Playing with form
To make theatre truly accessible, elements such as captioning and audio description must have their own artistic stamp, says Amit…
To make theatre truly accessible, elements such as captioning and audio description must have their own artistic stamp, says Amit…
Music venues and festivals that have signed an accessibility ‘Charter of Best Practice’ have seen an increase in ticke…
In true Bertrand Russell style, Chrissie Tiller suggests that we turn the burden of proof on its head – and prove that…
Carien Meijer describes some recent developments of technology and musical instruments for disabled musicians.
All bar UKIP affirm the value of the arts and culture in society, but only The Greens commit to increased funding and a more holis…
Creating a network of ambassadors to promote culture and creativity in schools in the north east of England has been a bigger and…
Arts venues in Wales have joined forces to implement a new national scheme that aims to provide more consistent and reliable arts…
The closure of the Independent Living Fund and cuts to the Access to Work scheme will lead to a massive reduction in the number of…
A Disability Action Plan for the arts in Northern Ireland hopes to raise the numbers of disabled people attending, participating a…
Deborah Bull explains what the cultural enquiry into arts policy and young people learnt by looking back over the last 60 years.
To make Southbank Centre’s Unlimited Festival a success, Wendy Martin knew that she had to improve accessibility for the 100…
The Arts Council’s new five-year strategy makes a commitment to promoting equality and tackling poverty and social exclusion…
Andrew Miller speaks out on discrimination in the arts, asking why “disabled people are nearly invisible with embarrassingly…
Creating a level playing field for visual artists is the aim of online gallery Outside In. Kate Davey tells how its surgery days s…
Universities and the cultural sector can work in partnership to drive innovation, widen participation and engage a broader public,…
The various ways in which successive governments have tried to provide access to the arts for children and young people is to be t…
Live broadcasts are attracting a dedicated older audience who value affordability and accessibility, a new survey has found.
The AccessArt website has switched from being project-funded to self-sustaining thanks to its membership income. Paula Briggs tell…
The distribution of Lottery funding for the arts is a closed system, operating for the benefit of a small number of arts organisat…
Suba Das, Curve’s Associate Director of Community Engagement, tells us about his gurus.
Seb Lee-Delisle describes how he used computer programming to create an interactive fireworks display.
If ‘access for everyone’ is the policy goal, then regional funding is the elephant in the room, says Liz Hill.
The Bloomsbury Festival in a Box outreach scheme is tackling cultural exclusion, reports Cathy Mager.
Improvements in physical access for disabled people have not been matched by better strategies to attract audiences, says new repo…