The former cinema most recently used as a live music venue is to close at the end of the year, as owners MAMA & Company have confirmed the sale of the 1500-capacity venue. The new owners will...
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New reporting on environmental impact has generated baseline figures, but progress is being hindered by lack of data.
Swindon Borough Council has approved plans for a cultural hub in the town. It will include a newly re-homed museum and art gallery on land next to the Wyvern Theatre.
Scotland’s third ‘Big Noise Orchestra’ will be set up in Aberdeen by 2015 under a partnership between the local authority and the charity Sistema Scotland.
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Rachel Spence reports on the contemporary artists who are responding to the hike in tuition fees for university arts courses by creating their own art schools as an extension of their work.
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Arts Council England has announced the appointment of CLARE TITLEY as Director of Philanthropy, starting in February 2014. Titley has over 15 years’ of fundraising experience in both...
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After three years as Marketing and Communications Manager at Nottingham Playhouse, BEA GRIST is leaving to take up the role of Marketing Manager at the Almeida Theatre in the new year.
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ANITA BHALLA OBE has been elected as the new Chairman of Performances Birmingham Limited (PBL), the charity that runs Town Hall and Symphony Hall Birmingham. A former senior BBC executive, she will...
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SOPHIE CHANNON has been appointed as Membership Marketing Coordinator at the Arts Marketing Association.
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BEN HARMAN will be the new Director of Stills at Scotland's Centre for Photography. He is currently Curator of Contemporary Art at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Glasgow and will succeed...
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HONOR HARGER is leaving her position as Artistic Director at Lighthouse to take up a new role as Executive Director of a major international arts venue in early 2014.
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Kneehigh has appointed ALAN LIVINGSTON as Chair of the board of trustees. He will replace DAVID JUBB, who has chaired the board for five years.
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Wales Millennium Centre has announced the appointment of GRAEME FARROW, who was Executive Programmer for the UK City of Culture in Derry Londonderry, as its new Artistic and Creative Director. Prior...
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Four new Directors have been announced at Creative Scotland. LEONIE BELL has been appointed as Director of Arts and Engagement, having worked as Creative Programmer for the London 2012 Festival and...
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The latest cinema initiative will see English National Opera’s productions broadcast live.
The Newcastle Culture Investment Fund which was set up to offset cuts to the arts in North East England is yet to receive donations from organisations and wealthy donors. As yet, no one has come...
Birmingham City Council is looking to outsource the running of its Old Rep Theatre in an attempt to save money. Council Deputy Leader Ian Ward said: “we simply don’t have the funding for...
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The Warwick Commission is aiming to develop new policy thinking and practical recommendations related to the long-term sustainability of culture in the face of tough economic challenges.
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Michael White says if we can finally get Britain’s children singing, it might just filter upwards and no longer be ignored.
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Andrew Horwitz on the American fundraising model and artists as entrepreneurs, who want money so they can make more art, not more money.
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People are biased against creative thinking and “unexceptional ideas are far more likely to be accepted than wonderful ones” says Jessica Olien.
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Johnny Gailey wonders if Creative Scotland has it in itself to ‘grasp the thistle’, a year after its implosion and a year before the independence referendum.
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Cathy Agnew introduces a new style of regional arts agency for Dumfries and Galloway with a 'chamber of arts', made up of elected artists covering different areas and interests.
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The Transported programme took arts activity to unusual places in south Lincolnshire and gathered valuable feedback from people in rural communities. Melissa Marlowe reports.
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Word/Play is an initiative in Somerset for people with mental illness or a learning disability. Mark Helyar describes how it has engaged with this predominantly rural community.