Boards are barrier to progress
Inactive trustees could be the Achilles heel in arts sector efforts to attract individual giving
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Digital opportunities
Arts and culture organisations in England and Scotland looking to explore opportunities presented by digital technologies can now…
London leads as a city of culture
The cultural offers of the world’s most important cities, and the policy structures behind them, is the focus of a new report
Passing by
How do ‘accidental audiences’ for art in public spaces experience performances and what impact does it have? Richard Turpin ex…
Artists endure the double-dip
The value of work available to artists has suffered another downturn, falling almost to the level of the 2008 recession, suggests…
If you treasure it, measure it?
The wellbeing agenda is developing alongside a demand for evidence-based practice. Daniel Callcut explores what this means for art…
One of a kind
Tom Andrews explains how an arts programme celebrating kindness has made a difference to the way primary schoolchildren feel and a…
Access is everything
Suzanne Bull makes the case for disabled access to be at the heart of music venues’ strategic plans – not an afterthought
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…
