Outdoor arts into the mainstream
The main challenge for arts in outdoor spaces is that policymakers and funders tend to focus on art in buildings. But in a new rep…
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Learning to breathe
The winner of the Women in Social Enterprise Award, Yvonne Farquharson, reflects on setting up her own company creating arts progr…
£10m jobs and skills fund in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s creative industries are set to benefit from a share of a £10m jobs and skills fund. The Covid Recov…
Levelling Up White Paper targets cultural engagement outside London
Arts Council England will spend 100% of its budget uplift in the regions as Government commits to "significantly increasing&q…
New entrants eligible in latest Wales CRF
The third round of Wales' Cultural Recovery Fund (CRF) is open, with organisations that have not previously received support e…
What is in the £50m for creative businesses
£18.4m will be available to businesses outside of film and gaming.
Lewisham Borough of Culture begins
Lewisham’s Borough of Culture programme has begun. Performances and workshops took place across the South London borough on…
Helsinki to host next World Cities Culture Summit
Helsinki will host the 10th World Cities Culture Summit, scheduled for October 5 to 7. The Finnish capital is expected to welcome…
Digital award winners embrace new audiences
Those who showcased best practice in digital leadership did so by addressing the challenges of the pandemic.
New partners for Leeds 2023
New partners have signed on to deliver creative projects for Leeds 2023. The British Library, Leeds Rhinos, Leeds United, National…
£1.1m granted to museum and heritage projects
The Art Fund has announced recipients of the second and third wave of its Reimagine grants programme. More than £1.1m will b…
NPO applications: here’s what you need to know
Timelines, deadlines and what Arts Council England is looking for in its 2023 portfolio.
How might culture engineer levelling up?
DCMS is calling for evidence for its latest inquiry on the levelling up agenda. Jason Jones-Hall has been analysing initial data f…
Ways of working with universities revealed
One of the largest surveys ever undertaken between the arts and academia produced some new perspectives on how collaborations can…
Working dynamically
ACE’s Let’s Create strategy prioritises ‘dynamism’ as a funding principle. But what does it mean? Annabel…
Call to scrap GCSEs amid paltry arts entries
The summer exams must go, former education secretaries say, as a new commission reports the need for students to develop creativit…
Summer events face ‘pronounced’ skills shortage
Two thirds say they need to delay or cancel work as skilled workers are slow to return to the industry.
BBC arts archive at risk, insiders say
BBC4, the channel for archived arts content, cannot survive another round of funding cuts, insiders say. The corporation is consid…
Contribution to culture part of universities’ value
A new metric for measuring the merit of "low value" courses like creative arts aims to change perceptions of what a qual…
Kaunas begins year as European Capital of Culture
The Lithuanian city of Kaunas marks the start of its year as European Capital of Culture this weekend with an "awe-inspiring&…
Emotional resilience is the key skill for 2022
While many arts and culture organisations are concerned about their financial viability, emotional resilience will also be essenti…
The metaverse is here to stay
For good or bad, we need to learn to live with the metaverse. But what is it, and why is it important for the cultural sector to b…
Understanding audiences
Regardless of debates about what audience development means, the main aim should be for more people to experience the arts, says A…
Building back better for parents and carers
The pandemic has been particularly challenging for parents and carers trying to juggle their responsibilities with their working l…
