The art of changing lives
The success of Hull’s year as City of Culture proves the arts have the power to transform lives. Martin Green says it’…
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New cultural venues for Bradford and Blackpool
The Government’s £15m Northern Cultural Regeneration Fund has awarded grants to three major capital projects in the No…
Support from the right places
Out of the Blue has weathered the storm of arts funding cuts in Scotland thanks to its social enterprise model and the support of…
Survey to reveal views on ethics in arts sponsorship
Following high-profile protests of deals between arts organisations and businesses with controversial track records, ArtsProfessio…
Life in the arts across Europe
Artists from across Europe describe what it’s like to work in their country of origin – from the almost desperate situ…
Loans to become increasingly important for arts organisations
A new Nesta report finds demand for ‘repayable finance’ is growing as the arts sector looks to increase its earned inc…
Arts Council of Wales to deepen links between NHS and arts
The national funder will look into appointing arts and health coordinators to each of Wales’ health boards to help broker li…
Salisbury arts, theatre and music organisations merge
Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury Arts Centre and Salisbury International Arts Festival will be known as Wiltshire Creative and recei…
Safeguarding the arts in times of economic uncertainty
Creative Scotland may have been short-sighted to cut funding to Scottish Youth Theatre, but something needs to be done about overs…
95% of Hull residents attended a City of Culture activity
Over 60% of ticket buying audiences were first-time bookers, and the city’s venues experienced a 30% increase in ticket sale…
A reliable and robust business model
When Marc Steene set up a new art charity, he knew that the key to success would be adopting a business model based on a mix of re…
New Arts Council England fund for individual creatives
Artists, producers and curators must have at least three years’ experience to apply to the new fund, but will not have to se…
New Chief Executive for English National Opera
Television Executive Stuart Murphy will lead ENO from April as it re-enters Arts Council England’s national portfolio for th…
Boost for London culture in Mayor’s £24m regeneration drive
East London Dance and Urban Development will use the funding to create the UK’s first National Talent House for Urban Cultur…
Loss of EU arts funding would hit pro-Brexit regions hardest
AP analysis finds EU culture spend per person is highest in the English regions with the largest proportion of ‘leave’…
Uproar as arms dealer sponsors Great Exhibition of the North
BAE Systems, accused of “profiteering from the deaths of innocent children” in Yemen, is one of the Exhibition’s…
Five-year core funding granted to arts development organisations
A new Paul Hamlyn Foundation initiative will see What Next? and the Cultural Learning Alliance receive £150k each to “…
Waltham Forest and Brent crowned London Boroughs of Culture
The two boroughs will each receive £1.35m and will hold the awards in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
No future for Government’s Cultural Citizens programme
Despite a successful pilot programme in schools, no funding has been confirmed for the arts programme originally announce by David…
Creative Scotland: ‘Our reputation has been severely damaged’
The national funder has announced a root and branch review of its funding processes following public outcry that led to it reversi…
European Union contributes £40m a year to UK culture
New research by Arts Council England, produced to inform the Brexit negotiations, has highlighted the negative impact losing fundi…
Arts Council reduces funding for The Space by 48%
The digital art agency has described its reduced budget as “an excellent opportunity to sharpen our focus”.
Heritage Lottery Fund consults on becoming more commercial
Grant-giving will be disrupted for the next year, as the funder considers introducing loans and corporate funding objectives from…
Museum and galleries funding must be “urgently” increased
A new report is heavily critical of the Mendoza Reivew, after identifying a gap between museum resources and the cost of acquiring…
