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The arts are a driving force in regeneration, according to Andy Burnham (p1) as he hails Liverpool 2008. Yet the arts are also threatened by regeneration, according to the splendidly-monickered...
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Craig W. Johnson hopes that America’s new political start will mark a change for the arts, too.
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Rick Bond explains the need to prune the dead wood from your board of trustees to encourage new growth.
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Criticism and setbacks have not deterred Linda Fabiani in her quest for change, as Catherine Rose discovers.
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Woking Dance Festival has appointed Mary Brady as Programme Director. She was previously Artistic Director of the Institute for Choreography and Dance in Cork and is currently Director of Strategy...
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Ruth Churchill Dower highlights the strengths and weaknesses of current early years policy and provision.
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Helping deaf children to access music and the performing arts is not easy, but one charity is making headway, writes Edwin Preston.
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Getting their hands dirty is the best way to engage small children with the arts, Jennifer Raingold reveals.
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Sarah Thelwall looks beyond traditional funding streams towards commercial models of development for the creative industries.
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Gareth Hart and Kevin Brownridge outline how Cornwall is set to become a big success both at home and abroad.
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New statistics reveal shortfalls in hitting national targets and lower arts participation.
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Unsupported beliefs about the geographic and demographic spread of arts funding have been refuted in the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s (ACNI) 2007/8 Review. More than half of ACNI’s...
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Benefits offered by charities must not be unreasonably restricted by a person’s ability to pay, and people who are in poverty must not be excluded from the opportunity to benefit from a charity...
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The DCMS has published a progress report on disability equality in all the areas covered by the department, including the arts. In the ‘Secretary of State Report on Disability Equality’...
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The charity, Music In Detention, which uses music to give immigration detainees a voice, has organised a community exchange between detainees from the Haslar Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) and...
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More than 200 theatre venues in England will be offering free tickets to people aged under 26 following Arts Council England’s (ACE) announcement of 99 successful applications to the pilot of...
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The education, training and cultural sectors should join to form a Cultural Learning Alliance to promote and support cultural learning and create a coherent national strategy for cultural learning,...
Shape, the disability arts organisation, is calling for submissions for its 2009 Science-Art exhibition. There will be an opportunity to showcase work across all artforms, and work can be critical,...
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The news that only four of a total of twenty DCMS PSA3 targets have been met will not surprise those of us who have followed the progress of these statistics over the years (p1). Against the six arts...
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Suzy Willson explains how dialogues between medical practitioners and artists may have far-reaching consequences.
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Sally Taylor explains how knowledge exchange between the arts and higher education is beneficial for the creative industries.
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Howard Raynor offers advice on how to keep customers coming in during a recession.
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This booklet (just under 100 small pages of text) is a reflection drawing on a series of nine seminars held at Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) from 2003 to 2005 entitled...
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Birmingham Royal Ballet has appointed Professor Michael Clarke CBE, Deputy Lieutenant for Worcestershire and former Vice Principal of Birmingham University, as its Chairman designate. The current...
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Robert Essert explains why new concert buildings should have acoustic excellence built in.