AP meets… Ed Vaizey
In the first of a series of conversations with sector leaders, Editor Amanda Parker sat down for lunch with former arts minister E…
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Discounting: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Offering discounts? If you don’t have a reason for cutting prices and are inconsistent with your offers, don’t expect…
Three reasons why ACE’s new strategy won’t cut it
As Arts Council England prepares to publish its next ten-year strategy, thought leaders suggest a radical alternative.
‘My mother-in-law is a witch’: do’s and don’ts for late tax returns
Left your Self Assessment tax return to the last minute? Don’t rely on excuses to avoid a fine, says Liz Hill. HMRC has hear…
Who’s afraid of contemporary art?
If we think of contemporary art as only suitable for experienced audiences, we are missing huge opportunities to inspire newcomers…
Angry, powerless and invisible: cultural sector migrants speak out
The sector must be held accountable to those suffering under the ‘hostile environment’ immigration regime. Migrants in…
Why great customer service isn’t enough
It’s time we all started thinking of ourselves as experience makers. Lasting memories and positive emotions can be created a…
Creating creative entrepreneurs
The Agency has put young people at the centre of change in their communities. Roisin Feeny and Meghan Peterson share how it is dev…
Crafting support for Scottish arts
Eleven Scottish visual arts organisations have banded together to improve opportunities for artists and show their worth to policy…
Exit interview: ‘Theatre is diverse by its very nature’
Outgoing Tara Arts Artistic Director Jatinder Verma looks back on 40 years of championing diversity on and off stage. Is the fight…
‘We are the wind’: discover the real factors behind change
When leaders make personal change, organisational changes inevitably follow, says Richard Watts.
Is podcasting the way forward?
It’s getting harder to stand out from the crowd. Matt Locke shares his top tips on how to make more of your digital content.
Watch out for surprise repair bills
Arts organisations could be in danger of incurring surprise costs at the end of their tenancy. Jane Askew sheds some light on how…
My Gurus: ‘it is always about the work’
Jimmy Fairhurst, Artistic Director of Not Too Tame, talks about the eclectic mix of people who have inspired his career…
Art: a tool for questioning the present and imagining the future
Why doesn’t the education system place learning about image on an equal footing with learning about text and numbers? The la…
What has the Lottery done for artists?
Artists are the lifeblood of the arts, but their direct funding has steadily declined over the past two decades. A change in appro…
Wooing the young billionaires
With arts philanthropy static in the UK and declining in the US, what needs to be done to persuade the next generation of mega-ric…
Caring for the carers
Providing opportunities for creativity shouldn’t be at the expense of the person delivering them. It’s time to pay att…
Home is where the art is
Toma McCullim, artist in residence in Skibbereen’s Ludgate Hub, describes a project reconnecting diaspora and reinventing tr…
A collective voice for freelancers
Some organisations and funders do not see freelancers as an intrinsic part of the sector. The Museum Freelance network is advocati…
‘Together we can share the load’: How freelancers and arts organisations can work together
Freelancers have a lot to offer arts organisations – and a lot to learn from them too. Carla Kingham considers what is neede…
The moral case for making money
Patrick Towell explains why underpaying or under-employing workers can never be in an organisation’s long-term interests and…
How the Fringe is forcing out working class voices
Edinburgh Fringe is full of people making obscene amounts of money on the backs of artists who are bringing everyone to the city i…
When governments support artists…
The project-to-project style of artists’ work makes it difficult for them to claim welfare benefits so the Irish government…
