Exploring the festival model
The British Arts Festivals Association’s Capacity to Endure conference last year focussed on how festivals should be va…
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A true snapshot of life?
Following her coverage of the national well-being debate and the exclusion of culture from the Office of National Statistics…
Letter from America
Helen Marriage reports on her first six months at Harvard on a Loeb Fellowship and explains the practice of ‘placemaking&rsq…
Life after funding
When Box Clever learned that it would be losing its small but significant funding from Arts Council England, Michael Wicherek fear…
For the love of dance
Joan Duda, a guest speaker at DanceEast’s rural retreat held in January, discusses the importance of a dancer’s &lsquo…
Beer money
Jim Beirne describes how a gastro pub has contributed a significant amount to Live Theatre’s funding for new plays.
Cue a new legal entity
Sean Egan outlines what you need to know about becoming a charitable incorporated organisation.
Reducing redundancies
Eleanor Deem says that the need to make financial cuts is a valid reason for redundancy, but employers may find they can reduce th…
Technology, entrepreneurship and culture
Peter Tullin is optimistic that there is a huge demand for a form of cultural entrepreneurship where people and experiences that w…
Paying for the positive impact
Although there is increasing interest from health and social care providers in engaging older people in arts activity, a huge chal…
Playing in old age
Paul Cann believes that the longstanding exclusion of older people from the arts will be changing thanks to a new online initiativ…
Starting up a Social Enterprise (or how to fail better…)
Martin Heaney draws some lessons from the highs and lows of establishing a new arts production Community Interest Company.
At Liberty to lobby
Liz Hill’s suggestion that the arts sector needs a champion like the campaigning organisation Liberty has been met with enth…
Reluctant leaders
Can artists be viewed as leaders in the conventional sense? Joshua Sofaer investigates what it really means for an artist to be a…
Personal connections
Now that ticketing means interfacing with customers via websites, smartphones and social media, Roger Tomlinson reviews the advanc…
Arts at the heart
At the end of a year in which Paul Hamlyn Foundation celebrates 25 years of grant-making, Robert Dufton discusses his organisation…
Strategies for a digital culture
Oonagh Murphy’s research into how museums are engaging digitally with their audiences took her to New York. Here she reports…
Guidance in good practice
A new online knowledge bank combines information and guidance on bringing art and audiences together. Pam Pfrommer gives the backg…
Successful cities
The World Cities Culture Report reveals how culture is as important as finance and trade to the success of a city. Munira Mirza ex…
Turning fortunes around
Miles Gregory shares 15 tips on how to turn a troubled arts organisation around with the minimum stress for everyone involved.
Amateurs take centre stage
London 2012 revealed the dedication of the voluntary arts sector – and the artistic quality it produces – to a worldwi…
Where there’s a will…
New Inheritance Tax rules mean that everyone will be better off giving 10% to charity rather than a lower percentage. Peter Shand…
Auto-enrolment unravelled
Are you vaguely aware of pensions auto-enrolment but not sure who it affects, what employers need to do, and by when? Eleanor Deem…
Outside looking in
Ian Patel asks who benefits exactly from ‘outsider art’, the work of vulnerable groups such as offenders and psychiatric patie…
