Diversity

Arts funding system causes BAME organisations to fail, paper claims

09 Dec 2016

BAME-led organisations are short-term beneficiaries but long-term victims of traditional arts funding, a paper has claimed.

Arts funding

Diversity

A move towards self-determination

08 Dec 2016

Feature

Could business hubs and hatcheries help address the current diversity imbalances in the arts, asks James Doeser.

Diversity

Lloyd Webber diversity research calls for colour-blind casting

02 Dec 2016

News

Failure to diversify will cause theatre to become irrelevant to the majority of the British population, the report concludes.

Theatre

Diversity

Arts diversity: The quota conversation

01 Dec 2016

Feature

Quotas in the arts failed in the 1980s. But now is the time to champion their reintroduction, across workforce and artistic programming, argues Christy Romer in the fifth in a series of articles.

Diversity

A mental makeover for classical music

24 Nov 2016

Opinion

Tired of seeing classical music magazines filled with middle-aged white faces, James Fleury proposes four ‘mental makeovers’ that could help increase diversity in the sector.

Changing the diversity of cultural leadership

17 Nov 2016

Feature

Birmingham may be diverse but its cultural leaders are not. Lara Ratnaraja and Helga Henry discuss how the RE:Present programme is helping to change that.

Diversity

Leadership

‘European roles’ and me

15 Nov 2016

Feature

Non-English actors are encouraged to change their name and disguise themselves as English in order to be cast in productions – this will not change until we ditch limiting stereotypes, says actor Barbara Blanka.

Diversity

Arts diversity: To shame, or not to shame

03 Nov 2016

Feature

In the fourth of a series of articles, Christy Romer says it’s time for data about workforce, programming and casting to be published openly.

Diversity

Data to measure diversity

03 Nov 2016

Feature

The first full year’s worth of data from the Audience Finder survey raises important questions about the inclusivity of arts organisations, reports Anne Torreggiani.

Audience development

Data

Diversity

Perception the biggest barrier to audience diversity, survey finds

21 Oct 2016

News

Fears that existing arts audiences resist ‘more diverse artistic product’ appear to be unfounded, ArtsProfessional’s latest Pulse survey suggests.

Audience development

Research

Diversity

Pulse report – part 3: Diversity in audiences – what needs to change?

20 Oct 2016

Should more be done to increase the diversity of those engaging with the arts in the UK? And if so, what? In her final report, Frances Richens looks at the findings from ArtsProfessional’s latest Pulse survey with a focus on audiences.

Audience development

Research

Diversity

Arts diversity: Interview with the National Theatre’s Rufus Norris

19 Oct 2016

Feature

What does the Artistic Director of England’s most highly-funded theatre think about quotas, naming and shaming, and the lack of progress on diversity over the past 20 years? Rufus Norris chats to AP.

Diversity

‘League of shame’ theatres receive workforce diversity funding

Photo of Amanda Huxtable leading a workshop

14 Oct 2016

News

Arts Council England’s two new funds aim to increase the diversity of senior leaders in arts organisations and support development opportunities for BME theatre makers.

Arts funding

Diversity

Three-quarters of people in the arts volunteer before finding paid work, survey suggests

12 Oct 2016

News

Research by Jerwood Charitable Foundation found only a quarter of people working in the arts entered the sector with a paid position.

Diversity

Income

Workforce diversity won’t be a factor in Arts Council ratings

12 Oct 2016

News

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.

Arts funding

Diversity

Arts workers in favour of artistic diversity quotas, survey finds

07 Oct 2016

News

The sector has voiced concerns about barriers facing diverse artists and the ‘ghettoisation’ of diverse art.

Research

Diversity

Supporting artists

Arts organisation unlikely to lease The Drum building

07 Oct 2016

News

Part of the NPO funding previously earmarked for the venue will now be distributed in the local area to promote arts activity.

Arts funding

Diversity

Pulse report – part 2: Diversity in artistic work – what needs to change?

06 Oct 2016

Should more be done to increase the diversity of the UK’s art and artists? And if so, what? In this second of three reports, Frances Richens looks at the findings from ArtsProfessional's latest Pulse survey, with a focus on diversity in artistic work.

Research

Diversity

Arts diversity: None of this is new

06 Oct 2016

Feature

We’ve been reading, writing and speaking about diversity in the arts for decades. In the third in a series of articles, Christy Romer says perhaps there’s nothing new to say – but the sector still has to hear it.

Diversity