Essex to launch local arts recovery fund
Essex County Council will launch a local Arts and Cultural Recovery Fund next month. The fund is geared towards recovery…
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London to repurpose Royal Docks as cultural quarter
London’s Royal Docks is set to become ‘London’s cultural engine’ under plans to repurpose the space a…
Strategy will make Peterborough a ‘cultural hotspot’
The city must address a “cultural deficit” among its youth, consultation finds, as it eyes a bid for UK City of Cultur…
Canning Dock redevelopment to investigate historic slave trade
National Museums Liverpool (NML) has announced the winners of a competition to redevelop Liverpool’s Canning Dock. Architect…
Council criticised over mixed messages on theatre sale
A £191,000 Culture Recovery Fund grant was meant to help the theatre reopen and reach new audiences. Now, locals can't g…
A curatorial career driving culture-led regeneration
Ten years after Turner Contemporary opened its doors to the public, its Director Victoria Pomery OBE is stepping down. Here sh…
Abandoned church to become arts and music venue
Ipswich Council has granted planning permission for St Clement's Church to be repurposed into an arts centre and music ve…
What’s in a name?
Does your organisation’s name need too much explanation? Pauline Tambling reflects on the process of changing an establ…
How Government can avoid missing the mark on levelling up
If policymakers get it right for the cultural sector, there may be significant economic and social dividends to be won, argues Eli…
Falkirk Council to vote on arts centre location
Falkirk Council is set to vote on a site for its new arts centre and council headquarters. The £45m arts centre, which…
London invests £1.3m into creative jobs
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced £1.3m for the city's Creative Enterprise Zones (CEZs) as part of a plan to do…
Barbican seeks design team for building revamp
The Barbican Centre and City of London are searching for a design team to refurbish the city centre arts venue. A competition …
126,000 events industry jobs lost to Covid-19
93% of organisers have changed their business models in response to the pandemic but a full recovery isn't expected until 2023…
Birmingham to open first city centre music venue in a decade
Birmingham is set to open its first music venue and club in the city centre for over a decade. Forum Birmingham, featuring a 3,500…
Advantaged areas won more Culture Recovery Fund money
Places that have fewer National Portfolio Organisations and less buy-in from local authorities may struggle to access other fundin…
City of Culture 2025 contest attracts explosion of interest
Adding a seventh city to the longlist of bidders who will receive funding would allow more places to "complete their jou…
£34.9bn needed for UK creative industries to ‘bounce back’ by 2025
New modelling from Oxford Economics says the country's creative sectors can more than recover from the loss of 100,000 jobs wi…
Cultural vaccination centres an opportunity to reach new audiences
Art galleries hosting pop-up sites hope to capitalise on increased footfall and reconnect with young locals.
What do we mean by a systemic conversation?
Building on Culture Reset, Richard Watts shares a range of new initiatives aimed at supporting the cultural sector to change and d…
A new creative renaissance?
Despite an incredibly difficult time for arts and culture in London, Justine Simons says the return of visitors to our world-leadi…
New music board to boost West Midlands industry
The West Midlands Music Board will prioritise the economic growth and recovery, inclusion, representation and advocacy of its loca…
Tourism Recovery Plan gives hollow nod to culture
A new national tourism plan says cultural attractions are the top drawcard for international visitors, but falls short of offering…
New Deal for the arts
The more you look at the cultural aftermath of this year of lockdowns, the clearer it becomes that current thinking around arts fu…
Growing freelance creative workforces may pose a risk to the regions
Official employment statistics show the cultural sector remains in crisis, with declining job opportunities and regional imbalance…
