Keeping ‘true north’ in difficult times
With financial pressures mounting, staying true to social purpose can be a challenge for cultural organisations. The team at The A…
With financial pressures mounting, staying true to social purpose can be a challenge for cultural organisations. The team at The A…
Creative People and Places (CPP) programmes take an action research approach to community engagement in arts, creativity and cultu…
Culture Central was founded as a voice for the cultural sector, working collaboratively to support a dynamic, resilient and inclus…
Continuing our series exploring issues around EDI, Samantha Stimpson, founder of SLS 360, outlines the most important policy devel…
There are lots of ways to create fundraising opportunities on your website. Splitpixel’s Lauren James provides a rundown of the…
While most people are aware of the importance of an accessible website, not everyone knows how to do it. Substrakt’s Kathryn Mas…
Since 2020, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion has been part of the governance code for charity boards. Yet, as Debra Allcock Tyler…
In the first of our series on the theme of EDI, Louise Perry of Chickenshed Theatre shares 50 years of embracing diversity and inc…
Alex Lalak meets an arts administrator who is looking to the burgeoning jazz and classical music market in China for programming i…
Earlier this year, the second edition of the Theatre Green Book was launched. Newly-appointed director Lilli Geissendorfer sets ou…
Arts and cultural organisations are wrestling daily with their business models to ensure sustainability. Suzie Leighton thinks the…
In the last article in his series exploring the role of data in the arts, David Reece considers what a ‘cultural data revolution…
Earlier this month trustees from arts organisations gathered for the flagship annual governance event Governance Now: Imagine it D…
In light of a complex funding landscape facing England’s heritage sector, Cause4’s Michelle Wright and Annie Jarvis explore the…
Art Fund supports UK curators, museum professionals and researchers to undertake activities that develop their curatorial practice…
To mark the publication of a new report on the state of British festivals, Fiona Goh, director of the British Arts Festivals Assoc…
With the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget committing to an as-yet-unspecified ‘package of cultural infrastructure funding’, Jason…
Next week is Discover Creative Careers Week, a national government-backed industry-led initiative to inspire young people about ca…
In our series exploring new business models, Gill Wildman, director of Upstarter incubator, argues they need to be designed in a w…
As a small subsector of the performing arts, dance faces unprecedented challenges. Through his dance network, choreographer and ac…
Four years ago, Battersea Arts Centre launched a Pay What You Can scheme to widen access to live theatre. Robbie Kings has been ev…
A fundamental truth about change is that it’s rarely technology that’s the challenge, it’s the people. Here, The Audience Ag…
At a time of increasing pressure on budgets for both arts organisations and local authorities, Gavin Barlow of The Albany explores…
As co-founder and creative director of MBD, Paul Long has seen first-hand how the use of immersive technology is transforming the…