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Welsh Culture Secretary tells Senedd that crumbling infrastructure and a lack of funds will not force National Museum Cardiff to close.
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Middlesborough Council has decided against selling artwork from its £32.5m collection to help avoid bankruptcy after research into the legalities of the process concluded it could result in the...
News
Arts Council England stands by decision to fund a show about a transgender artist’s search for a sperm donor with more than £60,000 of public money.
Feature
Responding to Arts Professional’s coverage of ACE’s political statements policy in February, Lauren James explains why defending free speech is so important to those working in the sector’s ‘engine rooms’.
News
Leaders of the Cheltenham Paint Festival have launched a fundraising appeal after Arts Council England (ACE) turned down their application for National Lottery Project Funding.
Writing on...
Feature
The future of the arts scene is 'terrifying', according to Ayvianna Snow, Chair of Equity's London North branch. Here, she makes the case for the UK to increase arts spending to 1% of government expenditure.
News
Council cuts to arts budgets have left charitable trusts and foundations 'overwhelmed' with applications for funding as arts and culture organisations attempt to source alternative income.
Arts People
Young People in the Arts (YPIA) has unveiled a new leadership team, welcoming NICOLE ELIZABETH DAVENPORT as Director of Finance and Strategy, MATTHEW KNIGHT as Director of Planning, THEA PARK-REEVE...
Arts People
Birmingham Rep has announced that its Artistic Director SEAN FOLEY will step down this summer, after five years in post.
During his tenure, The Rep has undergone a rebrand and celebrated...
Opinion
There has been a massive decline in arts for young people over the last 15 years. So much so that Joe Hallgarten thinks we need a dedicated national organisation to repair the damage. The current review of ACE might provide an opportunity.
Feature
In light of the huge challenges that so many arts and culture organisations have faced in recent years, Watershed’s Clare Reddington shares five ‘rules’ for turning your organisation round.
Arts People
LYNNE CHARLES has been appointed Artistic Director of the English National Ballet School (ENBS). She will take up the position in September 2024.
She succeeds VIVIANA DURANTE, who will...
News
MENA Arts UK, set up for UK-based professionals connected to the MENA+ region (Middle East, North Africa and the surrounding area), during the first Covid lockdown, is to close.
The volunteer...
Feature
A report from King’s College London looks at potential policy solutions to combat precarity in freelance cultural work. Sana Kim, one of the researchers, shares its key findings.
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Senior figures from arts and culture organisations say government-ordered review of Arts Council England requires sector input to be meaningful.
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Glasgow book festival Aye Write, which was cancelled last month after Creative Scotland turned down its funding application, has received an unexpected £65,000 donation that will enable it to...
News
Company says it has taken the 'difficult decision' to withdraw two weeks from its previously announced 2024/2025 season in the face of challenging economic times.
Arts People
ANNA EAVIS and ROISHA HUGHES have been appointed as trustees to the National Memorial Heritage Fund and The National Lottery Heritage Fund by the Prime Minister. Their three-year terms began in...
News
The Scottish Institute of Theatre, Dance, Film & Television (The SI) has been announced as the new name for Scotland's MGA Academy of Performing Arts.
The renaming was instigated by...
Arts People
Visual arts producer D6 has announced three new trustees. EMMA DEAN, DIMA KAROUT and LAURA JEFFERY will all begin three-year terms on the board of trustees in April.
A curator...
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The OHMI Music-Makers programme will now be available for schools in Central Bedfordshire, Southampton and Liverpool.
Arts People
Bradford Producing Hub (BPH) has appointed its first board as part of its transition from an Arts Council England-funded project to an independent organisation.
Leading are Co-Chairs KAREN WATSON...
News
Derry’s Waterside Theatre has announced it will close at the end of June due to a lack of funds.
The 372-capacity theatre was told earlier this month that it would no longer receive annual...
Arts People
The Independent Society of Musicians (ISM) confirmed its presidential trio for the next twelve months at its annual general meeting today (16 April).
Opera performer NICKY SPENCE is the new ISM...
News
A combination of redundancies and roles not being replaced will reduce the public body's staff by 13.