Research reveals fundraising challenges
Those born before 1945 give on average nearly 38% more to charity than Baby Boomers in the generation below, born between 1948 and…
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Prison arts practitioners seek international accreditation
Arts practitioners are being asked to contribute to the development of a new pan-European project leading to the first internation…
Boscombe adds Council cash to European cultural enterprise funding
The Council will also employ a dedicated post to support the development of the creative industries in the town.
Crowd source campaign targets Art Nouveau lovers
The public are being encouraged to find and photograph examples of Art Nouveau architecture and art in their local area for Europe…
Group lobbies for end of double taxation for visiting performers
A group representing performers across Europe is campaigning for the removal of a provision that means performers can be taxed twi…
Plans for four venues to become Yorkshire Sculpture ‘Triangle’
Yorkshire organisations have set up a project to capitalise on the county’s heritage of great sculptors. The Henry Moo…
Europe invests in the arts
The future looks bright for culture on the continent, but the Autumn Statement provided no such solace for the UK, says Liz Hill.
Tate membership tops Europe’s galleries
Tate membership has passed 100,000 and is the largest scheme of all Europe’s galleries and arts venues. The annual subscript…
EU culture plans focus on jobs and growth
The strategy outlines some key actions to invest in the cultural sector across Europe
Intercultural connections
The impact of participatory art on the experience of new migrants and their interaction with a new cultural environment is now the…
Cultural economy
Yvette Vaughan Jones looks towards a Creative Europe 2014 – and beyond
Wellbeing behind bars
Dr Alan Clarke shares what he has learnt from a career running arts projects in prisons across Europe
Progress made towards EU culture cash boost
Proposals to increase the EU’s culture budget for 2014–2020 by 37% could still become a reality, despite objections fr…
Illuminating conversations
Nicky Webb describes the birth, development and culmination of a European collaboration that has led to dialogue and exchange betw…
Brave New World
A new concert hall has the facility for a conductor in Europe to conduct an orchestra onstage in Florida while the audience enjoys…
Race against time to beat the cuts
A new report on the plight of small visual arts organisations that are set to lose their core Arts Council England (ACE) funding i…
Greenwich fights to the bitter end
Alice de Sousa, Artistic Director of the Greenwich Playhouse, which is being forced to close in April following the non-renewal of…
New arts facility for the disabled and socially excluded
A new arts facility dedicated to education, innovation and excellence in the arts for disabled people and socially excluded groups…
Europe earmarks nearly €2 billion for culture
A new culture programme unveiled by the European Commission has a proposed budget of €1.8bn for 2014–2020. The scheme a…
A taxing myth
I have been a fundraiser since 1988, when I joined Oxfam, and have worked in cultural fundraising since 1991. So the question of w…
A farewell dance
Leading dance artists from The Place’s ‘Work Place’ scheme will be showcasing contemporary dance practices at th…
Gareth Machin shares the websites he wouldn’t be without
www.bushgreen.org This is a fantastic initiative, developed by the Bush Theatre, to empower writers and increase access to the ver…
‘Britain’s Best Arts Blog’ to wind down
For those of you who have never stumbled over the site or have been to a private view in Liverpool over the past seven years this…
Psychological realism in theatre
Take a look at the SPILL Festival programme which has just stormed the Barbican and you’ll see a number of exciting British…
