ACE-backed trans theatre company gears up for launch
Trans Creative aims to become a hub for the transgender community in the North of England, providing creative and employment oppor…
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Reflecting the world
No wonder there is so much talk about the death of opera when people are excluded from it all the time, says Bill Bankes-Jones. Bu…
Creative Scotland backs diversity targets for screen sector
Screen organisations should also consider dropping age limits for training programmes and increasing targeted initiatives to suppo…
Women, disabled and BME still struggle to reach senior arts roles
Concerns have been raised about the quality of diversity data, with Arts Council England Chief Executive Darren Henley labelling u…
Arts funding system causes BAME organisations to fail, paper claims
BAME-led organisations are short-term beneficiaries but long-term victims of traditional arts funding, a paper has claimed.
A move towards self-determination
Could business hubs and hatcheries help address the current diversity imbalances in the arts, asks James Doeser.
Lloyd Webber diversity research calls for colour-blind casting
Failure to diversify will cause theatre to become irrelevant to the majority of the British population, the report concludes.
Arts diversity: The quota conversation
Quotas in the arts failed in the 1980s. But now is the time to champion their reintroduction, across workforce and artistic progra…
A mental makeover for classical music
Tired of seeing classical music magazines filled with middle-aged white faces, James Fleury proposes four ‘mental makeovers&…
Changing the diversity of cultural leadership
Birmingham may be diverse but its cultural leaders are not. Lara Ratnaraja and Helga Henry discuss how the RE:Present programme is…
‘European roles’ and me
Non-English actors are encouraged to change their name and disguise themselves as English in order to be cast in productions &ndas…
Arts diversity: To shame, or not to shame
In the fourth of a series of articles, Christy Romer says it’s time for data about workforce, programming and casting to be…
Data to measure diversity
The first full year’s worth of data from the Audience Finder survey raises important questions about the inclusivity of arts…
Perception the biggest barrier to audience diversity, survey finds
Fears that existing arts audiences resist ‘more diverse artistic product’ appear to be unfounded, ArtsProfessional&rsq…
Arts diversity: Interview with the National Theatre’s Rufus Norris
What does the Artistic Director of England’s most highly-funded theatre think about quotas, naming and shaming, and the lack…
‘League of shame’ theatres receive workforce diversity funding
Arts Council England’s two new funds aim to increase the diversity of senior leaders in arts organisations and support devel…
Three-quarters of people in the arts volunteer before finding paid work, survey suggests
Research by Jerwood Charitable Foundation found only a quarter of people working in the arts entered the sector with a paid positi…
Workforce diversity won’t be a factor in Arts Council ratings
National Portfolio Organisations must diversify their programming to access ACE funding, but there will be no naming and shaming o…
Arts workers in favour of artistic diversity quotas, survey finds
The sector has voiced concerns about barriers facing diverse artists and the ‘ghettoisation’ of diverse art.
Arts organisation unlikely to lease The Drum building
Part of the NPO funding previously earmarked for the venue will now be distributed in the local area to promote arts activity.
Arts diversity: None of this is new
We’ve been reading, writing and speaking about diversity in the arts for decades. In the third in a series of articles, Chri…
The fearless inclusive leader
How can a more inclusive leadership style increase diversity in our audiences? Anne Torreggiani identifies three distinct characte…
Survey to track arts diversity in Scotland
Creative Scotland is to gather evidence on individuals’ occupation, employment status and career progression across the coun…
To those angry at me
Adam Taylor, an organiser of the NewHorizons16 conference on diversity and inclusion, responds to one of the day’s themes: o…
