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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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A Los Angeles stage website is causing a stir by asking theatres to pay $150 for a review, Mike Boehm reports.
A group of councillors, businessmen, arts groups and the city’s two universities are leading the bid. The city council will provide up to £250k with further support from private investors...
The Royal Opera House increased its income by 12% last year, to £127.5m, according to its annual report. Much of the increase came from ticket sales.
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Feature
The Warwick Commission report may have sparked a useful debate, but how can its recommendations be acted upon locally, asks Chris Bilton.
Miri Regev plans to monitor artists’ work and distribute state arts funding as she sees fit. Artists say the minister’s move amounts to censorship and are threatening strike action.
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Case study
A public art programme at Southmead Hospital in Bristol has breathed soul into the hospital building and created a sense of community, says Gillian Taylor.
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Feature
An online reward scheme has the potential to inspire children and young people’s interest in arts learning, believes Laurie Garrison.
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Arts People
Director of The Empty Space, Natalie Querol, tells us about the people who inspire her work, supporting artists in the North East.
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Jazz Musician Tim Whitehead reports on his meeting with Arts Council England, at which they discussed how to secure more support for jazz.
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Amelia Crouch assesses the recent ‘Curating the Campus Symposium’ and finds fears that universities reject works of genuine artistic value in favour of populist offerings.
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News
Nicholas Penny, the outgoing management team of Chichester Festival Theatre and Whitworth Art Gallery’s Maria Balshaw are amongst the 1,163 recipients of this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.
The number of overseas tourists travelling to the UK for music has increased by 39% over the last four years, according to a report by UK Music. 9.5 million tourists attended musical events in the UK...
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Arguing for music education because it improves children’s language or social skills is like promoting kissing because it gives you stronger lip muscles for eating soup neatly, says Peter Greene.
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Rupert Christiansen meets Martin and Lizzie Graham, the couple who created an internationally renowned opera festival in their back garden.
Five orchestras from around the world are partnering with Google’s music streaming service to make recent live recordings available to the public.