Thursday, 21 March 2024
The UK music licensing company PPL is marking its 90th anniversary with the launch of an annual £1m strategy to “give back to music”.
PPL Giving will seek to fund initiatives that promote equality of opportunity in the music industry while covering a broad geographic spread and reaching a wide range of music genres.
The first 26 recipients of funding includes the British Association for... read more
Thursday, 21 March 2024
TR2, the workshop base for Theatre Royal Plymouth, is struggling to find staff to construct sets because of a skills shortage.
The Head of TR2 Brendan Cusack told the BBC that the Covid pandemic had taken its toll, with people with the right skills moving to other jobs post-lockdown such as in film, TV or the building trade.
"When lockdown happened a lot of people went over to other areas," he... read more
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Research from Creative Access has found class discrimination remains an issue in creative workspaces.
Almost three-quarters (74%) of 392 employees in the creative industries and Creative Access members, agreed it is harder for working-class people to land a role in the creative industries, while 70% of respondents said class affects how you’re seen by your peers.
The research also found there is... read more
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
The Association of Independent Music (AIM) is partnering with Tileyard North, a Wakefield-based creative space, to support the North of England’s independent music sector.
The partnership will see AIM hold a permanent space at Tileyard North. The association is planning a series of activities in collaboration with the venue, while AIM members will have access to discounted rates at Tileyard’s... read more
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published a Get Paid Guide which it says aims to help demystify metadata for music creators.
The resource, developed in partnership with PPL and PRS for Music, guides creators on how to register and manage their metadata, so they can protect their recorded music rights and ensure they are paid fairly and timely for their work.
It follows the launch of a... read more
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
A new charity is planning to bring visual arts and music organisations together by funding projects delivering impactful environmental solutions.
Murmur is launching with over £1m in pledges from partner organisations in the visual arts and music industries including leading galleries and music labels.
It has already delivered several pilot grants, including one to the British Phonographic... read more
Monday, 18 March 2024
Arts Council England and The National Archives have signed a new collaboration agreement for the three-year period up to 2027.
The bodies said the agreement outlines how they will build on their previous work together to ensure a comprehensive cultural offer for the public.
As partners, the organisations said they "aim to act strategically and practically to help communities across England... read more
Monday, 18 March 2024
Organisations interested in running 10 community libraries in Derby have been given a month to register their interest.
Following Derby City Council's approval of plans for the city’s non-statutory libraries to be run by a trust, a formal expression of interest process has opened to invite viable proposals.
Under the plans, legally required statutory library provision will continue to be... read more
Monday, 18 March 2024
Staffordshire University has teamed up with the Gatehouse Theatre in Stafford to give students a chance to get involved in productions on and off stage.
The BBC reports that under the scheme, drama students will be guaranteed an audition for the theatre's annual Shakespeare production.
In addition, students on other creative industry courses will be encouraged to try out backstage and technical... read more
Thursday, 14 March 2024
Scores of community-led arts, culture and heritage initiatives in Bradford will get combined funding of £1m, it has been announced.
As part of a programme funded by Arts Council England and Bradford Council, Creative People and Places organisation The Leap will share the money between around 140 new projects run by individuals and groups across Bradford and Keighley.
The BBC reports that each... read more
Thursday, 14 March 2024
Creative Scotland has withdrawn funding for a project featuring participants engaging in "non-simulated" sex and "hardcore" acts.
The funding body had previously agreed to award £85,000 for the development of the Rein project, a 45-minute film by director Leonie Rae Gasson that was initially presented as “an exploration of dyke sexuality”.
But concerns were raised after the project's website... read more
Thursday, 14 March 2024
A charity providing affordable artist workshop space in Bath has been saved from closure thanks to a local council rent subsidy.
44AD, which is based in premises on the city’s Abbey Street, has agreed a three-year lease extension for £10,000 per year, well below what Bath & North East Somerset Council believes is the market value of £40,000 per annum.
The decision is part of the council’s... read more
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
A yoga centre in Shropshire has been awarded a £22,000 Arts Council England grant for a community project that will combine creativity and wellbeing.
Jenna Blair Yoga in Shrewsbury will deliver a series of workshops aimed at community engagement that will target those who wouldn’t usually have access to the yoga studio’s facilities.
The Creative Awakening project hopes to engage with refugees,... read more
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Tate Britain has unveiled a new video work made in response to a 1927 mural that has been closed to the public since 2020 due to its offensive imagery.
‘Vive Voce’, a two-screen 20-minute video by Keith Piper, is installed next to the Rex Whistler painting, ‘The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats’, in what was formerly the London gallery’s restaurant.
The film depicts an academic challenging... read more
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Police are investigating an incident of vandalism at Cambridge University which saw two pro-Palestine protesters spray paint on then slash a portrait of former Conservative Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour.
On 8 March the group Palestine Action posted a video online of an unidentified person defacing the 1914 painting, which was on display at Trinity College.
Sally Davies,... read more