Arts People
The former Development Manager at Square Chapel Centre for the Arts, DAVID MCQUILLAN, has been promoted to Director of the organisation.
Arts People
bbodance, formerly known as the British Ballet Organization, has appointed BalletBoyz’s MICHAEL NUNN OBE, WILLIAM TREVITT OBE and KERRY WHELAN as its new Co-Artistic Director Consultants.
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Creative industries specialist TOM FLEMING has joined Site Gallery as Chair. He takes over from ANGELA GALVIN, Chair from 2010 to 2015 and former CEO of Sheffield Theatres.
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JOHN BLOOMFIELD, currently an editor at Black Dog Publishing and a freelance curator, is to join Wysing Arts Centre as its new Assistant Curator.
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Actress and writer ALI BRIGGS has been appointed as Agent for Change at Sheffield Theatres, a role designed to help the theatres put deaf and disabled artists at the heart of their work.
From issue 294
Feature
How best can we serve the professional development needs of senior fundraisers? Amanda Rigali asked some development specialists what training they would like to receive.
Feature
What role do arts organisations play in mobilising community engagement and encouraging people to take part in civic life? Andrew Barnett explains why the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has launched an inquiry to find out.
News
Plans for a Leeds-based centre for excellence in dance and a “world-leading hub for dance” in East London are aiming to put England on the international dance map.
From issue 294
Case study
An interactive light and sound installation recently connected neighbours in a former coal mining area. Debbi Lander explains how.
Feature
Where do your audiences go when they’re not with you? Leo Sharrock considers his own ‘elsewhere data’ and what can be learnt from it.
News
Two years after hosting its first dementia friendly performance, West Yorkshire Playhouse has released a best-practice guide to putting on similar shows.
News
Bon Culture has apologised after physical access issues and high ticket costs prompted anger at its conference last week.
News
The European Union has withdrawn millions of euros in culture funding from Italy after it failed to spend around €150m.
Will virtual reality technology supplant museums and galleries? Adrian Hon says the outlook isn’t good.
Arts People
Storyteller Debs Newbold shows us her week: devising, performing, rambling and enjoying a huge bath.
How can arts organisations remain challenging sources of debate, controversy and disagreement, instead of simply producing art intended to please, asks Julia Farrington.
Jeanie Scott laments the continued promotion of artistic ‘opportunities’ that pay nothing except experience, such as a recent appeal for an artist to redesign a Sainsbury’s canteen.
The Curve theatre was full of people watching Leicester City Football Club’s victory parade this week. Lyn Gardner wonders if the venue can cement itself as equally important to the city in coming years.
Opinion
Following shocking access at the Theatre 2016 conference, Andrew Miller asks: is this why so few disabled people work in theatre?
New London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan for Creative Enterprise Zones and his pledge to work for all Londoners bode well for the arts, says Nia Oatley.
News
Following a £30m government cut to the Australia Council’s budget, 62 arts organisations will no longer have their operational costs underwritten. From next year, 128 arts organisations...
News
MPs have heard from an academic in favour of introducing national museum entrance fees, but been warned by Sir Neil MacGregor to “meddle with great caution”.
News
A £1m fundraising campaign and two years of support from insurers will allow the Centre to begin reconstruction on the Grand Hall after it was damaged by fire last year.
Is it better to target new or existing audiences? Chad Bauman shares three key pieces of advice for those planning a marketing strategy.
News
The ensemble, which is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary year, has said a funding cut from the European Union is forcing it to cease activities from September.