Feature
For Susan Miller, an MA in Fine Art has been a real opportunity to confront the vulnerability artists feel when exhibiting their work in public spaces.
News
Music teaching provision is becoming incohesive as schools are left to decide whether or not to engage with local hubs, according to a new report.
News
£261k has been awarded to eleven of the Arts Council’s annually funded organisations through its new Sustainability Fund.
News
Fundraising efforts to stimulate legacy giving appear to be bearing fruit as more people are mentioning cultural charities in their wills.
We need to hold all politicians to account for their responsibilities to the arts, say Alan Riach and Alexander Moffat.
News
Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival has batted away council opposition and triumphed over floods to become the first burlesque festival to receive funding from ACE.
News
Mystery surrounds the festival’s closure, which comes just months after the organisation was recruiting for a new director and in spite of repeated projections of a budget surplus.
News
The playhouse in Prescot will be based on Inigo Jones’ original design for a Jacobean theatre in Whitehall.
Arts People
Chicago-raised electronic music producer Kate Simko says get out there while you're young, and don't be afraid to pull the plug on dead-end projects.
News
The agency has partnered with Ars Electronica to launch an artist’s residency programme to “explore the fertile ground between art and space science”.
Arts People
Theatre Royal Norwich Chief Executive PETER WILSON is to leave the organisation. He will focus on his theatre company, PW Productions, which has taken over as operator of the Arts Theatre in London.
Arts People
SARAH CROMPTON, formerly Arts Editor in Chief of the Daily Telegraph, and HOLLY WILLIAMS, formerly of The Independent, are to join WhatsOnStage as Chief Theatre Critic and Staff Critic respectively.
Arts People
Currently Director of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, GAVIN REID is to join Scottish Chamber Orchestra as Chief Executive. He will replace ROY McEWAN, who retires after 23 years in the role.
Arts People
After almost eight years as Editor of The Art Newspaper, JANE MORRIS is to step down at the beginning of June. She will be succeeded by JAVIER PES, who has been The Art Newspaper's Deputy Editor...
Arts People
Director of Sound Sense KATHRYN DEANE is to retire later this year after 21 years in the role.
Arts People
TIM FOXON has joined Akademi South Asian Dance UK as Administrative Director. He leaves Help Musicians UK after five years as Talent Programme Manager.
Why is it that, in an orchestra, the high-pitched strings are always on the left and the low-pitched strings are always on the right? Richard Kunert’s answer involves more than a little dose of brain chemistry.
Arts People
Liam Evans-Ford reveals the people and companies that have inspired his work making brave and bold theatre.
Feature
What do audiences for Shakespeare look like today? As theatres prepare to mark the 400th anniversary of the bard’s death, The Audience Agency reveals some valuable insights.
Feature
70 years after public money was first put towards increasing the accessibility of the arts, Steven Hadley asks if it’s a never-ending task.
Feature
We accept income as a strong predictor of cultural taste. But why should this be, asks sociologist Aaron Reeves. And does taste matter as much as actual participation?
From issue 293
Case study
The key to building a loyal audience for a family arts festival? It needs to come from a place of integrity, says Rowan Hoban.
From issue 293
Case study
Families are key to audience development, but how do you attract them? Patrick Spottiswoode reveals how Shakespeare’s Globe plans to market a new festival to family audiences.
News
South East Dance, Bow Arts Trust and Titchfield Festival Theatre are the first organisations to benefit from the Arts Impact Fund.
Arts People
In some jobs, it’s normal for people to pour glitter over their heads and for babies to take over your desk. Flavia Fraser-Canon shows us a snapshot of her working week.