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It?s tempting to think that the very public dispute between the ?Centre? and the ?Regions? in the Great English Funding Debate (p 5-9) is nothing more than a lot of hot air being blown about by those...
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In response to the designation of 2002 as the Year of Cultural Diversity, the Scottish Arts Council (SAC) has pledged over £300,000 to projects which promote cultural diversity in Scotland.
The...
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Scottish Ballet is to radically reposition itself as a new force in contemporary dance, through its performance work, its encouragement of new choreography and its development of dance training.
The...
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Eight leading art galleries based in the West Midlands are to cease promoting themselves in isolation, to join forces with each other in an attempt to attract new audiences and challenge the...
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A major review of the structure and organisation of the South Bank Centre (SBC) is to take place, initiated by Karsten Witt, SBC Chief Executive, who has announced his intention to step down early...
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An information service to help people in Wales seeking Lottery grants find the most appropriate source of funding has been jointly launched by the Arts Council of Wales, Community Fund, Heritage...
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Celebratory arts company ?Same Sky?, has marked its move to a new production base and training centre by creating a tree house which wound its way through all three floors of its workspace, with...
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Arts development company Blue Cactus is offering to create and host a free web page to anyone involved in delivering arts to a local community. Set up initially to utilise some of the spare capacity...
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Peter Stark believes that the Arts Council of England?s restructuring proposals place at risk the most effective elements of the arts funding system to achieve hypothetical efficiency gains, and sees...
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Those with long memories or some knowledge of the history of post-war politics of arts funding laughed wryly at how the whirligig of time wreaks its revenges, writes Sue Isherwood.
In the early 1950s...
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Has anyone out there been through the Theatre Review; an Arts for Everyone project bid; a Capital Lottery bid; the Fixed Term Funding Review; a Regional Arts Lottery Programme bid; a bid to the New...
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Review by Janet Summerton, who is a researcher and writer, and runs the Arts and Cultural Management programme at the University of Sussex.
(Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 2001, ISBN 0 903319 94 2...
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What sort of legal issues should you consider if you are setting up a representative body or reviewing the operation of an existing body? Sean Egan explores the options.
Representative bodies cover...
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The Independent Street Arts Network (ISAN) is a membership-led voluntary organisation for promoters, presenters and support agencies of street arts throughout the UK. The organisation seeks to play a...
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The Federation of Scottish Theatre (FST) is a membership organisation with over 50 full members as well as associate members and individuals, says Heather Baird.
Our membership includes organisations...
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Post: Co-ordinator
Organisation: BAFA (British Arts Festivals Association)
Length of service: 12 years ? if you include the early years of one day a week
Address: 3rd Floor, The Library, 77...
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Performing Arts Development Consultants. Development of arts in rural areas, urban regeneration, programming, marketing, fundraising, business planning...
From issue 07
The Policy Studies Institute (PSI) has published a damning indictment of the quality of government statistics about the impact and value of cultural activity. Based on their study of activity across...
From issue 07
Arts Minister Tessa Jowell has publicly backed proposals from the Arts Council of England (ACE) to restructure the funding system, abolishing the Regional Arts Boards and creating a single-tier...
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At last someone has officially blown the gaff.
The process of gathering information in an attempt to draw a portrait of the subsidised cultural sector has clearly been so problematic for researchers...
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Salisbury Festival, which was subject to an investigation by the Charities Commission for providing financial support for its non-charitable trading subsidiary, has been praised for the efforts it...
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New proposals to radically reform employment tribunals have been announced by Employment Relations Minister Alan Johnson.
The proposals have stemmed from concerns that the current tribunal system is...
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The last in a series of sculptures has been installed at an old ironworks near Brigand in South Wales, as part of the ?Changing Places? project.
In total, 21 sites across England and Wales,...