make the road by walking
Long-term Heart of Glass collaborator Chrissie Tiller reflects on working with the Merseyside-based NPO and how, by building deepe…
Census data ‘a goldmine’ for cultural policymakers
Cultural policy makers have not focused much on census data in the past, but that data is a goldmine for researchers, says Mark Ta…
How to produce sustainable arts projects
With her experience of working across multiple projects, Sarah Fortescue explores how the sector can deliver what they do best, in…
New beginnings for post-pandemic theatre workers
Covid has affected the UK theatre industry at all levels, with wide ranging impacts on the workforce, livelihoods, working practic…
Brexit losses
After a recent appearance before Wales’s Culture Committee, Charlotte Faucher has been rethinking our new relationship with…
Creating space for collective learning
Evaluation reports in the cultural sector can be packed full of learning. Emma McDowell explores how we might unearth this existin…
Making friends with philanthropy advisors
You may not have met a philanthropy advisor before, but it is a growing profession, so be ready. Emma Beeston, who’s been on…
Why is a theatre company running a leadership academy?
Introducing an ambitious initiative at a time when subsidised arts organisations are being asked to do less seems like madness. Bu…
Open recruitment to creative roles
Northcott Theatre in Exeter has said it will advertise at least one creative role on every production. Creative Director Martin Be…
Philanthropy is about empathy
In the first of our series looking at the role of philanthropy in arts funding, Caroline McCormick of the Cultural Philanthropy Fo…
Philanthropy in 2024: More questions than answers
As activity this year gathers pace, Michelle Wright explores the many quandaries arts organisations have to navigate in deciding w…
Artistic freedom under threat from authoritarian and illiberal regimes
As global politics become increasingly polarised, the right to freedom of expression is under threat in many countries, including…
For trans people, our very existence is political
Responding to Arts Professional’s coverage of ACE’s political statements policy in February, Lauren James ex…
Call for urgent review of arts funding
The future of the arts scene is 'terrifying', according to Ayvianna Snow, Chair of Equity's London North branch. Here,…
The art of the turnaround
In light of the huge challenges that so many arts and culture organisations have faced in recent years, Watershed’s Clare Re…
Tackling freelance precarity
A report from King’s College London looks at potential policy solutions to combat precarity in freelance cultural work. Sana…
Selling artists the dream
Being an artist, at all career stages, is a minefield waiting to be triggered without informed guidance. Simon Poulter has been ca…
Do artists’ livelihoods matter?
After far too many decades of jam tomorrow, artists deserve better, says independent arts researcher Susan Jones.
