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Scottish Executive opens consultation on draft Culture Bill but proposals will not be implemented before May elections.
The Scottish Executive has published a draft Culture Bill with proposals to...
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The Arts Council Collection, one of Britains foremost collections of post-war British Art, has been made available online as part of the organisations 60th birthday celebrations. Established in...
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Making predictions about the year ahead is usually a far more productive exercise than making a New Years resolution. As arts organisations finalise their budgets for the year from April and look at...
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Steven Hadley has been appointed Acting Chief Executive of Audiences NI. He was previously Audience Development Manager with the agency and takes over his new role from Sally Wilson.
The Lyric...
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Arts Council Englands (ACE) plans to drop its partnership agreements with local authorities have been greeted with a storm of protest from local authority arts officers anxious that the move will...
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The achievements of the Arts Council of Wales (ACW) in 2005/06 have been documented in its latest annual report, which states that 91% of its expenditure was directed towards supporting front-line...
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An architect-designed shipping container which slides apart to create a multi-media filming studio and exhibition space is set to visit schools in the South East. The brainchild of public art...
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New research into the practical and methodological issues involved in assessing the impact of the arts in criminal justice settings has identified a basic conflict of ethos between arts and criminal...
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The UKs largest ever mass reading project has been launched in four cities to mark the 200th anniversary of the passing of the Slave Trade Abolition Bill. The project, Small Island Read 2007, brings...
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Festival organisers are being invited to explore the economic potential of their events as well as the dichotomies between revenue generation and artistic integrity at the next Festival Futures...
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The arts have long been entwined with religion, faith and identity. Hammad Nasar examines the ways in which faith, race and art collide.
For a cultural practice whose development has largely been...
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Religious spaces present opportunities for art to be appreciated in innovative ways. Meryl Doney explains.
It is Easter 2004. For a week, Antony Gormleys figure Rise has been lying, facing east, in...
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The arts have a role to play in marking significant life events including death. John Fox explains.
Over 15 years ago, the (then) Drama Director of the Arts Council of Great Britain asked me, What...
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ArtsProfessional reveals the career paths of the sectors senior managers.
National Director, Creative Partnerships (2005to date)
This is the best job in the world! I spend much of my time...
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In the second article of a series looking at lessons that arts organisations can learn from outside the sector, Tim Joss explains how Treehouse, an autism charity, make the most of their uniqueness....
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Richard Swainson, Front of House Manager at Nottingham Playhouse, tells us his favourite surfing sites.
1. http://www.youtube.com
YouTube is one of those websites thats changed the way we use...
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The relationship between funders and arts organisations is a crucial one to get right and a key part of the Mission, Models, Money programmes focus. Dawn Austwick, Director of the Esmée Fairbairn...
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Sara Robinson looks at funding issues from an arts education point of view.
Funding policy has increasingly called for access and education to form a key part of the subsidised arts sectors creative...
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Leading fundraising professional Eva Woloshyn offers her perspective on the issue of intelligent funding.
Fundraisers look for intelligent solutions to the funding challenges facing their...
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Theatre Director Phelim McDermott offers his take on intelligent funding.
I agree with Dawn Austwick when she says that intelligent funding should look to the whole ecology and not just our little...
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Arts organisations are increasingly exploring the possibilities of virtual performance. Hannah Rudman explains how digital solutions can complement live performances.
Statistics and our knowledge...
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Intellectual property review disappoints musicians but recommends tightening of copyright legislation.
Musicians and recording artists have reacted with dismay to news that the copyright period for...
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A new Manifesto setting out a shared agenda to ensure that all young people have access to high quality learning experiences outside the classroom environment has been endorsed by Arts Council...
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If one in five British managers think being creative means participating in wacky stunts (p4) its perhaps no surprise that business sponsorship for the arts is a bit up and down. Images of the...