Bids for £40m to build a new arena and £35m to refurbish Colston Hall have been turned down by the Regional Growth Fund. Bristol’s mayor, George Ferguson, is working with Government...
ACE objects to plans for a raid on Croydon’s historic cultural assets to pay for a new arts centre.
A 12-month programme of events will lead up to Festival 2014, a mix of culture and street performances taking place in the city during the Games.
A £7.5m contribution from Arts Council England should see renovation work completed in time for its 75th anniversary.
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Better evaluation and wider sharing of research findings is seen as a priority for developing the most effective and efficient arts in heath interventions.
Ex-BP chief executive and crossbench peer Lord Browne argues that private philanthropy fails less often than government or market intervention in supporting the arts.
A Conservatoire education is proving to be one of the most successful routes to employment, as 100% of the Royal Academy of Music’s 2012 graduate cohort were in employment or further study...
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Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe, DOMINIC DROMGOOLE, has announced he is stepping down in April 2016.
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Ex-Director of the Cultural Olympiad, RUTH MACKENZIE, has been appointed as the new Artistic Director of Holland Festival. She takes over from PIERRE AUDI, who will step down after the 2014 festival...
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Beyond the Border, Wales’ international festival of storytelling, has appointed BECKA RICKARD as its new Company Manager. Previously, she was Producer for Dartington International Summer School...
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What’s the difference between professional and amateur choirs? Caroline Gill finds out.
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Crowdsourcing for Dummies reveals new ways of involving the public in the arts, says Nicole McNeilly.
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Outgoing Polka Theatre Artistic Director Jonathan Lloyd tells us who and what has inspired him throughout his career.
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A new project to drive innovation in audience development is aiming to unlock the potential of ‘Big Data’ for the sector, with plans for box office data-sharing and online intelligence....
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If the marketing is right, it is possible to sell risky shows in hard times, says Rupert Christiansen.
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It’s time to rethink the purpose of art school, argues Tiffany Jenkins
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Arts organisations must work hard to attract and maintain philanthropic support, argues Michael Kaiser.
The tour will start at the Globe on 23 April 2014, the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, and close there exactly two years later on 23 April 2016, Dominic Dromgoole's last scheduled...
This is the global business firm’s largest collaboration with a single arts organisation in the UK and will start with sponsorship of this autumn’s Paul Klee exhibition.
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Tamsin Dillon describes how art is being used to mark the 150th anniversary of the London Underground.
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Mark Fisher charts the global success of ‘Made in Scotland’, the programme which showcases dance and theatre companies at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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Caroline Greener believes that cultural centres should be reaching out to those who will never physically visit their venue.
Former Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt suggested a biennial arts festival to form part of a legacy for the London 2012 festival, but the Cultural Olympiad Board has not included the idea in its...
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A project that created eight new community singing projects in deprived areas, and evaluated them using research methods grounded in community research practice, has found that choirs can have...
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The arts sector in England is aiming to improve its handling of large data sets, supported by funding from the innovation charity Nesta. Inspired by research in the charity’s report ‘...