From issue 198
Involving the public in decision-making about the allocation of public funding could have a positive impact on small-grant, community-focused arts projects that are seen to be of direct benefit to...
From issue 198
The Lowry has revealed its reasons for rejecting the proposed options for its future made in conjunction with the plan to create a Royal Opera House (ROH) for the North at the Palace Theatre,...
From issue 198
A decommissioned red phone box in the North Yorkshire town of Settle is about to become what is claimed to be the smallest art gallery in the world. The curator of the gallery is leading...
From issue 198
The development of the professional visual arts sector in Skye, Lochalsh, Wester Ross and Lochaber is the focus of a new consultation in Scotland. A year-long process of mapping and debate followed...
‘Critical Conditions’, a new research report by the Directory of Social Change (DSC), provides an analysis of the extent to which funders’ terms and conditions are transparent and...
From issue 198
Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said, “If you strike at a king, you must kill him.” Attempts have been made on the life of Arts Council England (ACE) as on other arts councils, and many...
From issue 198
In the last of AP’s series looking how to tackle the recession, Hilary Gresty finds that it is the smaller galleries and projects which are really feeling the pinch in the world of visual arts.
From issue 198
Cathy Hirschmann learnt more than she expected from a fellowship at one of the great US arts organisations, with its 600-stong board team, huge private funding and a charismatic president.
From issue 198
Why have a national theatre? What should it look like? How do you ensure that people feel involved enough to care? John McGrath is grappling with the problem in the most direct way possible.
From issue 197
Bernard Ross is as inevitable a fixture at charity fundraising conferences as flips charts, bad coffee and ‘going round the room to introduce ourselves’. I find myself both impressed and...
From issue 197
Paul Cutts (pictured), a former arts journalist and publisher, has been appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer for the Exhibition Road Cultural Group, which comprises 16 major arts, science...
From issue 197
Damian Hebron assesses the current state of arts activity in healthcare settings and find some reasons to be cheerful.
From issue 197
Lorna Hastings, Christina Finney and Lynda Sullivan highlight how children’s imaginations can transform a hospital stay.
From issue 197
Vayu Naidu and Chris Banfield explore how the arts can make a positive difference to the lives of hospital patients.
From issue 197
Are arts marketers felling forests for fatter brochures, persistently googling their own websites to raise rankings or pounding pavements with promotional giveaways? Ros Fry gathers some answers.
From issue 197
You can never have too much information about your audience, Ed Newsome has found, and he urges you never to stop asking questions.
From issue 197
Arts Professional reveals the career paths of the sector’s senior managers.
From issue 197
Welsh moves towards statutory cultural provision could have an impact across the UK.
From issue 197
Four pieces of work from deaf and disabled artists have been commissioned by Shape, the disability arts organisation, to explore how deaf and disabled people can engage with the themes of the...
From issue 197
Britain should become a “global centre for the creative industries in the digital age” according to the final Digital Britain report, which outlines policy commitments to digital...
From issue 197
Schools, extended services (which include out-of-school activities, parental support and child care), and arts and cultural organisations should work together to improve cultural learning for...
From issue 197
A central role should be given to creative practitioners in Scotland in order to support and develop the creative industries, according to the recently published Creative Industries Partnership (CIP...
From issue 197
A potential merger between Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc, the international live entertainment ticketing and marketing company, and Live Nation, the largest producer of live concerts in the world,...
From issue 197
Young people will be taking over the programming and running of York Theatre Royal for three weeks this autumn. The ‘TakeOver09’ festival is the theatre’s response to Arts Council...
From issue 197
A reintroduction of the ‘two-in-a-bar rule’ (under which two musicians can perform without a public entertainment licence) and conditional exemption for live music in small venues...

Pages