Creative Scotland has announced a further three groups to provide expert advice on the issues and opportunities facing Scotland’s creative community. They will focus on: performing arts,...
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Alison Tickell calls for a major shift in attitudes and practice to combat climate change.
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The arts sector needs to recognise its own maturity and take its place in the world. Matthew Taylor tells Catherine Rose how he’s trying to make it happen.
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Using emarketing cuts costs, but getting buy-in from your audience can be an uphill struggle. Heather Maitland tells all.
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The State and the Arts
Matthew Taylor is hoping that the State of the Arts conference will become an annual forum for the arts, mirroring similar shindigs in the worlds of broadcasting and film (p6...
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Arts Council England has appointed Jim Tough as Area Executive Director, North. He is currently Chief Executive of the Scottish Arts Council.
Network, the national membership body representing the UK...
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Where did the site-specific idea come from? And can an artist ever really know how it will turn out? Gillian McIver traces its emergence and looks forward to future developments.
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Lacking a specific base for arts work does not need to stop it from happening, as Claudia Zeiske explains.
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A site-specific theatre production can help local people to connect with the stories being told, explains Frances Land.
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Proposals to create ‘smarter government’ may affect the arts sector.
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FutureEverything, a Manchester-based community interest company, has been awarded the £10,000 Lever Prize for its festival of art, music and ideas (pictured). It aims to bring together artists...
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Doubts have been cast on the Government’s strategy of providing apprenticeships to ease youth unemployment. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development claims that figures released by...
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The Charities Commission is to examine fee-charging arts charities in its next round of public benefit assessments. The Royal Opera House, the Young Concert Artists Trust, The Castle Players and...
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Private investment in the arts fell by almost £32m (approximately 7%) in 2008/09, according to new figures from Arts & Business. Investment from business, and from trusts and foundations,...
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Creative Scotland (CS) has been formally established with the passing of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Bill by the Scottish Parliament on 7 January, by 104 votes to 16. John Swinney, the...
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Every person living in Northern Ireland now has an arts facility within a 20 mile radius, according to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI). £33m has been invested in local arts centres...
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Venues will no longer require a licence to mount live music performances for 100 people or less, according to a proposal by Gerry Sutcliffe, the Licensing Minister. The move is intended to benefit...
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The Royal Opera House (ROH) and Manchester City Council have reached an agreement regarding the proposed northern base for the ROH at Manchester’s Palace Theatre. The plans had been contested...
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In an “unusual but not unique” move, the Competition Commission (CC) has cleared the proposed merger of music promoter Live Nation and ticketing agent Ticketmaster. Following a...
A Drama and Theatre Manifesto is being developed by the National Campaign for the Arts and a number of other stakeholders. It aims to increase the opportunities for children and young people to...
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Kate Hartoch examines how far circus has come in the past decade, and looks ahead to an exciting future.
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Lack of adequate compensation from the Government could mean disaster for anyone using radio microphones. Louise de Winter explains what you can do to help.