Arts People
Chetham’s School of Music has announced that TOM REDMOND, who has performed with orchestras including the Hallé, the CBSO, Philharmonia and the LSO, will succeed STEPHEN THRELFALL as director...
Arts People
GLENN HOWELLS, Chair of the Ikon Gallery for 11 years – and a Birmingham Hippodrome Trustee since 2012 – has been appointed Chair of the Hippodrome.
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DR NICOLA TRISCOTT, currently the Artistic Director/CEO of Arts Catalyst, which she founded in 1994, has been announced as new Chief Executive Officer of FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative...
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ROBERT ASHCROFT will leave collection society PRS for Music in December 2019, ten years after joining. PRS introduced a new live music tariff under his watch.
Arts People
PAUL LEWIS has decided to step down as co-Artistic Director of the Leeds International Piano Competition to concentrate on his international performing career. ADAM GATEHOUSE becomes the sole...
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Digital Minister Margot James’s comments to a parliamentary inquiry are in marked contrast to previous comments from Government ministers.
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Lack of career progression among women in the cultural sector is the overwhelming contributor to the significant gender pay gap revealed in initial findings from the 2018 ArtsPay survey.
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A new paper says that it is only by ‘rebalancing’ cultural funding from arts councils to local groups that cultural democracy can be achieved.
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14-18 NOW’s five-year programme included projects in 220 locations across the UK, and was mostly accessible to the public for free.
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New research finds 80% of creative businesses expect to grow in the next three years, but urges further support from the Government to ensure barriers such as Brexit and a lack of funding can be overcome.
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The initiative will bring together music and health practitioners and provide opportunities for continuing professional development.
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Burnley Empire Theatre, the only purpose-built Victorian theatre in East Lancashire, and which has been on the Theatres Trust Theatres at Risk register since 2006, has been bought by Burnley Empire...
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Research by ComRes found that 69% of people who had attended a live ticketed event in the past year agree measures should be put in place to stop people taking pictures and videos during performances...
Feature
Local authority cuts to the arts may be widely reported, but some councils are investing serious money in cultural development, says Andrew Dixon.
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Making a product or service scarce or exclusive has become an effective way to attract customers in other sectors. Tim Baker explores how it might work in the arts.
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Venues need a better understanding of customer spending habits for purchases like pre-show meals and interval drinks. James McClure explains how a ticketing solution is providing a comprehensive view.
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Reclusive artist John Middleton has just held his first exhibition for 40 years. He explains why he rejected the world of commercial art to 'become a caveman'.
Case study
Mark Doyle says that a clear sense of purpose has encouraged leading artists to participate in an ambitious programme of contemporary exhibitions in Rochdale.
The mere mention of a new museum or gallery by a ‘starchitect’ can unlock all sorts of funding for cities as they seek the transformative benefits felt by Bilbao – but these spectacular buildings often end up as totemic emblems of shocking municipal waste. Ike Ijeh homes in on the biggest offenders in recent years.
Arts organisations in the UK have done much for ethnic diversity, but not enough towards including and empowering disabled people. It is time for them to act on their principles of openness and fairness and actively drive change, argues the Guardian.
We should stop packaging classical music as ‘soothing’ and instead encourage audiences to feel it on their own terms - whether that is arousing, repulsive, lulling or everything in between, writes Jennifer Gersten.
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A collaboration between the city council and the foundation’s Momentum Music Fund will award one musician £15k and two other artists up to £5k each, alongside mentoring from...
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After ten years of activity in the city’s west end, Creative Scotland-backed gallery The Common Guild has announced it will stop exhibiting in its space in Woodlands Terrace, and will seek a...
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The Royal Northern College of Music has responded to increasing complaints of mental health challenges across higher education – and among musicians as a whole – by employing a clinical...
Some of the most rewarding arts experiences can arise from spur-of-the-moment decisions, writes Megan Friel. Are venues doing all they can to offer serendipitous opportunities to engage?