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Initiative to support early-career film composers launches

Film composers in the early stages of their career will receive support and advice as part of a...
World’s first theatre captioning exhibition comes to Colchester

The world’s first exhibition on open captioning in the arts will take place at Colchester’s Mercury...
Edinburgh Fringe returns: triumphant or troubled?

Pitched as one of the greatest celebrations of arts and culture in the world, the Edinburgh Fringe’...
Sector warns of unprecedented energy price hikes

Leaders from across the creative industries are raising the alarm over the potential impact of...
Scottish museum faces calls to return totem pole

The National Museum of Scotland is being urged to return a totem pole, stolen from Canada nearly...
Recovery funds key to arts survival in Scotland and Wales

Scotland and Wales’ approaches to funding the creative industries during the pandemic played a...
Police warn of rise in heritage crime

Some of Britain’s historical artefacts are at risk of being lost forever amid a rising wave of...
Christie’s funds scholarships for art students

Auction house Christie's is to fund a scholarship scheme helping students who are the first to go...
Arts Council Wales seeks diverse creatives

The Arts Council of Wales has announced the continuation of Cynefin: culturally and ethnically...
Equity advocates for diverse dancer opportunities

Equity has published a new casting guide for dance companies that provides advice on finding,...
Kendal art gallery to reopen next year

Abbot Hall gallery in Kendal is expected to reopen early in 2023. Arts and heritage charity...
Museum service undergoes rebrand

Brighton & Hove’s museum service, previously known as the Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust,...
Record label support for artists rises to £495m

UK record labels invested £495m supporting artists’ careers and development in 2021 through A&R...
Creative wellbeing programme for new parents launches

A new creative wellbeing programme to support new parents will launch in Flintshire next month. The...
Legal ruling raises prospect of huge savings for museums

A group of museums and galleries has won a legal case against the government agency that sets...

Arts People

Tate appoints Allen as Managing Director

CARMEL ALLEN will become the Managing Director of Tate on 1 September. Allen is currently CEO of Tate Commerce, where she ensures Tate’s...

Pacifico to leave Association of Independent Music

PAUL PACIFICO, CEO of the Association of Independent Music (AIM), will step down at the end of 2022. Recruitment is in process for his...

O’Thomas named LAMDA Principal and Chief Executive

The Board of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) has named Professor MARK O’THOMAS as the drama school’s next Principle...

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McIntosh appointed Curve Theatre Board Chair

SITA MCINTOSH has joined Leicester’s Curve Theatre as Chair of the Board of Trustees. McIntosh, former Chief Operating Officer of London-...

Hunt steps down from Croydon Council’s Culture Team

ROB HUNT steps down as Head of Culture, Leisure and Libraries at Croydon Council. Before joining the council in 2014, Hunt was an Asset...

Latest Features

Is ACE’s diversity strategy - and reporting - fit for purpose?

Reading ACE’s latest Equality, Diversity and Inclusion data report, it appears diversity is primarily seen as the number of people who work for or visit arts institutions like the Royal Opera House, says Kevin Osborne.
Museums must play a role in climate emergency

With the climate crisis worsening, museum professionals are having to put environmental issues at the forefront of their decision-making, writes Veronica Ferrari.
The future of storytelling

One of 50 creative practitioners trained in immersive technology to create UNBOXED’s StoryTrails, DJ McDowall shares how these skills can celebrate communities and foster a sense of belonging.
Mass gift-making as a shared symbolic act

With athletes about to arrive in Birmingham for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, a mass gift-making initiative has been underway to welcome them. Deirdre Figueiredo led the project.
Strengthening the India-UK bond

Marking the 75th anniversary of independence, India/UK Together is a season of culture with co-created projects that address shared global challenges. Jonathan Kennedy reports.
Supporting health workers through dance

Can the arts help restore wellbeing and resilience to health workers? Becky Wright shares a pilot project addressing this question.

Readers' Comments

The decreases in participation must be taken seriously and actions should emerge once the real impact is felt. However, readers will find...

Posted by Change Agent on Deprivation gap for arts participation widens

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Of course the creative arts should be treated seriousy - they used to have a place in both the NHS and Mental Health NHS work - Speech,...

Posted by CCPMarketPlace COLIN on Government mental health strategy 'needs to include arts'

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Surely one of the most worrying aspects of this is responsibility for the breach of customer data being disclaimed because it’s “lost”...

Posted by HCB on Exclusive: Major arts organisations affected by ransomware data breach

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Just to clarify that Creative Estuary (as our CDF project is known) is across the Thames Estuary in both Kent and Essex.

Posted by EWilcox on Successful CDF bids share commitment to cultural legacy

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This clearly very worrying as jobs will be a stake if ACE clients lose their funding. Following this shoch, attention will turn to the...

Posted by Change Agent on ACE to offer 'wind down' funding for unsuccessful NPOs

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The Grantium portal is fairly easy to use but it not impossible to follow. It is not a bridge for 'spoon feeding'. Arts...

Posted by Change Agent on ACE pandemic response was a lifeline for the arts, new report says

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Plus ca change? No, Not change for the sake of change. Even worse, the threat of using 'change' as a' 'weapon' to...

Posted by Change Agent on Government schedules ACE review for 2023

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The above article is full of good intentions and so it is best to ignore some of the critical assumptions which need to be challenged, The...

Posted by Change Agent on Tackling taboos in the British South Asian community

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Working with an for arts production companies has made it very clear that most, if not all, of their work is funding led. Put in common...

Posted by Change Agent on A radical re-think of R&D policy

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Dorries says, "For me what's important is that the money goes out into the areas of the UK where it has never been spent before,...

Posted by Change Agent on Dorries: abolition of ACE 'not on government agenda'

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