From issue 285
Joyce McMillan examines the reasons why the relatively generous arts funding in Scotland is not making the impact it should. 
The commissioner of Transport for London has ordered a review of the procurement process for London’s garden bridge design after apparent irregularities in the tendering process have come to...
Despite losing out on a bid to become UK Capital of Culture in 2017, Dundee City Council is expected to approve the spending of £25k for the initial stages of a bid for the European title.
From issue 285 News
Paul Hamlyn Foundation is strengthening its funding for arts education with new channels of support for projects that increase access and build a love for the arts.
Leading arts organisations, including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Opera North and Sage Gateshead, have six weeks left to reach their fundraising targets or risk losing out on their share of...
Every year the Contemporary Art Society and philanthropist Valeria Napoleone will purchase and donate one work by a living female artist to a UK gallery or museum.
The project, led by the Royal Borough of Greenwich, will see buildings at the Royal Arsenal site in Woolwich become home to a number of arts organisations.
From issue 285 News
A close-run election saw Jesse Norman narrowly beat Graham Stuart in a bid to become the new Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
From issue 285 News
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills is calling for schools and universities to focus on giving young people a combination of technical and creative skills.
From issue 285 News
The National Theatre and Manchester’s Whitworth Gallery have both won National Awards in the annual competition run by RIBA, the Royal Institute of British Architects. The National Theatre...
From issue 285 News
Viable options for the future of the Brighton Hippodrome are now to be considered by a stakeholder group including The Theatres Trust, Brighton and Hove City Council and the Frank Matcham Society....
From issue 285
Joe Pindelski profiles director Regina Taylor, explaining how her use of a website to accompany a stage production may be the best way to artistically engage the online community.
From issue 285
Artist Zoë Coombs Marr busts open the myths about what happens to arts funding once a grant is successful.
The University of Brighton is to give £100k towards South East Dance’s new £3.8m dance centre, initiating a collaboration that will involve jointly delivered research projects,...
From issue 285 Feature
An innovative regional theatre has used data and cloud technology to increase ticket sales and diversify its business model, explains Libby Penn.
From issue 285 Feature
A YouTube network dedicated to the arts, in receipt of significant government funding and aiming to attract not millions but billions of views, just had to be investigated. Christy Romer spoke to Simon Walker of Canvas.
From issue 285
JAN TEO, formerly Chief Operating Officer for Deutsche Bank’s European Service Centres, will be the new Chief Executive of Birmingham Royal Ballet. A Board member for the past two years, she...
From issue 285
The Lyric Hammersmith’s Executive Director of nearly ten years, JESSICA HEPBURN will be leaving later this year to focus on her writing career. Her final challenge is swimming the English...
From issue 285
ANGUS MACKECHNIE has been appointed as the new Executive Director of ISAN, the membership body that supports the development of outdoor arts. Currently the Producer and Programmer of the National...
From issue 285
KARENA JOHNSON has been appointed as Artistic Director and CEO of the Victorian venue Hoxton Hall. In her earlier career she was Artistic Director of The Broadway in Barking, Director of Loud Talkin...
From issue 285
HELEN WILKINSON has become Assistant Director at the Association of Independent Museums. Most recently a consultant with the Museum Consultancy, she has previously led the Museums Association’s...
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JAMES ROOSE-EVANS, who set up Hampstead Theatre more than 50 years ago, has established a new theatre company, Frontier Theatre, to provide opportunities for experienced performers who are overlooked...
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The new Chair of Fertile Ground dance company will be COLETTE HARRISON. She is a consultant specialising in working with third sector, higher education and arts organisations.
The Prime Minister has appointed JOHN AKOMFRAH OBE as a trustee at Tate for five years, and STEPHEN WITHERFORD for four years. DR JOANNA KENNEDY will join the Board of the National Portrait Gallery...
From issue 285 Feature
Do arts projects in schools boost pupils’ health and wellbeing? Ros McLellan finds the current evidence positive, but says more persuasive research is needed.

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