Placemaking
Civic role of universities improves access to the arts
As the first Associate Director of Arts and Culture at the University of Southampton, and the Director of Turner Sims concert hall, Louise Coysh reflects on the civic role of unive…
Creating space
Collaboration drives opportunity, say Lucy French and Tom McKenzie. Here they discuss how collaborative and social enterprise approaches can address the need for creative spac…
The partnership mindset: Think like a new town
A good partnership is based on a few basic principles. But, as Jason Jones-Hall argues, it cannot be achieved without a partnership mindset.
Building school-museum connections
As the new academic year gets underway, Robert Dingle reflects on how collaboration between museums and schools can provide a richer learning experience for everybody.
Place-based partnerships: Delivering more together
Fiona Morris explores the wide-ranging benefits of arts organisations building place-based partnerships.
Creative placemaking: The role of universities in supporting cultural and creative industries
Universities and creative industries may seem unlikely bedfellows, but their potential – in partnership – to catalyse growth should not be underestimated, write Profess…
Building international partnerships at the Edinburgh Festival
Among the thousands of art lovers that flocked to the Edinburgh Festival last month was a British Council delegation of global creative tastemakers who are working to build interna…
Let’s talk about excellence: A view from social arts practice
A key question for the new government has to be how to create the conditions for artists of all backgrounds to flourish, argues Patrick Fox.
Arts, universities and local government: Collaborating for culture-fuelled growth
Cross-sector partnerships – regardless of scale – are complex. As Evelyn Wilson writes, they need time, financial resource, proactive caring and ethical handling, not t…
Devolution from the ground up
A new government means new strategies. But if they are to respond truly to what’s required at the local level, it’s up to the sector to make itself heard, says Jason Jo…
Croydon: ‘Culture is now firmly on the agenda’
Stephanie Wilson and Honey Gabriel reflect on Croydon's year as London Borough of Culture 2023 and look ahead to the borough’s cultural future.
UK-China: Opportunities, challenges and IP protection
As arts companies look internationally for new partnerships and audiences, Alex Lalak explores potential concerns about copyright protection when taking your work to China.
A sense of theatre
A new book by the late Richard Pilbrow explores how the National Theatre came about and how it laid the groundwork for future theatres. Rob Halliday is its co-Editor.
Shining a light on schools: Rethinking art in education
Following their collaboration on a groundbreaking project, Sarah Bailey, Kate Houlton and Danielle Lewis-Egonu reflect on how a socially engaged approach to arts education can crea…
Putting arts education in place
With the general election looming, Jason Jones-Hall explains why all parties should embrace an arts-led approach to place to enhance our children’s education.
Culture and place: Why we need to look beyond cities
Arts and culture are integral to shaping the places we live. We now need to understand the effects cultural placemaking practices have on our towns, provinces and rural areas, argu…
Widening the trustee pool
With increasing demands on the boards of arts organisations—by both funders and the Charity Commission—Helen Keall of Pavilion Dance South West shares her innovative ap…
An explosive level of jeopardy
The challenges facing London’s cultural sector are legion, but they cannot be addressed in isolation. Southbank Centre's Artistic Director Mark Ball says we need to creat…
We make the road by walking
Long-term Heart of Glass collaborator Chrissie Tiller reflects on working with the Merseyside-based NPO and how, by building deeper relationships with communities, the arts can cre…
A hostile environment for artists?
Welcome to Metroland. We are in Brent, London’s fifth largest borough, an urban sprawl and home to 340,000 people. But, as Lois Stonock shares, the cultural infrastructure ne…
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