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In a new series exploring opportunities for arts organisations, museums and library services to engage in public service commissioning, Jessica Harris explains the importance of understanding the outcomes commissioners are looking for.
The National Children’s Orchestras of Great Britain has spoken out about a north-south divide in music provision, following an application round that saw Scotland fail to generate a single...
After losing out on three-year funding from Creative Scotland, Scottish Youth Theatre has been in talks with Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop and the funding body, who have agreed to work to “...
The Embassy Theatre in Skegness and events including the SO Festival and Wolds Words will be managed by charitable trust Magna Vitae.
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Arnolfini Centre for Contemporary Arts in Bristol has appointed KATE BRINDLEY to the position of Director. She joined the centre as Interim Director in April this year, after stepping down as...
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CHRIS DENTON is hanging up his consultancy hat after fours year to take up the position of Director of Marketing and Communications at London’s Southbank Centre. Previously Director of...
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The new Artistic Director for Tiata Fahodzi is NATALIE IBU, who was most recently Creative Producer for Derby Theatre. She replaces LUCIAN MSAMATI, who steps down after four years in post.
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PROFESSOR CHRIS BAILEY is the new Chair of the Board for Pilot Theatre. Most recently Dean of Arts, Environment and Technology at Leeds Metropolitan University, Bailey has held senior management...
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Managing Director of Parkwood Theatres, GARY RODEN, is stepping down to take up the position of Business Development Director for Theatre and the Arts at Ticketmaster UK. He was previously General...
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After directing two editions of Art15 Fair, STEPHANIE DIECHVOSS is stepping down to focus on her academic and arts management consultancy work. KATE BRYAN, who was previously Director of Contemporary...
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Hull’s Creative People and Places project, Roots and Wings, has appointed its core staff team. ISABELLE TRACY, who has worked in arts and community development in Hull for many years, has been...
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The Universal Music Group has made DICKON STAINER President and Chief Executive of Global Classics, with responsibility for its entire classical output including Deutsche Grammophon, Decca and...
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The sector had better raise its fundraising game as public money is not coming back, says Arts Council England's first ever Head of Philanthropy.
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It is the duty of public venues to support genuine but difficult art, and those that hold back for fear they will offend are shirking their responsibilities, argues Alexander Adams.
A Royal Holloway University music lecturer said that in Venezuela many musicians are unconvinced that the social music programme reaches the most vulnerable children, and it is viewed as “a...
Welcome to Yorkshire is planning to hold a regular arts festival, after an independent evaluation report revealed its £2m arts festival that marked the start of the Tour de France generated...
Tiverton High School has revealed plans for a 21st-century learning space and arts centre for pupils and the wider community. Current proposals include a performance space for medium-sized touring...
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Regeneration is about regional partnerships striking the right balance between artistic excellence and community engagement, believes Nick Ewbank.
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Barry Pritchard says that new arts buildings must be inclusive, exciting and adaptable if they are to widen engagement and genuinely regenerate a town or city centre.
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News
Arts organisations turn to video in campaigns to raise wider awareness of the value of their work.
Staff have organised their own exhibition of work inspired by the gallery's collection as part of ongoing protests against proposals to privatise the jobs of up to 400 of its 600 staff.
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A manifesto for craft education aims to raise the profile of craft-based subjects in schools, where participation has declined by a quarter in five years.
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It is becoming increasingly less likely that culture and arts services will be able to play a meaningful part in delivering the Government’s ambition of tackling poverty and promoting social justice, the Welsh Local Government Association has warned.
In the interests of achieving a balanced budget for the 2015/16 financial year, English National Opera has pulled out of its first UK project outside London in 15 years - a co-production with the...
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Michael Nabarro says there is significant hidden wealth amongst the individuals in an arts organisation's database, and uncovering it is relatively straightforward and inexpensive.