International fundraising: is it right for you?

Exterior of the New York Metropolitan Opera house
16 Sep 2020
Feature

Could fundraising overseas be a profitable enterprise for you, with an achievable return on investment? Nancy Bickson explains what you need to think about before taking the plunge.

Fundraising
International

Time to challenge the hierarchies

Rampak Genteng
10 Sep 2020
Feature

With the creativity of communities finally becoming a policy priority, arts organisations could be handing more control over to their communities. Adam Pushkin explains why – and how – that could work.

Governance
International
Diversity
Leadership

Arts and health: think big and embrace the opportunities

Drummers on stage following behind a woman in a huge twirling skirt
22 Jul 2020
Feature

A substantial new income stream for the arts sector can go hand in hand with significant savings to the health budget, says Tim Joss. But first we need to move beyond some widespread assumptions that are holding back progress.

Participatory arts
Health and wellbeing
Covid-19
Coronavirus

No community spaces? No community arts

Four people standing on stage in front of a sign saying 'Save Granville'
22 Apr 2020
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Community arts organisations are at the heart of the response to the Covid-19 crisis, but their spaces are threatened by arguments that focus on the economic value of the arts. It’s time we started measuring social value, says Zain Dada.

Participatory arts

Stay well, supported and creative: our new microsite for Covid-19 updates

Statue with face mask
19 Mar 2020
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In uncertain times, ArtsProfessional will be providing regular updates on projects and resources to support wellbeing, careers and creativity in the arts.

Participatory arts
Digital
Engagement
Health and wellbeing

Free to speak? Not if you work in the arts

A photo of statues of angels, one with a gag over its mouth
20 Feb 2020
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As ArtsProfessional unveils the explosive findings from its recent Freedom of Expression survey, Liz Hill examines the soul of a sector that believes it is owed artistic freedom but doesn’t tolerate freedom of speech within its own ranks.

Governance
Management
Policy
Arts funding
Data
Equality
Leadership

Head to head: can a toolkit solve the sector’s class problem?

14 Nov 2019
Feature

This year Jerwood Arts published a toolkit for cultural organisations, designed to encourage greater socio-economic diversity in the arts. Julie Lomax, Chief Executive of a-n The Artists Information Company, sees it as a starting point for helping solve the sector’s ‘class crisis’ – but arts consultant Chrissie Tiller isn’t so sure.

Access
Audience development
Participatory arts
Human resources
Policy
Arts funding
Diversity
Equality

Life in the arts across Europe

Photo of woman standing by tree stump in snow
27 Mar 2018
Feature

Artists from across Europe describe what it’s like to work in their country of origin – from the almost desperate situation for some freelance artists in Spain to the generous support on offer in Arctic Norway.

Europe
Arts funding
Supporting artists

Being an international in the creative sector

Photo of Concorde
12 Feb 2018
Feature

Julie Bécaud, now a researcher at the Scottish Maritime Museum, explains her first steps into the arts in the UK.

Audience development
Marketing
Museums and heritage

What can – and should - you charge digital audiences?

Woman debating online purchase with credit card
15 Sep 2020
Feature

Even if people are willing to pay for digital performances, are they willing to pay enough? Robin Cantrill Fenwick examines the data emerging from the pandemic’s rush to digitise, and where the income opportunities lie.

Digital
Data
Income

Are we measuring competence or class?

A woman standing behind a full clothes rail backstage at a production
15 Sep 2020
Feature

Apprenticeships could help level the playing field and help those from less advantaged backgrounds enter the arts and cultural sector, but it isn’t happening. Plain old prejudice is getting in the way, says Sara Whybrew.

Diversity
Equality

Advocating together for Deaf and disabled artists and audiences

Extraordinary Bodies production: ' What Am I Worth?'
15 Sep 2020
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We are at a crossroads, says Jamie Beddard. Access, democratisation and engagement must not be sacrificed in the rush to return after the pandemic.

 

Access
Disability
Diversity
Equality

Are the arts overclaiming on wellbeing?

Dancers in front of a mirror in a studio
15 Sep 2020
Feature

When Professor Stephen Clift published a critique of an academic review of the impact of the arts on health outcomes, he was accused of not been ‘collegiate’ or constructive. Has the field of arts and health become too self-congratulatory?

Research
Health and wellbeing

Making progress: towards a citizen-led future

Lesley Cherry’s work replaced a contentious paramilitary mural under the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s Re-imaging Communities Fund
10 Sep 2020
Feature

Cultural democracy is not in the gift of most cultural institutions, but that doesn’t mean there’s no role for them, says Anne Torreggiani.

Governance
Management
Diversity
Leadership

The battle lines are drawn

We Can Do Better Protest Sign Cardboard
09 Sep 2020
Feature

Power has always resided in the hands of the few and in this moment of crisis it is time to fundamentally change the rules of the game to achieve cultural democracy, says Kully Thiarai.

Governance
Policy
Diversity

Let the people decide

Local musicians/performers at the 2019 Whitley Bay Carnival
09 Sep 2020
Feature

What happens when you put communities in charge of their own creative projects? Ryan Herman found out how residents, rather than local politicians, are making their communities better places to live.

Governance
Management
Diversity
Leadership

Community: the beating heart of a new arts landscape

Image of a shop front with a sale banner and promotional theatre performance poster
09 Sep 2020
Feature

Could an Ambassadors Scheme offer a way of better connecting theatres with their local communities? Hardish Virk has seen positive results in South Asian communities.

Audience development
Governance
Diversity

Rising to the challenge of reopening

Mother and daughter looking at a window display at Hertford Theatre
09 Sep 2020
Feature

Adopting a creative approach to tackle opening in a Covid-safe environment could give venues the edge and help them come out the other side. David Dunstan shares some successful strategies.

Audience development
Management
Data
Leadership
Covid-19

In a post-pandemic world, could an arts-rich classroom become the norm?

First Encounters with Shakespeare: 'The Comedy of Errors' at Nelson Mandela Primary School
03 Sep 2020
Feature

As schools reopen for the new year, arts education needs to rise to short and long-term challenges to be successful and remain relevant. Jacqui O’Hanlon proposes a way forward.

Education
Children and young people
Covid-19
Coronavirus

How global issues are driving a new cultural agenda

Will Covid-19 prompt the demise of the big city?
03 Sep 2020
Feature

Maintaining an international perspective and collaborating with global partners will be key to rebuilding the UK’s cultural sector and securing the post-pandemic future, say Ben Walmsley and Franco Bianchini.

Policy
Collaboration
Covid-19
Coronavirus

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