DCMS-sponsored museums had 21.2 million visitors between April and August, down from 22.5 million last year. The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions has pointed to security fears following terrorist attacks across Europe.
Student Pulse, an app offering students discounted tickets to classical concerts which was first launched by the London Symphony Orchestra in 2011, has been extended to Birmingham by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Ex Cathedra and Performances Birmingham Ltd.
Royal & Derngate has put forward proposals for a new free school that will specialise in the cultural and creative industries – the first to be run by a theatre.
National Portfolio Organisations must diversify their programming to access ACE funding, but there will be no naming and shaming or sanctions applied if arts organisations fail to achieve workforce and governance objectives.
Dance training increases “global connectivity” in the brain, whereas music training strengthens “specific pathways”, according to researchers at the International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research in Montreal, Canada.
The area was chosen ahead of Sheffield, Bradford and Blackpool to host the £5m exhibition, with Culture Secretary Karen Bradley praising the bid’s ambition to attract three million people across the year.
The BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour Craft Prize 2017 will be open to established craft makers. It will see the work of 12 finalists exhibited at London’s V&A Museum and the winner awarded £10k.
The charity fundraising scheme, which asked members of the public to make a 1p donation each time they used a contactless card to pay for travel in the capital, has been brought to an end after raising just £3,394 in two years – far short of its £25m target.
The Creative Industries Federation has laid into Government plans to make the EBacc compulsory, demanding an audit of education and training in the UK.
Despite coming last in a BBC News poll, the Newport Street Gallery – designed by architects Caruso St John to house Damien Hirst’s private art collection – has won the Stirling Prize. It was dubbed “a bold and confident contribution to the best of UK architecture” by the judges.
The Museums Association’s Ethics Committee is to work with sector bodies from across the UK to draft guidance for museum staff and governing bodies on museum closures, in response to an increasing number of closures and mergers across the UK.
21 theatres, including the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the National Theatre and Bristol Old Vic, have offered free tickets to children in the Calais refugee camp who have a legal right to enter the UK, while urging the Immigration Minister to speed up the process of reuniting them with their families in the UK.
Harrow Council and charity Cultura London, charged with running the centre, have come to an impasse over the £17m development project. The council said the charity’s failure to reach fundraising targets means providing more funding would be “irresponsible”, while the charity has said the council did not provide proper access to grants and commercial loans.
Privately-funded plans for an £80m development on the town’s seafront would see the creation of a new 1,100-seat theatre as part of a mixed-used complex that also includes a hotel, residential housing, and leisure and retail space.
An action research programme aims to find more and better solutions to the problem of juggling family commitments with a career in the performing arts.
