A new survey found that 66% of people prefer to donate to charities “run by volunteers”, and 59% prefer small organisations to large.
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Arts People
Following the launch of ‘Phenomenal People’, a project celebrating inspirational women, founders of Fuel Louise Blackwell & Kate McGrath name the women who have inspired their careers.
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Sheila McGregor argues that the path to ‘sustainability’ is never easy, nor free from ethical considerations.
The department of Culture, Arts and Leisure is facing a 12.8% budget cut, making it one of the hardest hit departments in the Finance Minister’s draft budget. Cuts of up to £872m have...
The world’s first cultural centre for gaming is to be built in Nottingham. With four gallery floors housing changing exhibitions and a permanent collection, and an education floor, the new...
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Do traditional management theories apply to arts organisations, or do they differ too greatly from the norm? Steph Graham and Jill Richens explore the issues.
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Feature
Mira Kaushik records the changes that her dance company has made in response to sudden cuts in government funding.
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A new touring model capitalising on word-of-mouth recommendations indicates that touring is not dead after all. Jo Towler explains.
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A recent conference explored the value of music-making with early years and key stage 1 children. Fraser Wilson and Emily Moss describe the event’s discussions and activities.
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Last year the National Theatre spent more time touring abroad than it did in the UK. Lyn Gardner examines the impact of NT Live and argues that it’s no substitute for live performance.
The nature and ambience of Belfast's newly regenerated Cathedral Quarter cultural hub risks being fundamentally altered by the massive expansion of student accommodation blocks being planned...
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Lenka Belkova reflects on the cultural responsiveness of grassroots arts organisations.
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Anne Bonnar sees the Scotland Devolution Commission as an important opportunity for the value of culture to be recognised by Holyrood and Westminster government, and for artists to become more involved in civic leadership and governance.
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The art world in 2014 is not a place that is primarily concerned with art; its overriding pre-occupation is money, writes Will Gompertz.
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News
The rapid decline in the number of local authority arts services has sparked a new drive to protect and develop local cultural infrastructure.
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Raising the profile of professional performances taking place at some of Scotland’s more remote locations is a key aim of a new marketing push.
Cultural venues in Liverpool’s St George’s Quarter, which form a major part of the city’s World Heritage Site, are joining forces with public sector partners to launch a Community...
Turnover from the Belgrade Theatre's commercial set-building operation grew by a third last year and this, coupled with a thriving conferencing and events programme, now accounts for 60% of the...
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Arts Council England’s Executive Director, London and the South East, MOIRA SINCLAIR is stepping down to take up the post of Director at the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
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The Museums Association (MA) has appointed SHARON HEAL as its new Director. Currently Head of Publications and Events at the MA, she will be the Association’s first female Director.
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Executive Director of Watford Palace Theatre, MATHEW RUSSELL is leaving to take up the role of Executive Producer at the Southbank Centre. Ahead of his departure, JAMIE ARDEN has been appointed...
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The new Chief Executive of Stagetext is NIGEL MCCUNE, following the departure of TABITHA ALLUM after ten years as CEO. McCune joins Stagetext from the Centre for Creative Collaboration at the...
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Interim Director of the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art SARAH FISHER will pass the baton to Director ZOE DUNBAR at the end of the year. Dunbar leaves Imperial War Museum North where she is...
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Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, has appointed LIZ HUGHES as Capital Project Coordinator. Over the next three years she will work alongside the Director and Head of Operations to deliver a redevelopment...
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Potter, writer and Senior Tutor at the Royal College of Art ALISON BRITTON OBE is the new Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Crafts Study Centre.