Co-creation boosts young people’s library engagement
Almost 90% of young people from marginalised groups felt more welcome in libraries after co-creating projects with them, new resea…
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Public believes creativity can promote community cohesion, study reveals
Increased community involvement in arts and creativity can play an important role in promoting social cohesion, according to the f…
China calling
Alex Lalak meets an arts administrator who is looking to the burgeoning jazz and classical music market in China for programming i…
Youth-led heritage projects receive further funding
More than 20 heritage projects across England will receive funding from Historic England to empower young people to explore and co…
Libraries to be ‘poverty-proofed’ through new project
Arts Council England has provided £50,000 of funding for a project to help libraries become more welcoming to families experienci…
English National Opera outlines Manchester plans
English National Opera has announced plans for its future as part of its move to Manchester. The company, which was controversiall…
Call for central AI infrastructure to help culture sector ‘monetise content’
Arts Council England and UK government should work together to develop centralised artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure to…
Glasshouse receives £2m to support work with young people
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music in Gateshead has received a £2m donation from The Foyle Foundation to support its w…
Natural History Museum develops theatre show
The Natural History Museum has announced that it is involved in developing its first touring theatrical show. Dinosaurs Live! will…
Charity launches daytime events at independent music venues
Independent Venue Community says it wants to unlock the daytime potential of independent music venues, starting with a pilot progr…
National Centre for Children’s Literature to close
Scottish venue which opened in 2019 in the building which helped inspire author JM Barrie to write Peter Pan has been losing money…
Birmingham Museums launches citizens’ jury
Birmingham Museums Trust (BMT) has launched a Citizens' Jury that will see up to 30 randomly-selected local residents advise i…
Boost in live arts attendance, but regular engagement declines
Proportion of people attending arts events on a weekly basis has fallen by 10 percentage points over the last year, according to t…
Uncomfortable truths
Arts organisations are committed to reaching marginalised young people through their creative practice. But what happens when youn…
Birmingham: ‘An extraordinary jewel of a city’
In the latest in our series on the arts in education, Steve Ball shares an initiative which connects schools and arts organisation…
We make the road by walking
Long-term Heart of Glass collaborator Chrissie Tiller reflects on working with the Merseyside-based NPO and how, by building deepe…
Young people ‘more interested’ in opera than older peers
Young people are more open to attending opera performances than their older peers, a research project has found. A poll conducted…
ACE review: Arts leaders seek sector involvement
Senior figures from arts and culture organisations say government-ordered review of Arts Council England requires sector input to…
Nottingham NPO embeds citizens’ assembly into leadership structure
New Art Exchange says it is the first cultural institution in the world to integrate a permanent citizen assembly into its leaders…
Scottish museums share £400,000 development funding
Museums Galleries Scotland has awarded grants worth £420,000 to nine projects via the Museum Development Fund. The pro…
‘Revolutionary’ employment scheme for artists launches
Gloucester-based National Portfolio Organisation wants to see a 'step-change' in how artists are supported so they can wor…
Jewish Museum London gets funding for community work
The Jewish Museum London has received more than £200,000 to work in the community ahead of a move to a new building. The Nat…
Staying warm this winter
As winter approaches, with energy bills remaining stubbornly high, Libraries Connected Chief Executive Isobel Hunter say…
Museum leaves online platform after trans rights ‘Twitter storm’
As cultural organisations address divisive issues in an increasingly challenging social media landscape, some are choosing to leav…
