Asking nicely
As part of a fundraising strategy donation boxes consistently fail to fulfil their potential, but does it have to be this way? Ber…
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Exit interview: Things I’ve learned about the cultural sector
As she steps down as Editor of the cultural policy journal Cultural Trends, Sara Selwood takes a long hard look at the way the sec…
Research to investigate censorship in the arts
An ArtsProfessional survey will examine whether fear of “biting the hand that feeds” is affecting freedom of expressio…
York is UK’s most culturally vibrant city, finds EU research
Both Glasgow and Edinburgh were ranked higher than London on a cultural and creative index compiled by the European Commission.
North/South divide widens in creative industries employment
New analysis of employment and productivity in the creative industries concludes “it is unlikely that the rest of the UK wou…
DCMS reports drop in arts engagement
New figures show a continuing trend of disabled adults engaging with the arts – but an ongoing decline in creative pursuits…
Cash strapped arts organisations choose audiences over income: ArtsProfessional’s Pulse Survey, ‘The Art of Pricing’
More than 600 sector professionals have responded to ArtsProfessional’s survey looking at the delicate and emotive…
Creative Industries Federation and Creative England to merge
Joint venture aims to 'supercharge' UK arts lobbying and business development
Visual arts audiences ‘increasingly dominated by a new generation’
New research finds that visual arts appeal disproportionately to millennials and Generation Z – but warns the sector needs t…
‘The problem is that everybody hates it’: insights from qualitative research
An analysis of motivations helped a contemporary music ensemble upend received wisdom about its audiences. Celia Duffy and Charlot…
Thinking big about health
The Hub at Wellcome Collection brings together academics and practitioners to tackle issues like rest and busyness, rare dementias…
Creative Scotland admitted ‘unfundable’ organisations into portfolio
Last-minute interventions by senior figures “ultimately served to undermine the integrity of the RFO process”, staff t…
Leeds University to run £2.5m Centre for Cultural Value
The centre will act as a “one-stop shop” to bridge the gap between research and practice.
Flourishing cultural eco-systems
Jonathan Gross and Nick Wilson reflect on their recent research into cultural ecology and suggest what the future of progressive p…
Silence speaks volumes
The economic value of our creative industries is clear. But it's not so clear that they're a priority for candidates wanti…
UK must correct ‘very strong London bias’ in cultural provision, says report
Cultural leaders have expressed dismay that Lord Kerslake’s inquiry into the UK’s economic imbalances did not make mor…
It’s time to be honest about failure
New research suggests that cultural organisations are reluctant to admit to failure for fear of losing their funding. To make genu…
Creativity + innovation = change
Patrick Towell unpicks the crucial differences between creativity and innovation in the context of rapid change in the cultural se…
Creative Europe supports UK culture despite Brexit uncertainty
UK cultural organisations have been urged to "continue applications as normal" as negotiations over leaving the EU conti…
My Gurus – Hannah Ishmael
Hannah Ishmael, an archivist at the Black Cultural Archives, reflects on the colleagues, thinkers and activists who have guid…
Arts organisations urged to become ‘evidence champions’
A new guide to evaluating arts and cultural learning explains the importance of sharing evidence to help organisations impro…
Arts attendance in Northern Ireland falls by a quarter as cuts bite
Annually Funded Organisations are suffering “damage to long-term sustainability”, having slashed marketing budgets in…
Politicians polarise in their opinions of Arts Council England
Labour politicians are increasingly positive about the Arts Council’s work, while sentiment among Conservatives has moved in…
An artist’s life
What is it like to be an artist working in the East Midlands? Elizabeth Hawley-Lingham and Paula Serafini spent two years looking…
