• Data

In the second of three articles exploring how cultural organisations can use data creatively, Baker Richards’s Deputy CEO, David Reece, makes the case for intelligent risk-taking t…

• Data
• Policy
• Research

Reflecting on the new book Pandemic Culture, Stephen Dobson, director of the Centre for Cultural Value, argues we now need smarter, more people- and place-centred data to inform cu…

• Digital
• Diversity

It’s more important than ever, says Lauren James, head of content and web projects at Splitpixel, for the arts to be accessible to all and to work actively to include those who h…

• Data

In the first of a series of articles exploring what it means to be data-driven, David Reece argues that, while data is a powerful tool, cultural organisations must balance its use…

• Collaboration
• Digital
• Placemaking

Fiona Morris explores the wide-ranging benefits of arts organisations building place-based partnerships. 

• Digital
• Marketing

Anyone involved in marketing, or creating websites or digital products will know the phrase ‘You are not your customer’. Katie Moffatt shares how user-centred research…

• Access
• Digital
• Disability

The Space has convened an Accessibility Working Group to support the sector to work in more inclusive and accessible ways. One of its first outputs has been to provide a pool of kn…

• Digital
• Marketing

A focus on niche audiences and regular content formats could be key to amplifying a new type of storytelling, writes Zosia Poulter.

• Digital
• Equality
• Participatory arts

Does your website give equal priority to main house shows and community events? Lauren James has some tips on how to use your website to be more inclusive of the local community.

• Data
• Policy
• Research

Cultural policy makers have not focused much on census data in the past, but that data is a goldmine for researchers, says Mark Taylor.

• Digital
• Environmental sustainability

With her experience of working across multiple projects, Sarah Fortescue explores how the sector can deliver what they do best, in the best way possible?

• Data
• Evaluation
• Policy

As Anna Kime begins working with West Yorkshire Combined Authority, she explores how integrated data and evaluation can aid decision making and ensure the UK’s cultural and c…

• Digital

Can arts organisations reach new audiences through strategies like digital capture? Recent successes offer insights into the potential of a creative and inclusive approach, write F…

• Digital
• Health and wellbeing
• Research

Empathy is vital in the work of NHS staff, but it's not always part of their professional development. Persis Jadé Maravala is collaborating on a project to improve healthcare…

• Audience development
• Data
• NPO2022

Nearly a year into the latest investment round, many National Portfolio Organisations are finding the new reporting requirements unduly burdensome – at best – and, in s…

• Artificial Intelligence
• Digital
• Marketing

The speed of innovation in the digital world can be hard to keep pace with and, as Katie Moffat writes, this is going to be a rollercoaster year – so hold on to your hats.

• Digital
• Finance
• Governance

Many arts organisations struggle to find high-quality trustees, particularly ones with digital or business expertise. A new matchmaking service is responding to this challenge, as…

• Access
• Children and young people
• Digital

Sam Hornsby and her best friend Mae Yip were sick of seeing young people experience the same lack of access to the creative industries they went through 20 years ago. So they did s…

• Audience development
• Digital
• Policy

Last week, The Audience Agency announced a merger with fellow sector support charity, Culture24. Here, CEO Anne Torreggiani explains why they have joined forces and how their work…

• Artificial Intelligence
• Digital

AI is here, and we have to deal with it, says Lauren James. But rather than diving straight in, she advises first giving proper thought to its pros and cons.