English National Youth Arts Network is offering free membership to all, in an attempt to better achieve its aims of raising the profile of youth arts and uniting the whole of the sector. The...
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The law has always been a blunt instrument in relation to artistic expression. Take censorship laws, for example. The Lady Chatterleys Lover trial in 1960 was a notable object of ridicule and more...
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Glyn Edwards looks at how international puppetry can work to build audiences in the UK.
Fancy seeing Don Juan in Slovak, at a village hall in Shropshire? How about a fairy tale performed in...
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Julia Davis explains how Théâtre Sans Frontières celebrates the opportunity to work in different languages.
Théâtre Sans Frontières (TSF), based in rural Northumberland, has been producing and...
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Mark Sands explains the creative process behind producing theatre for both Deaf and hearing audiences.
The idea of theatre that places British Sign Language (BSL) at the heart of the creative process...
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Dont let the jargon put you off: an understanding of the concepts behind such phrases as silo mentality and ideas freecycle can benefit us all. Damian Hebron explains why.
Occasionally, out...
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Arts marketing has come a long way in the past 30 years. Terry OSullivan marks the highlights and reflects on the new challenges.
You might think that its a bit early in the day to be rethinking...
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Is your board a lean mean meeting machine? If not, maybe its time to change. Rick Bond explains how.
A regular, and, I may say, highly enjoyable element of my work is the facilitation of away-days...
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Bluecoat Arts Centre has appointed a new Business Development Manager, Lynne Robertson, to manage the organisations tenant recruitment activity. She has spent the last two-and-a-half years working...
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Your leading article on 21 May (AP Issue 146, p1), yet again brings into question the murky influence of Arts Council England (ACE) in their policy of regime change. We...
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Arts attendance and participation static amongst under-represented groups.
The arts sector has failed to meet Governments Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets for participation in the arts by...
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The Royal Festival Hall is to open on 8 June after a multi-million pound refurbishment. The opening comes after a two-year renovation period, which is said to have significantly upgraded the venues...
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Management association The Independent Theatre Council (ITC) and actors union Equity are set to launch a new four-part agreement for performers and stage managers. Due to be launched formally on 13...
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Book stores in London and Birmingham are joining forces in a unique pilot initiative to target black and minority ethnic (BME) audiences. Borders, Books Etc, WH Smith, WH Smith Travel, Waterstones,...
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The news that the arts sector has fallen short of DCMS targets for arts participation and attendance is seriously unwelcome (p1), not only for Arts Council England (ACE), but for arts organisations...
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A new advisory body aimed at promoting public art in London has been launched by Arts Council England (ACE) for a two-year pilot period. Art in the Open is said by ACE to be a resource offering...
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Welsh National Operas Marketing team has won two national awards from the Institute of Direct Marketing for a marketing campaign in which packets of tissues carrying the words Did WNO make you...
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The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) is under fire in the latest Public Accounts Report for the high cost of its office accommodation. The DCMS and its 24 organisations including Arts...
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The UK Film Council (UKFC) has set out its funding plans up to 2010, which include
the creation of five new funding priorities aimed at boosting public access to film. Published in the document Film...
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Mission Models Money (MMM), the national action research programme and campaign for new approaches to the business and funding models in the arts sector, has concluded its third and final phase with...
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Helen Mayer takes a look at how to establish best practice for open studio events.
Open studios: best practice
Open studio events have mushroomed nationally over the last two decades. Most follow...
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Claire Gulliver looks at the challenges faced by Aune Head Arts in their county-wide open studios project, Devon Art Works.
Open studios co-ordination is not for the faint-hearted. Imagine...
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The organisation behind Site 07 and the Open Studios, Stroud Valleys Artspace (SVA), was founded in 1997 with the aim of promoting and supporting the artists working in the area. It was initiated by...