Campaigners fight to save Bristol arts hub
6,000 people have signed a petition to stop the space, which had been used for a Banksy mural, from being turned into flats. City…
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Primary schools lament decline in arts provision
A new report calls for an arts education premium for every primary school to address worsening lesson quality and offer opportunit…
Arts Council of Northern Ireland could re-introduce multi-year funding
The funder has also set out plans to create a consultative assembly of arts professionals, after hearing calls to communicate more…
Government aims to increase music take-up with new model curriculum
Schools Minister Nick Gibb says that the key to increasing the number of music GCSE entries is to improve the quality of lessons f…
Politicians polarise in their opinions of Arts Council England
Labour politicians are increasingly positive about the Arts Council’s work, while sentiment among Conservatives has moved in…
Collapse in Justgiving donations to arts over past four years
Figures provided by the online funding platform to the BBC reveal there has been a 33% drop in giving to arts and culture, and a 1…
Council saves at-risk Norfolk theatre
St George’s Theatre in Great Yarmouth has been granted £27k by the local council and had its annual funding increased…
Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff looks for new expansion schemes
The venue has dropped five-year old plans for a £6m refurbishment – saying they were too ambitious in the current clim…
Student sentenced for bomb-scare ‘artwork’ on Newcastle bridge
33-year-old Thomas Ellison, from Fenham in Newcastle, has been sentenced to 90 hours of community service for placing a lunchbox w…
Museums to share £4m funding
Manchester Museum, the Horniman Museum in London and Carlisle’s Tullie House are among the institutions receiving grants in…
Council approves £2.3m London arts centre expansion
Lambeth councillors have approved architects Matheson Whiteley’s designs for Studio Voltaire in Clapham. The scheme will see…
Boost for classical music sales
Classical sales and streams increased by 10% in 2018, making it the year’s fastest-growing genre. Sales of classical CDs inc…
Leave Means Leave tries to shut down anti-Brexit arts project
The Photographers’ Gallery says it will not curtail activity in the face of complaints from the pro-Brexit campaign group.&n…
Cultural funding under threat following ministry mergers in Brazil
Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has merged the country’s three ministries of culture, sports and social development into…
Major funders seek to reduce ‘burdensome’ reporting requirements
A group of funders including the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation are to test a set of key principles to…
ACE research finds ‘deeply rooted’ transparency concerns
Interviews with arts sector stakeholders also reveal that Arts Council England is seen as overly bureaucratic, and the Grantium fu…
Creative industries collaboration to explore potential for immersive performance
Opportunities for using virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality technologies will be developed with a view to extendi…
Staff at risk of redundancy at Shakespeare’s Globe
Up to 40 employees – around 14% of the theatre’s workforce – could be impacted by a planned restructure, althoug…
Teacher survey reals ‘shocking decline’ in arts education for primary school pupils
New Fabian Society research – backed by Children & the Arts, the Musicians Union and actor Ben Elton – found that…
More details of Scottish National Gallery redevelopment released
The two-year, £22m project, which began last October, will create a new set of galleries from former office, storage and dis…
Profits halve at Cameron Mackintosh with costly Victoria Palace redevelopment
The company’s 2017/18 accounts reveal that although turnover increased by 14% on the previous year, profits were down 57% fr…
Universities challenge call for fewer creative arts degrees
Claims by the Onward thinktank that young people should be steered away from “low value” degrees because they leave ta…
ACE commits £6m to leadership development
Supporting early career leaders is among the priorities for the funding, which will also aim to tackle the lack of diversity in se…
Approval imminent for theatre and pub development in Stone
Plans for a 140-seat theatre and the reuse of derelict buildings as a backstage area and stores are set for approval by Staffordsh…
