Resources set aside for Paisley and Renfrewshire’s UK City of Culture bid will be redirected to expand capacity for major events and create an organisational development fund to support the growth of the area’s creative sector.
Wales takes a lead as arts professionals across all the countries of the UK are urged to take part in research that will shed light on low pay and earnings in the cultural sector.
The organisation hopes the three-year transformation, which includes new public spaces and a new performance space, will help the opera house lose its elitist tag.
Located just opposite the main site, the former Peckham Road Fire Station building opens this weekend following a renovation. Alongside hosting exhibitions, it will run an education and events programme.
A new Memorandum of Understanding, in place until 2020, includes commitments for both bodies to share data on the more effective use of Lottery funding and to align funding processes where possible.
£60k has been granted to a South Shields project to turn a pit head building into a cultural hub. Through the Government’s £6m Coastal Communities Fund, Cornwall’s Kneehigh Theatre has also been provided with £800k for a project training people working in the tourism and culture sectors.
Although the city remains one of the cheapest in Scotland to buy a house – with an average price of £141k, compared to £169k nationally – house prices jumped by 5.7% in the past year as the museum neared completion, new research finds.
Publishers and creative artists could receive more money from tech giants that share their content under changes to copyright law that have been approved by the European Parliament.
Director Andrew Panton has said that Dundee Rep’s current building is “probably not” the best way to serve the city’s needs, and he would like to see a capital campaign for a venue with more capacity and a studio space.
At the heart of its new 5-year Corporate Plan is a commitment to ensuring diversity among those it funds, and to improving the financial resilience of both arts organisations and individual artists.
Perth and Kinross Council has expressed interest in a merger between Horsecross Arts and Culture Perth and Kinross, which have both been directed to save a total of £144k over the next three years. A final recommendation is expected in November.
26 cultural and heritage organisations, including Birmingham Hippodrome, have supported the annual ‘Remember a Charity’ week, urging supporters to leave a charitable gift in their will.
The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) conductor’s East London initiative will offer free training to talented musicians aged 11-18, as part of plans to make the LSO reflective of the diversity of the capital.
The funder says that increasing prize and sales limits for society lotteries could negatively impact quality of life for people and communities across the UK.
Funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council will also support a new Policy and Evidence Centre, aiming to improve decision-making in the creative industries.
