Access is everything
Suzanne Bull makes the case for disabled access to be at the heart of music venues’ strategic plans – not an afterthought
Suzanne Bull makes the case for disabled access to be at the heart of music venues’ strategic plans – not an afterthought
Across the UK and US the prison arts community is forming a transatlantic network. Becky Mer examines the ins and outs
Arts Council England’s (ACE) Chief Executive Alan Davey has pledged to make reducing bureaucracy a key strategy for respondi…
Sarah Shalgosky sees university galleries as playing a broad and valuable role in the wider context of the visual arts
A new report is lobbying for statutory agencies to produce a strategic plan in relation to culture, creativity and rural communiti…
Artists are breathing new life into disused industrial and commercial premises, according to a new report on artists’ studio…
Andrew Ormston reflects on scientists’ appetite for collaborations with artists
Andrew Ormston explains how hand-in-hand scientists and artists are colonising new, barren land. Just like fungi and algae
Current systems for managing major theatre refurbishing and building projects are under the spotlight following the publication of…
A new report on the plight of small visual arts organisations that are set to lose their core Arts Council England (ACE) funding i…
Cara Courage questions if and why the arts sector is still a man’s world
The Government is under pressure to make changes to its draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) following a Communities an…
A new report has concluded that clear information on access prior to events is crucial to deaf and disabled customers being able t…
Rebecca Ritchie Timms gives a graduate’s reaction to ticking funding boxes
Evaluating un-ticketed events in ways which are meaningful and sustainable is a challenge that Anne Torreggiani has faced on many…
Tim Baker argues that giving something away can seriously undermine its value in the eyes of potential customers
I have been a fundraiser since 1988, when I joined Oxfam, and have worked in cultural fundraising since 1991. So the question of w…
Poor quality economic impact assessments may have dragged down the arts sector’s perceptions of valuation studies, but Hasan Bak…
Bullying doesn’t always involve a physical element. Anne Marie Quigg sees a culture of coaching as being one way of preventing i…
Robin Simpson explains how research findings are helping to develop a true understanding of the impact of grassroots, amateur arts…
Dany Louise issues a rallying cry to artists
Ben Twist examines the impact that Edinburgh’s Festivals are having on the attitudes and behaviour of its audiences and its arti…
New research shows that artists are slow to apply for grants and feel disconnected from arts policy
An evaluation of the impact of three arts-based initiatives has concluded that the arts play an important role in the criminal jus…