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More than 600 sector professionals have responded to ArtsProfessional’s survey looking at the delicate and emotive battle between balancing the books and keeping arts activities affordable.
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KATIE TERRES has been promoted to the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) and joins the Board at the art rental company ARTIQ. Previously the organisation’s Head of Operations, in her new...
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KIRSTEN BURROWS and SUBATHRA SUBRAMANIAM have respectively been appointed Exectuive Director and Artistic Director of the South Asian dance organisation. Akademi's Chair of Trustees, ...
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Northern School of Contemporary Dance's JANET SMITH MBE will step down as Principal and Artistic Director after more than eight years in the role. Under Smith's leadership, the...
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CARYS ROSE THOMAS, 22, and 24-year-old DANIELLE OLIVER have become new Trustees following an open call for applicants aged 18 to 25. Thomas, a recent Newcastle University graduate, writes...
With the New York Met dropping Placido Domingo over claims he sexually harassed female performers, the question arises whether other venues should follow suit. Here Martin Kettle argues for Covent Garden to abandon bookings with the opera star, regardless of the glamour, artistry and ticket sales he attracts.
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In a quirk of law, Newark Town Council has been operating the museum in its Town Hall illegally for the past 22 years, it has emerged. The museum and gallery existence breaches the Local...
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Doctor Who star Russell Tovey has curated Margate NOW, a trail of unusual art celebrating this year's Turner Prize. The trail will include an installation of 5,794 cans of baked beans - 2.6...
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A 40% cut in funding over a decade, with 19% of cuts made in the past year: arts groups call for government action on the crisis facing Aberdeen’s arts sector.
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The popular misconception that price is the chief barrier to access to the arts has taken hold in the sector, while in reality, price is only one of a complex set of factors affecting engagement with ‘hard to reach’ groups. Tim Baker concludes it’s time to start a debate about the true meaning of affordability.
A public live art installation in Deptford addressed the elderly participants' feeling that they were being "slowly airbrushed out of civic life", writes David Slater. The work placed art and creativity at the heart of societal considerations about care, attentiveness, responsiveness and responsibility.
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Lunchbox Theatrical Productions said it faced "unsustainable losses" from low audience figures, a situation it blamed on the economic uncertainty arising from Brexit. The company...
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A letter from schoolchildren protesting climate change says that the Royal Shakespeare Company "needs young people far more than it needs BP", which sponsors the company's £5...
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People working in and with rural arts organisations share their views on the sector’s future.
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Joint venture aims to 'supercharge' UK arts lobbying and business development
The function of a critic is changing, but the art world is not. Jane Morris surveys the landscape of art criticism and asks whether it is facing an identity crisis.
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Mark Thompson said that global digital giants like Netflix are threatening the broadcaster's "financial firepower" and possibly its survival. "British creators make first-...
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Samsung staged a gig on a nine-metre-high, three-storey structure at a recent smartphone launch event. The stage was designed for smartphone users to film the event after research indicated...
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The Heritage Alliance is calling for greater recognition and funding to support the historic places and objects that underpin creative and cultural activities, challenging the stereotype of heritage as “a decorative incidental backdrop to contemporary creative work”.
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While the number of tax reliefs available to the creative industries has grown, some sectors are missing out by being slow to take advantage of potential savings. Louise Veragoo explains who might be eligible for this free cash.
The founder of creative crowdfunding platform Patreon was driven to establish the company by the "demoralising" discrepancy between feeling like a success and being paid like one. Jonah Weiner considers whether Patreon can provide a realiable business model for creatives in the internet age.
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Restoke anticipated difficulties getting local men to talk about their mental wellbeing – then 170 of them responded to its first casting call. Clare Reynolds explains how co-creation helped create lasting change
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The Executive Director of Live & Local recalls a career trajectory that has taken him through Butlins, an old bingo venue and many, many village halls.
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A study concludes there is “considerable potential for enhancement” in how cultural districts across the world make a difference to people’s lives.
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A new report on the impact of a music making programme has highlighted positive changes in the “creativity, emotional literacy, motivation and self-efficacy” of young people, the scheme’s manager says.