Access is everything
Suzanne Bull makes the case for disabled access to be at the heart of music venues’ strategic plans – not an afterthought
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Open doors
Across the UK and US the prison arts community is forming a transatlantic network. Becky Mer examines the ins and outs
ACE pledges to cut bureaucracy
Arts Council England’s (ACE) Chief Executive Alan Davey has pledged to make reducing bureaucracy a key strategy for respondi…
Making an impact
Sarah Shalgosky sees university galleries as playing a broad and valuable role in the wider context of the visual arts
Fair play for rural arts
A new report is lobbying for statutory agencies to produce a strategic plan in relation to culture, creativity and rural communiti…
Artists’ studios transform towns
Artists are breathing new life into disused industrial and commercial premises, according to a new report on artists’ studio…
Sharing the joy of discovery
Andrew Ormston reflects on scientists’ appetite for collaborations with artists
Spreading ‘sciart’
Andrew Ormston explains how hand-in-hand scientists and artists are colonising new, barren land. Just like fungi and algae
Professor issues health-warning on arts building projects
Current systems for managing major theatre refurbishing and building projects are under the spotlight following the publication of…
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…
Happy not having it all
Cara Courage questions if and why the arts sector is still a man’s world
Success so far for planning campaign
The Government is under pressure to make changes to its draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) following a Communities an…
Access failings at music venues
A new report has concluded that clear information on access prior to events is crucial to deaf and disabled customers being able t…
Losing the graduate edge
Rebecca Ritchie Timms gives a graduate’s reaction to ticking funding boxes
Assessing the crowd
Evaluating un-ticketed events in ways which are meaningful and sustainable is a challenge that Anne Torreggiani has faced on many…
Free is a magic number?
Tim Baker argues that giving something away can seriously undermine its value in the eyes of potential customers
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…
Strengthening the case
Poor quality economic impact assessments may have dragged down the arts sector’s perceptions of valuation studies, but Hasan Bak…
Facing up to bullying
Bullying doesn’t always involve a physical element. Anne Marie Quigg sees a culture of coaching as being one way of preventing i…
More than a hobby
Robin Simpson explains how research findings are helping to develop a true understanding of the impact of grassroots, amateur arts…
You can’t complain if you don’t play the game
Dany Louise issues a rallying cry to artists
Leading by example
Ben Twist examines the impact that Edinburgh’s Festivals are having on the attitudes and behaviour of its audiences and its arti…
Artists fall at funding hurdles
New research shows that artists are slow to apply for grants and feel disconnected from arts policy
Arts cut crime says report
An evaluation of the impact of three arts-based initiatives has concluded that the arts play an important role in the criminal jus…
