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The new South West Area Chair of Arts Council England will be HELEN BIRCHENOUGH, who will begin a four-year term in December. She was Chair of both the Salisbury Playhouse and Salisbury International...
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Ministry of Stories Co-founder and Director LUCY MACNAB is leaving the organisation to join Arts Council England as Senior Manager for Children, Young People & Learning.
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Artist PIPPA HALE, who was Co-Founder and Development Director at The Tetley and helped establish the Northern Art Prize, has joined the Board of creative development agency IVE.
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CARON LOUDY has been appointed as Creative Producer at Luca Silvestrini’s Protein. She joins the international touring dance company from Greenwich Dance, where she was Creative Programme...
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JOHN BOOTH has been appointed as a Trustee of Tate. A non-executive director of two investment management businesses with venture capital interests in e-commerce, media and telecommunications, he...
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The new Communications & PR Manager at Help Musicians UK is LIZ STOKES. She has spent over a decade in the music business in journalism and PR, recently as editor of Record of the Day. ALEX...
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Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance has appointed SARA MATTHEWS as Director of Dance from January next year. A former Director of the Central School of Ballet, she has been Dean of the...
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Following the birth of her daughter, ELEANOR GUSSMAN, Chief Executive of Spitalfields Music, has decided to step down to pursue a freelance career. STEPHEN NEWBOULD, who has covered the role during...
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HENRY VANN, Head of External Affairs, and DERIN ADEBIYI, Public Affairs Officer at ISM, the UK's professional body for musicians, have left the organisation. ROBIN MCGHEE joins as Public Affairs...
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A new team will lead the bid to become Tees Valley City of Culture 2025 and drive Middlesbrough’s ambition to establish itself as the focal point for culture and leisure in the region. LORNA...
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CHRIS SONNEX, previously Community Producer and Artistic Associate at the Royal Court, is the new Artistic Director at The Bunker. He replaces founding Artistic Director JOSHUA MCTAGGART.
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26 cultural and heritage organisations, including Birmingham Hippodrome, have supported the annual ‘Remember a Charity’ week, urging supporters to leave a charitable gift in their will.
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The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) conductor’s East London initiative will offer free training to talented musicians aged 11-18, as part of plans to make the LSO reflective of the diversity of...
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The funder says that increasing prize and sales limits for society lotteries could negatively impact quality of life for people and communities across the UK.
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Arts professionals show a “continuing aversion” to the language of business support, despite a strong interest in accessing business support services.
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The programme will be in place by May 2019, with a focus on international cultural partnerships.
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Funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council will also support a new Policy and Evidence Centre, aiming to improve decision-making in the creative industries.
Those hounding Indhu Rubasingham for something as ‘idiotically inconsequential’ as a venue name change should think about the negative environment they’re creating for innovative arts leaders who aren’t white or male, writes Fergus Morgan.
Street artists are taking on major brands for using their work in advertising campaigns, because nobody asked their permission - and nobody got paid.
There are signs that authorities are beginning to recognise and reverse the more damaging aspects of their placemaking policies, says Anna Minton.
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Clinical psychologist Katherine Taylor explains how Greater Manchester is putting the arts at the heart of its mental health strategy, inspired by Finland’s positive experiences.
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Laura Bailey explains how Kent County Council is aiming to integrate arts and culture into its commissioned services across the board - even in waste management.
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A project run by the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester and a housing provider started with cultural visits and ended with a full-scale theatre production. Inga Hirst tells the story.
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Arts organisations are under growing pressure to demonstrate social impact. Emma Taylor-Collins explains how they can gain robust, high quality evidence to measure their success.
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A new toolkit aims to give activists key facts to make the case for the arts in their local schools and combat the decline in arts provision.