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Sheffield Theatres has been recognised as a leading light in regional theatre, with the Crucible Theatre being awarded the Barclays TMA award for Theatre of the Year.
The award is given for...
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Four Local Authorities in Wales have been selected to undertake youth arts pilot projects on behalf of the Arts Council of Wales (ACW).
This is the first major initiative launched by the national...
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Scottish Arts Council is hosting an informal forum on November 27 and 28, aiming to give Scottish marketers a chance to join in practical sessions and discussion groups on research, data analysis...
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A round-up of gems from other arts publications
A new report about the provision of music in Special Education has raised concerns about the quality of music education in England for the most...
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What should a business expect from its collaboration with an arts organisation and what in return should the arts be in a position to offer? Sue Worsey explores these crucial questions.
In today?s...
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The Metropole Arts Centre in Folkestone was founded almost exactly 40 years ago, explains Nick Ewbank.In its first two decades, it was renowned as one of the South East?s foremost provincial...
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Over recent years, more and more value has been attached to reaching potential audiences via the consumer one-stop-shop experience. So far, the opportunities for arts organisations to develop a...
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Businesses have long been aware that by placing their logo on a programme or poster for an arts event they are increasing the awareness of their product or service, writes Colin Tweedy.
At the same...
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Review by Heather Maitland, freelance arts consultant and lecturer
(New Economics Foundation, 2001, ISBN 1 899407 36 7 £7.95 [£10.67 inc. p...
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Starting young
The world of children?s arts is rich, vibrant and exciting, but until three years ago no national organisation existed to represent the interests and celebrate the achievements of...
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The National Foundation for Youth Music?s First Steps programme is testing the theory that music develops children?s brain power, by funding musical projects for pre-natal babies, pre-school...
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Rather a lot of my professional life has been absorbed in the development of audiences, reflects Janet Robertson, desperately seeking ways to offer the ?road-to-Damascus-arts-conversion experience?...
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Like many arts professionals, I have tried over the years to bend my ideas to fit the criteria of funding bodies, says Pippa Smith. This one was different ? it was created in response to a specific...
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ARTS SERVICES
St Helens Creative Industries Initiative : http://www.creative-in-sthelens.org Database of artists and creative industries; Commercial and domestic commissions; Arts in education;...
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Title: Director
Name of Organisation: Imaginate
Length of service: Six years
Address: 45a George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2HT
Phone: 0131 225 8050
Email: [email protected]
What does...
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An audit of Wales? performing arts venues carried out on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales has revealed that a capital injection of over £60m is required if Wales is to support an...
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The National Foundation for Youth Music (Youth Music) has earmarked £2m to help more young people gain access to musical instruments.
The Instrument Swap Scheme and Instrument Purchase Programme...
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It?s always fascinating to look beyond our own shores and see the sort of arts funding decisions that are made in other countries. This is certainly the case with Australia (p10).For example, since...
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Bradford Council has appointed Paul Brookes as Campaign Director in the city?s efforts to become European Capital of Culture 2008. He was formerly Chief Executive of The Culture Company, and prior...
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A comprehensive database of professional drama and dance touring activity in Scotland has been compiled as part of the Touring Development Project set up earlier this year by the Scottish Arts...
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The Theatres Advisory Council (TAC), which was set up in 1962 as an umbrella forum for members of the theatre profession, has voted to abolish itself in its current form, and will cease to function...
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The future of arts and culture is to be the focus of a month of debate this November, hosted by the Institute of Ideas working in partnership with key arts centres and institutions including Tate...
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Britain?s cultural links with New York are being celebrated in the two-week ?UKwithNY? Festival in Manhattan this month.
Originally entitled ?UKinNY?, the programme of events has been reduced in the...
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Merseyside Music Development Agency and North West Arts Board (NWAB) have been held up as role models of good practice for their work in helping the music industry to overcome barriers to accessing...
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As a result of positive feedback from young people attending Sheffield Theatres? production of Edward II, during which over 4,000 of the 23,000 audience members were aged 16?26, a ?young people...