Council and cultural sector collaboration

image of Goldsmith's Battle of Lewisham mural
25 Nov 2021

How do local authorities and arts organisations work together to bid for a year-long festival? Liz Dart and Gavin Barlow share their experience.

EU scheme offers artists grants to explore misinformation

23 Nov 2021

UK artists can apply for up to €40,000 for projects exploring misnformation, data, technology and social media.

The EU-funded MediaFutures scheme aims to make awards of that size to collaborative work, and to give up to €30,000 for pure arts projects. Start-ups can apply for up to €65,000 to create new products, or €80,000 to work with artists.

Applicants should demonstrate how their work would "counteract the negative impact of misinformation and disinformation within society". 

Mentorship, legal support, networking opportunities and tech help are available to the successful candidates. 

Applications open on Thursday (November 25).

Neurodivergence manifesto a ‘call for change’

art of an eye amulet
22 Nov 2021

New recommendations around employment and lobbying for benefits will be “hard to ignore”, creatives say. 

£107m Culture Recovery Fund round to sustain sector over winter

18 Nov 2021

925 organisations will share the latest round of grants from the £2bn fund - 873 of them for a second or third time.

ACE restricts eligibility for key funding streams

18 Nov 2021

DYCP applications will be limited and project grants applicants must prove their inclusivity and relevance.

Thinking of applying for Arts Council NPO funding?

The Great Reset
17 Nov 2021

Has your organisation really got a chance of success? If not, think some more and save yourself the headache, says David Micklem.

Building meaningful participation

an outdoor community arts project
17 Nov 2021

Research suggests that organisations are feeling an increased urgency to deepen connections with the communities they serve, as Anne Torregiani reports.

Co-creating change

Battersea Arts Centre, Co-Creating Change
17 Nov 2021

How do we enable people to create real change through art and culture? David Price believes it's through harnessing the ‘power of us’.

Shaping a city

Art installation in Coventry cathedral
17 Nov 2021

Jon Davis explores how Coventry’s history is a map to its artistic and cultural future. 

Captions speak louder

Lost Kingdom of South America at British Museum
17 Nov 2021

As part of Captioning Awareness Week, Melanie Sharpe is campaigning to raise awareness of access to the arts for deaf, defeaned and hard of hearing audiences. 

Law students launch free clinic for performing arts charities

15 Nov 2021

University of Sussex law students are offering free advice to performing arts charities.

The Performing Arts Law Clinic is supervised by university academics and international law from Covington & Burling.

It is the first such initiative in the UK. Initial clients include Glyndebourne, Orchestras for All and Garsington Opera.

The clinic aims to scale up operations in 2023.

Ireland to pilot basic income scheme for artists

man painting
11 Nov 2021

None of the four UK nations plan to replicate the three-year initiative, though pressure is building.

Participation is everywhere. Now what? 

orchestra playing
10 Nov 2021

When and why did the art world decide that everyone’s creativity should be celebrated and supported? What change does it promise, and what will it deliver? François Matarasso has been reflecting.

75 years of Arts Council and the amateur arts

10 Nov 2021

As he reflects on Arts Council England’s 75th anniversary, Robin Simpson thinks it’s not unfair to say it has never quite known what to do about the amateur arts.

Can corporate sponsorship be part of the environmental agenda?

10 Nov 2021

As arts organisations struggle with post-Covid recovery, Michelle Wright asks whether sponsorship can grow in this economic climate.

Do artists hold the key for achieving COP26 goals?

Polar Zero
10 Nov 2021

We need to think about how to live in a broken world, and how to begin to mend it. Christopher Smith says the arts and humanities are crucial to this.

From cultural participation to cultural ownership

Entelechy Arts Awayday
10 Nov 2021

Many organisations seek to put community at the heart of their work. But Maddy Mills asks why is it important and what does it actually look like for day-to-day business?

Do artists hold the key for achieving COP26 goals?

Polar Zero
09 Nov 2021

We need to think how to live in a broken world, and how to begin to mend it. Christopher Smith says the arts and humanities are crucial to this.

£125k fund secures evicted arts centre's legacy

08 Nov 2021

Programmes formerly hosted by Stratford Circus Arts Centre have funding until August, but further support is not assured.

One fifth of NPOs fail to report environmental data

05 Nov 2021

Exemptions are available, but four times as many organisations fail to report without one.

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