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Scotland’s arts organisations are to be compensated by the Scottish Government for extra costs or losses incurred as a result of the severe weather at the end of last year. A total of £...
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Twenty-six arts leaders have written to the Prime Minister requesting a meeting to discuss levels of arts investment planned for 2011 to 2014, claiming that they will “do lasting damage to the...
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ACE undermined by Select Committee report, just days before its major funding announcement
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Audience development loses out as ACE prioritises organisations directly producing art
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N.B. Some RFOs did not apply, and some of those listed below may be part of consortia. This list may not be exhaustive, but is compiled by cross-referencing the new NPO list against last year's RFO...
The Crafts Council has launched ‘Hothouse’, a new programme of business skills and creative development for emerging makers. It is open to those based in England up to two years into...
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Feature
How can I measure the effectiveness of our PR department? We need to cut our costs, and I’m finding it particularly hard to assess the value of their work to the organisation.
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Jamie Perry considers the role and value of media in twenty-first century art galleries and museums
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Robin Simpson tries to unravel what ‘Big Society’ might mean for amateur arts groups
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Sarah Thelwall on a new benchmarking system for smaller arts organisations, and why the sector needs it
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Ildikó Takács considers how the universal language of dance can encourage cross-cultural collaboration and work
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Opinion
Phil Redmond appears to have caused a bit of a stir (or, at least, he thinks so) by recommending the establishment of ‘Local Cultural Partnerships’, to sit alongside the Local Economic...
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Opinion
One of the contradictions of the Big Society is that volunteering is to be encouraged, yet funding is being cut from many organisations which exist specifically to encourage volunteering.
Arts...
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Opinion
I suppose it is inevitable that every generation will acquire a rose tinted retrospective. I can’t claim to be excluded from a feeling that “things were tougher in my day” and...
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Opinion
“The organisation will conduct an equal opportunities interview – asking all interviewees the same questions and scoring their responses against pre-arranged criteria.”
This form of...
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Opinion
The front page of the VAGA website is emitting a sadly repetitive mantra: A Foundation closed; Ikon Eastside to close; Animate Projects to close... and this even before ACE announces its National...
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Opinion
‘Collaboration’ is a word met by many raised eyebrows. It suggests too many cooks, lots of crossed wires and extra administration often for not a lot of brownie points. However, I for one...
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Opinion
I was in two arts venues in one of our fine cities last week. On both occasions I had to walk past an information desk, a ticket booth, a shop and around five gallery assistants before reaching the...
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Opinion
They say there is a rat within 15 metres of every human being; I wonder if the same applies to writers.
One of my favourite activities is picking up snippets of other people’s conversations, I...
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Opinion
At a first glance, the question above might appear a strange one. It's fairly apparent to anyone working in dance what the role of a company manager might entail – anything from booking tour...