Impact investments aim to support creative ambition and cultural projects to the benefit of society, but Seva Phillips is always amazed and inspired by the creative ways arts organisations use their funding.
In response to Covid, Phil Douglas developed a training offshoot that was not only a financial lifeline but an essential resource for raising LGTBQIA+ awareness.
All arts organisations are under pressure to diversify income. In the latest in our series of case studies looking at strategies being adopted to tackle this, Catherine Mallyon shares her insights from the RSC.
In Culture Minister Lucy Frazer's first address to the sector, she highlighted the skills gap facing the creative industries. So how can industry and education come together to address this? Andy Cook of Ravensbourne University has some thoughts.
The 1982 publication ‘The Arts of Schools’ was hugely influential with local education authorities and arts professionals. Here Sally Bacon and Pauline Tambling share the findings from their new consultation, more than 40 years later.
If you want to raise awareness of your commercial offering to your audiences, there are some simple things you can do to your website to help achieve your goals, writes Ell Powell.
Making the ask, in person, to a major donor can be one of the most stressful parts of fundraising. Bernard Ross summarises the five key steps to making a successful solicitation – or ask – for a major gift.
In a radical move, Artsadmin is offering a year-long contract for an artist to undertake place-based research. Patrick Jowett has been speaking to Artistic Director Róise Goan about how the initiative developed.
Birmingham-based Flatpack Festival has adopted a four-day week on a permanent basis following a six-month trial. Neil Puffett spoke to Director Ian Francis and Head of Operations Abbe Elliston about why and how they did it.
Are the arts locked in a permacrisis? How do we survive it if so? How long until we get back to 'normal'? Join Robin Cantrill-Fenwick and his panel of guests in Arts Professional's first Partner Pod.
A new report on the personal experiences of artists working through the pandemic aims to understand the long-term impacts on the creative sector and make policy recommendations to support recovery. Eithne Nightingale shares the stories.
A Manchester arts centre for young people has been piloting a programme to support trustees from under-represented backgrounds to gain the skills, confidence and experience to take leadership roles. Liz O'Neill shares how it worked.
To mark International Women’s Day, and in response to colleagues feeling 'frozen out' of academia, Lizzie Coombes, Gillian Dyson, Joanna Leah and Anne Schiffer have developed a project to empower women through creativity.
In the cultural sector, leaders too often fail to reflect the diversity of society - in ethnicity, gender and disability. So, cultural organisations are losing out on the full range of leadership talent, writes Claire Antrobus.
Working in Middlesborough’s cultural sector for the first time, Charlotte Nicol was blown away by the energy. Here are her top tips for organisations thinking of relocating to a Levelling Up for Culture Place.
Research repeatedly highlights that the cultural sector has a capacity issue to address before it can fully realise the benefits of digital working, writes Ash Mann.
