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Hospitals do not have to be about sterile rooms, uncertainty and isolation as Mark Norbury has proved at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
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Lisa Ball-Lechgar describes how Abu Dhabi has placed culture as a vital element in its ongoing development and growth.
The £600k Newcastle Cultural Fund will be supplemented with donations. Council Leader Nick Forbes tells those who spoke out against cuts to ‘put their money where their mouth is’.
A £4m programme of cultural events will take place in the weeks before and during the Commonwealth Games in 2014. A fund giving grants of up to £300k for potential contributors is already...
Designs for the development include a ‘floating’ glass pavilion, two more roof gardens and spaces for riverside arts.
The two day event, ‘East’, will be curated by the Barbican and Create London and will feature live theatre and music at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic park.
Stoke-on-Trent Council has reduced the New Vic Theatre’s £67k funding by 23k, while Sheffield City Council cuts 20% from Sheffield Theatres’ annual £529k grant.
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David Dixon is convinced that fundraising in the arts sector is relatively easy, provided arts organisations make good use of all their resources.
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Mahmood Reza explains ‘real-time information’, a significant change to payroll operations to be introduced in April.
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The North East Children’s Theatre Consortium ensures that fantastic theatre for children and young people remains centre-stage. Miranda Thain explains its origins and role.
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Jenny Williams suggests some questions the arts sector should be asking in response to the 2011 Census findings relating to ethnicity/identity and migration.
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When arts organisations are teetering on the brink of insolvency, a Company Voluntary Arrangement may throw them a lifeline. Mahmood Reza explains how.
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Case study
Ian Ritchie believes that the City of London Festival’s success over 50 years is based on taking programming risks and exploring creative partnerships.
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Kerry Thomas tells how Eye Candy, a visual pop culture festival, made such a positive impact on Birmingham’s Southside.
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Julian Rudd talks about his experience of partnership-working and why it is the backbone of the London Mela.
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Rachel Adam argues that the Juice festival is not a ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ event unconnected to the year-round cultural ecology of the North East.
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The winner of an international competition to design a sustainable temporal theatre space will be revealed at the World Stage Design festival later this year. Alice Cabanas gives the background to the competition.
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Case study
When public funding dried up, NEoN, Dundee’s digital arts festival, faced a stark choice: adapt or die. Lyall Bruce tells the story.
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2012 was a tricky year for the UK’s many music festivals but Steve Heap reports on how they are determined to ride out the storm, with the understanding of the artists and their agents.
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Ben Challis shares some tips on how festivals can reduce their environmental impact.
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Opinion
Tom Copley wants to find new homes for small-scale cutting edge theatre in London.
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Opinion
An open dialogue between arts practitioners, public funders and the public is vital in developing the arts for the benefit of the wider community, says Liz Hill.
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News
An event billed as a “national conversation on new ways to champion the arts and culture”, will be taking place in London at the end of April. The ticketed event, being held at the Palace...