ArtsMinds, a joint initiative between the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine, Spotlight, The Stage and Equity, is to provide creatives with advice on relationships, health, careers and finances.
The UK’s geography of creativity is growing, but music and performing arts are “blind spots” in policy-makers’ support for the creative industries, report finds.
140 organisations are to receive funding through Arts Council England’s programme, aimed at providing support for those with a limited track record in fundraising. Successful organisations include Richmond’s Orange Tree Theatre, marking its first major Arts Council award since it was dropped from the national portfolio in 2014.
Unconscious bias and institutional discrimination affects salaries, recruitment and individuals’ decisions to leave the museum sector mid-career, according to a report by the Museums Association.
Plans to display the museum’s collection in a series of underground chambers beneath Smithfield Market have been revealed. A sunken garden and a well reaching down to the River Fleet have also been proposed.
£1.5m from a public appeal added to sizeable donations from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and Royal Museums Greenwich to turn the £10.3m portrait into public property.
Computer-generated images reveal how the 550-seat theatre for Sadler’s Wells, 18,000 square metre building for the V&A and second campus for University College London will look on the site of the 2012 Olympic park.
The public vote on five shortlisted sculptures will be taken into consideration by the Birmingham Big Art Project steering panel when it decides which work will stand outside Curzon Street Station.
Arts Council England funding is allowing the Salford venue to create eight artist residence spaces, as well as new large-scale work and exhibition spaces.
The third biennial summit will gather culture ministers, artists and arts leaders from around the world to discuss the value of the arts, culture and the creative industries this August.
The venue is aiming to raise £1m to restore the multipurpose space, capable of holding an audience of 3,000, which opened in 1875 but has remained closed for the past 80 years.
A series of comedians, politicians and authors – including Stewart Lee and Ian Rankin – will read sections of the 2.6 million word report in a non-stop, two-week-long performance.
