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Four-year lead-in offers UK-wide opportunities for participation in Olympic cultural
programme.
The framework for the Cultural Olympiad has been unveiled to an audience of arts sector...
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Every £1 of public funding spent on classical music in the West Midlands sees a tenfold impact on the local economy, says a new report published by Arts Council England, West Midlands. Making a...
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A partial reversal in the increase of visa fees for artists and performers has been greeted with delight by arts organisations. April saw the cost of artists visas increased from £85 to £200,...
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In his first keynote speech since being appointed as Minister for Education, Culture and the Welsh Language, Carwyn Jones AM has outlined his vision for the arts in Wales. At the Arts Council of...
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A new Integrated Cultural Strategy aims to put arts and culture at the heart of Belfasts bid to become a major cultural capital by 2010. Produced by Belfast City Council in partnership with the Arts...
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Christmas cant come soon enough for children who love reading, after the announcement of the first national programme to provide every schoolchild in year 7 with a free book by the end of 2007....
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News
Touring theatre companies are set to benefit from VAT incorrectly paid on ticket sales. From June 2004, non-profit-making arts organisations that hire theatre venues for their productions should have...
Visiting Arts has re-launched its Scotland Cultural Profile website. Aimed primarily at encouraging cultural exchanges involving Scotland, the website offers a one stop shop for information and...
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A major theme of this issue is festivals (pp 57); timely when you consider that a framework for the Cultural Olympiad has just been announced (p1), including plans for a UK-wide Cultural Festival...
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Tiina Taatila marvels at the variety of UK festivals and the sources of funding available to them.
Recent years have seen an explosion in the number of arts and cultural festivals in the UK,...
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Stewart Collins explains how the Henley Festival has arrived at a financially sustainable position for its annual five-day celebration of the arts.
You have to raise how much? is the most common...
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Exciting and creative enterprises they may be, but festivals nonetheless face plenty of legal pitfalls. Shivaji Shiva considers some of them.
This summer will see a wide range of arts festivals,...
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Peter Bolton shares his online favourites.
1. http://www.emusic.com
This website is my staple diet for downloading classical music. You can find most pieces of classical music on this site and...
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Ken Bartlett explains how community dance is taking centre stage.
Significantly it was a piece of community dance that opened the 2006 British Dance Edition, to rapturous applause from an...
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Angela Conlan looks at how the county of Wiltshire seized the opportunity to draw together a range of community activity and implement a strategic dance development plan.
Following boundary...
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Board level fundraisers are the way ahead. Alice Devitt explains why.
Ive been ranting in this occasional column for some time on the need to acknowledge, respect and learn from the skills and...
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The Royal Shakespeare Company has appointed Liz Thompson as Director of Communications. Formerly Head of External Relations at the Environment Agency, she takes over following the departure of Roger...
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Hilary Carty, Director of the Cultural Leadership Programme, reveals her career path so far.
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From Judy Dixey,
Executive Director, VocalEyes
While it is hard to increase audiences from some sectors of the community (AP issue 147, 4 June) , there is surely ample opportunity to do so in the...
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From Sarah Wiseman,
Gallery Director, Sarah Wiseman Gallery
read with interest the articles about the pressures and development of open studio events in the UK (AP issue 147, 4 June). As a gallery...
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From Louise De Winter,
Director, National Campaign for the Arts
Paul Bogens article on arts funding (AP Issue 147, 4 June) asked who was advocating for the arts and representing the sector at a...
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From Mark Pemberton,
Director-designate of the Association of British Orchestras
I really must leap to the defence of Arts Council England and correct Paul Bogens statement (AP Issue 147, 4 June)...
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Musicians Union sets out proposals for measures to lessen the negative impact of the Licensing Act 2003.
The debate over the Licensing Act 2003 was re-ignited last week when the Musicians Union (MU...
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The National Theatre of Scotland (NToS) will be taking two of its shows to America this autumn. NToS received a £195,000 grant from the International Touring Fund which will enable it to showcase ...