£1m from BP boosts Aberdeen gallery plans
Aberdeen Arts Gallery, which has been closed for refurbishment since 2015, has accepted £1m from the oil giant to create the…
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York Theatre Royal backs arts hub for armed forces
The theatre is working with the Soldiers' Arts Academy to establish an arts hub where serving and ex-service personnel an…
Campaigners fight for Reading Gaol arts project
Matt Rodda, MP for Reading East, has launched a petition in support of a community campaign to preserve Reading Prison as an arts…
New arts minister joins Government
Rebecca Pow MP has taken over from Michael Ellis MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Digital C…
Arts Council invests in classroom creativity
A successful pilot scheme bringing artists into Northern Ireland schools is being rolled out following positive feedback on the im…
Two new Welsh national museums planned
The country’s Deputy Culture Minister, Dafydd Elis-Thomas, has responded to feasibility studies for a National Football Muse…
Low pay forces performing artist to sleep under a bridge
Actor Elise Harris, who represents a London branch of Equity, said that a member of the trade union had ended up sleeping rough be…
Change education policy to save arts in schools, say MPs
A new report demands a “clear explanation” from DCMS and the Department for Education on why they have dismissed evide…
Arts projects land £4m to boost social impact
The Creative Civic Change programme has granted multi-year funding to communities with a track record of using the arts to address…
Artist studio complex opens in south London Enterprise Zone
Workspaces for more than 100 artists and an Enterprise Hub supporting creative entrepreneurs will be at the heart of the newly ope…
Fundraisers concerned about donors’ future income
New research warns that “the wider macroeconomic environment will impact on the ability of charities to raise funds when ind…
Creative Europe supports UK culture despite Brexit uncertainty
UK cultural organisations have been urged to "continue applications as normal" as negotiations over leaving the EU conti…
Cardiff campaign to protect grassroots culture
Community-run organisations are planning “visonary and radical alternatives” as they search for a sustainable way forw…
Fellowships to focus on arts in the built environment
A new category of Churchill Fellowship has been set up to fund travel that will enable architects and other professionals to explo…
Culture Minister resigns following ‘politically-motivated’ interventions
A 6,500 signature petition and international protests from forty international museum directors, including Tate's Maria Balsha…
Shakespeare’s Globe development plans on ice
Higher than anticipated costs will lead to a two-year delay to accommodate an increase to the capital project’s fundraising…
Rose Theatre under threat as Council prepares to withdraw funding
Kingston Council has warned that the theatre's £265k annual funding will end by 2022 and criticised its “uncommerc…
Research to investigate orchestral injuries
Liverpool Philharmonic and Liverpool John Moores University are joining forces with Help Musicians to address concerns about the p…
Sheffield gallery submits plans for redevelopment
Sidney and Matilda Gallery and Social Club is applying for planning permission to develop a former paper factory in the city centr…
Opera House in bid to reach younger generation
The first ever series of family friendly operas commissioned by the Royal Opera House aims to challenge public preconceptions abou…
UK Music calls for investigation into ailing PledgeMusic platform
In a letter to Small Business and Consumer Minister Kelly Tolhurst, the industry body’s CEO Michael Dugher urges that the cr…
Unpaid rent locks artists out of London studios
Following an “administrative error” from studio provider ACAVA which meant it did not pay rent to the building’s…
Musicians ‘fobbed off’ on access requests
Fear of negative reactions is deterring Deaf and disabled musicians from mentioning their access needs when talking to promoters,…
ACE pledges £1.5m to grassroots music venues
Previously criticised as “too posh for pop”, Arts Council England has voiced support for genres including rock and hip…
