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The Deputy Director for Music4U, the Humber Region’s Youth Music Action Zone, will be Samantha Sumerfield (pictured). She has been part of the Arts Development Team at Hull City Council....
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Research reveals a huge potential market for contemporary arts and crafts, as Elinor James and Gerri Morris explain.
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The change from being an art organisation that is primarily a studio to one that includes a selling gallery requires a cultural shift, says Anna Wilkinson.
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A Berlin-based arts journal has created an effective market place for contemporary art, writes Julia Danila.
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Energy, diversity and immediacy may be strengths of performance poetry, but there are also issues of quality to consider, muses Sibyl Ruth.
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Live literature needs support if touring and programming are to thrive, says Laura Stimson.
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Welsh language poetry stomps, Welsh rap and a National Poet for Wales are dancing in the footsteps of the ancient bards, as Peter Finch reveals.
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I’m afraid Rick Holland (Answer Back, AP172) is tilting at the wrong target, and makes several unwarranted assumptions about my views. I am with him all the way in supporting “a culture...
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Shadow Culture Secretary paints a picture of arts funding under a future Conservative government.
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Everyone in the South West of England is being invited to dance for five minutes on 6 July, as part of Big Dance 2008, the week-long nationwide celebration of dance.
Dance South West is co-ordinating...
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The Scottish Arts Council (SAC) has vowed to continue to work with the Scottish Parliament to establish Creative Scotland, a new body to support Scottish arts and culture, (see AP166) despite the...
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A promise to “inspire a generation of young people”, including a “headline ambition” to have “tens of thousands of young people participating in cultural activities as a...
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The Government last week published an official response to the findings from its consultation on the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) scheme. The ISA, which was established by the...
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Projects to encourage new participants in the arts, a conference for the voluntary sector and an interactive website are among the proposals being put forward by Voluntary Arts Wales (VAW) in its new...
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Long-term co-operation between cultural organisations, literary translation projects and bodies that wish to expand their cultural work at European level are among the cultural projects which the...
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The 89 musicians of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) are set to reduce their carbon footprint, thanks to support of First ScotRail, which is providing travel passes for them to reach...
DanceEast is to name part of Ipswich’s new Jerwood DanceHouse in honour of Programme Manager Richard Whistler (pictured), who died from meningitis earlier this year, aged 38. The Whistler...
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A dreadful suspicion has been born: that we have finally started to drown in our own verbiage. This thought occurred as the Creative Scotland Bill slid metaphorically under the table, its silk skirts...
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In the first of a new series of occasional interviews, Catherine Rose asks Shadow Arts Minister, Ed Vaizey, some of the questions people want answered about his views on national funding, arts bureaucracy and the Lottery.
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Julian Rudd is disappointed to read about reported criticism of the depth and quality of outdoor and street arts events.
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Rural regeneration and artist development go hand-in-hand with imaginative fundraising at Wysing, says Donna Lynas.
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How effectively can arts organisations measure the audience, visitor or participant experience? Heather Maitland reveals the evidence.
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Vivienne Illman has joined Arts Council England, North East as Executive Assistant Officer, and Stephen Wiper is the new Resource Development Officer.
Cathy Stafford (pictured) is moving from her...
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National speculation about arts education and the importance of creativity and culture in the classroom has recently highlighted the crucial role of arts workshops. Sam Perkins explores the issues.
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Just how do you run a workshop? Kate Atkinson describes how MusicLeader is meeting the training needs of tomorrow?s music education workforce.