Organisations are pleading with politicians to urgently release £33m funding that was allocated months ago.

Although museums and galleries in England and Scotland can prepare to reopen, the  performing arts remain in lockdown and fea…

£11m for Scotland, £7m for Wales and £1m for Northern Ireland as their arts councils announce plans to support o…

Organisations visited more neighbourhoods, worked with more schools and made more money last year – but attendance is still…

The Arts Council of Wales has said it won’t fund projects that don’t budget minimum pay rates for artists. We asked th…

Last month, weekly arts group participants with sensory impairments, physical disabilities and mental illnesses came together to p…

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has reported that average ticket prices have risen above the rate of inflation over the last…

Annually Funded Organisations are suffering “damage to long-term sustainability”, having slashed marketing budgets in…

The funder has also set out plans to create a consultative assembly of arts professionals, after hearing calls to communicate more…

“The future is bleak unless new innovative solutions to the funding challenge can be found,” says the Chair of Arts Co…

Political deadlock has led to the current strategy being extended for a year.

A £120k pilot scheme will see ten Northern Ireland secondary schools collaborate with artists on a range of projects to impr…

100 arts organisations will share £13.1m this year, as the Arts Council struggles to deal with a £23m reduction in pub…

Open House arts festival took a risk when it moved from Belfast to Bangor in Northern Ireland, but one that is paying off now that…

A Northern Ireland scheme that places young professionals on arts boards benefits the sector and the young people alike. Natalie C…

51 regularly funded arts organisations have supported a statement expressing no confidence in the funder’s Chair, who has sp…

Frank Lyons explains how a combined academic and artistic approach has been key to the success of a new ensemble featuring disable…

Craft NI is now the sole representative body for artists, designers and makers.

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has defended its independence, claiming that policy-making expertise and access to external f…

Arts attendance among people living in the most deprived areas has grown, but the gap between these areas and those of least depri…

National Lottery operator Camelot expects “disappointing” sales to decline further this year.

The Arts Council was unable to maintain standstill funding following orders from the Department for Communities.

The financial imperative to sell tickets can lead to a ‘bums on seats’ mentality, but a different approach has helped…

Political deadlock has forced the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to withhold 50% of all grants for its annually funded organisat…