As opportunities for alternative and creative forms of education and care provision are diminishing, Bridget McKenzie puts forward…

Alex Fradera and Julia Pöhlmann explain why improvisational theatre is so effective at breaking down the barriers between prisone…

Matt Tyler suggests that the traditional career path for arts professionals needs to be reviewed.

London 2012 promised to inspire a generation in both sport and the arts. Recent research makes Moira Swinbank believe that this is…

Ruth Ben-Tovim describes ‘A Little Patch of Ground’, a food-growing and performance project aimed at people of all age…

The Scottish Brass Band Association has recently devoted resources to developing a successful youth programme. Clair Tomalin descr…

Hospitals do not have to be about sterile rooms, uncertainty and isolation as Mark Norbury has proved at the Chelsea and Westminst…

Lisa Ball-Lechgar describes how Abu Dhabi has placed culture as a vital element in its ongoing development and growth.

David Dixon is convinced that fundraising in the arts sector is relatively easy, provided arts organisations make good use of…

Mahmood Reza explains ‘real-time information’, a significant change to payroll operations to be introduced in April.

The North East Children’s Theatre Consortium ensures that fantastic theatre for children and young people remains centre-sta…

Jenny Williams suggests some questions the arts sector should be asking in response to the 2011 Census findings relating to e…

When arts organisations are teetering on the brink of insolvency, a Company Voluntary Arrangement may throw them a lifeline. Mahmo…

2012 was a tricky year for the UK’s many music festivals but Steve Heap reports on how they are determined to ride out the s…

Ben Challis shares some tips on how festivals can reduce their environmental impact.

Elliot Grove tells how film school classes have contributed to the Raindance Film Festival becoming an international brand.

Times of austerity and pending funding cuts from the public purse are actually opportunities to develop new ways of working, poten…

The British Arts Festivals Association’s Capacity to Endure conference last year focussed on how festivals should be va…

Following her coverage of the national  well-being debate and the exclusion of culture from the Office of National Statistics…

Helen Marriage reports on her first six months at Harvard on a Loeb Fellowship and explains the practice of ‘placemaking&rsq…

When Box Clever learned that it would be losing its small but significant funding from Arts Council England, Michael Wicherek fear…

Joan Duda, a guest speaker at DanceEast’s rural retreat held in January, discusses the importance of a dancer’s &lsquo…