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Issue 210
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Hotspot
Alison Tickell calls for a major shift in attitudes and practice to combat climate change. Read Hotspot »
Need to Know
Looking for advice? Ask AP and we’ll find the expert to help you out. Read Need to know »
Hot Seat
The arts sector needs to recognise its own maturity and take its place in the world. Matthew Taylor tells Catherine Rose how he’s trying to make it happen. Read Hot Seat »
Evaluation
Should the role of the evaluator be reinvented? Martin Heaney considers the problem of how to turn anecdotal evidence into significant and useful data. Read A delicate science »
Adrian Slatcher and Hannah Rudman explain how and why AmbITion embedded evaluation into its projects from the start. Read Naked AmbITion online »
Beatriz Garcia explains how long-term research can open up a project to deeper scrutiny. Read Taking the long view »
Management File
Using emarketing cuts costs, but getting buy-in from your audience can be an uphill struggle. Heather Maitland tells all. Read Cracking email »
My Gurus
Francis Alexander introduces the people who have inspired him most. Read My Gurus »
Last word:
The State and the Arts
The State and the Arts
Matthew Taylor is hoping that the State of the Arts conference will become an annual forum for the arts, mirroring similar shindigs in the worlds of broadcasting and film (p6). The event was an interesting experience, generating an immense buzz among the 500 delegates and
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I Love to Dance Read
News this issue
Cuts shock for Northern Ireland »
Arts Council Northern Ireland (ACNI) says “it will be difficult to maintain even standstill funding” ...
I Love to Dance »
Young people are being invited to promote their own dance activity or event through a ...
Local authority uplift »
The arts will not necessarily benefit from the uplift in local authority funding announced by ...
Eventim appeal »
The UK Competition Commission (CC) made a series of errors, both in its assessment of ...
ACE redundancy costs mount up »
Six regional directors made redundant under Arts Council England’s (ACE) current reorganisation plans will share ...
State of the Arts conference »
Both the current and the shadow culture secretaries explained their cultural policies at the State ...
Transport Bill could hit arts events »
Arts organisations could be hit with large clean-up bills for London events, if a new ...
Strategic plans for Wales »
The potential for a “heavy-handed emphasis on… distinctions between amateur and professional” has been identified ...
Newsreel »
Changing Faces »
The latest appointments and job moves in the arts and cultural sector









