Arts People
YANA PEEL, co-founder of Outset Contemporary Art Fund, is to become Chief Executive of London’s Serpentine Galleries. She succeeds JULIA PEYTON-JONES, who has been in the role for 25 years.
Arts People
EMMA RIDGWAY is to join Modern Art Oxford as Head of Programme, leaving her role as Creative Learning Curator at the Barbican Centre. She is to replace SALLY SHAW, who leaves to become Director of...
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ROSALIND DAVIS and ANNABEL TILLEY, co-founders of Zeitgeist Arts Projects, are to dissolve the partnership and pursue independent freelance careers.
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Reaching the milestone of 100,000 signatures means a petition calling for arts subjects to be included in the EBacc will now be considered for a Commons debate.
From issue 293 Feature
Festivals may no longer benefit from regular funding streams, but Owen McNeir is optimistic that they can still thrive on a mixed-income approach to fundraising.
From issue 293 Case study
Over £400k has to be raised every year to stage the Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival. How do they do it? Toby Smith outlines his strategy.
From issue 293 Case study
Growing slowly and organically has helped Kidderminster Arts Festival respond to the needs of local artists and the community, says Loz Samuels.
From issue 293 Case study
Through the Circuit network, 15 to 25 year olds create arts events for other young people. Rachel Escott reveals what they’ve learned about marketing to this under-engaged audience. 
From issue 293 Case study
How can you attend a festival if you can’t leave your house? Michael Eades describes a project bringing the festival experience to people with dementia.
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Senior managers in the arts are invited to take part in research, which the arts council hopes will help them optimise their approach to private fundraising.
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A multi-million pound grant from the AP Møller Foundation has prompted Royal Danish Opera to reverse decisions, taken after a £3.5m funding cut in November, to close a set-building facility and...
The motivational power of the arts can reverse the downward spiral facing our poorest youngsters, says Doug Marr.
London Deputy Mayor Munira Mirza and ISIS Arts’ Clymene Christoforou trade blows on whether the EU is fit for purpose as a supporter of the arts.
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The theatre is to close from January 2017 to June 2018 to “reinstate and enhance” the original auditorium. The neighbouring Devonshire Park Theatre will remain open throughout the period...
Making noise and joining in is part of the fun at live performances, and if we forget that we risk turning a generation off the artform, says Yvonne Roberts.
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What does a tech week in theatre look like? Gary Wood, appearing in The House of Inbetween at Theatre Royal Statford East, offers a peek into his.
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He dropped out of art school and ended up painting backdrops for Star Wars and Harry Potter. What advice does Jack Candy-Kemp have for budding scenic artists?
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A city-specific Arts Bond and schemes for payment by results are to be considered following a wave of local council cuts to arts funding in Birmingham.
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One Dance UK, Greenwich Dance and Trinity Laban have welcomed increased funding for sport in schools, seeing it as a great opportunity for more primary schools to dance.
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Psychiatric wards and communal spaces in hospitals are set to benefit from new artworks as arts organisation Hospital Rooms joins forces with South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS...
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Arts Council England is scrabbling to restore access to its archive but is planning to reinstate only “relevant” selected content on its new website.
The 2016 Culture White Paper’s ambitions are predictable and pretty much the same as those from the first White Paper, with added buzzwords and diminished sincerity, says James Doeser.
Live artists need to listen to kids and learn how to love playing and exploring again, says Lyn Gardner.
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Headteachers reject the idea of a diluted form of the music and social education programme, saying that funding will be the main barrier to schools continuing with the scheme.
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Founder of the Gate Theatre and former Artistic Director at Watford Palace Theatre LOU STEIN is to join Chickenshed as Artistic Director.

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