Bryant: Government ready to make concert ticket levy mandatory if necessary
Arts minister Chris Bryant has said a proposed ticket levy on arena and stadium-sized concerts to support grassroots music venues…
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Grassroots music levy: Trust to distribute funds launches
A new trust to distribute funds from a proposed levy on concerts staged in stadiums and arenas to the grassroots music sector has…
Campaign to save audio drama at BBC Radio 3
Unions are calling for the BBC to reconsider “devastating” plans to completely remove audio drama from Radio 3. The Writers’…
Artists awarded £1.2m by Arts Council Northern Ireland
204 artists from across Northern Ireland are set to benefit from a total of £1.2m in funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ir…
Welsh council offers artists affordable studios to rent
A project run by a town council in Wales has given artists the opportunity to rent affordable studios. Penarth Council’s West Ho…
Discrimination and pay gap among issues facing disabled musicians
Disabled musicians earning all their income from music face an average disability pay gap of £4,400, according to the findings of…
Visual artist earnings down 40% on 2010
The median income for visual artists is just £12,500 a year, a 40% decrease in earnings since 2010, when it stood at £16,000, a…
Irish political parties pledge to retain Basic Income for the Arts
Several Irish parties have included support for the country’s Basic Income for the Arts scheme as part of their manifestos for t…
Glasshouse receives £2m to support work with young people
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music in Gateshead has received a £2m donation from The Foyle Foundation to support its w…
Royal Court Writers’ Card: A beacon of hope for playwrights
Playwrights are feeling wrung out and scared, says Fiona Moon. But a recent announcement from London’s Royal Court Theatre has ign…
Swansea venue purchased under Music Venue Trust scheme
The Bunkhouse, a 235-capacity music venue in Swansea city centre, has been purchased under a scheme run by the Music Venue Trust (…
Ireland extends basic income for artists scheme
A study into the first year of the scheme has found it is having a consistent, positive impact on practice development, secto…
Creating space
Collaboration drives opportunity, say Lucy French and Tom McKenzie. Here they discuss how collaborative and social enterprise…
Artists urge Nandy to introduce smartphone levy
An open letter to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has also renewed appeals for the appointment of a Freelancer Commissioner.
Theatre creates cooperative arts centre in archive building
Scrum Theatre is taking up residence at a building formerly home to Hammersmith and Fulham Council’s archives, where it will…
Manchester-based former NPO closes
Photography network Redeye is a one of a number of former NPOs to close after failing to secure funding as part of the 2023-26 Nat…
Hundreds protest ‘tragic’ closure of LGBTQ+ venue
Equity is seeking assurances that if Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club is sold it will continue as an LGBTQ+ venue.
West Midland launches cultural and creative skills support
West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has launched a two-year scheme to invest in the arts, heritage and culture sector. The pro…
ACE creates new role to support freelancers
Yasmin Khan will join Arts Council England in a new role designed to strategically support creative freelancers across all ar…
Royal College of Art establishes new base
The Royal College of Art has established a new outpost in south London. The university, which has campuses in South Kensington, Ba…
Commissioning fund for artists launches
Art Fund and the Jerwood Foundation have announced a new partnership to increase the support available for museums and galleries t…
Ireland unveils €6m funding for artists’ studios
The Irish government has announced a pilot scheme to increase the number of workspaces for artists and musicians, with a €6m…
Artists’ charity launches appeal to buy historic studio building
Acme said it hopes that by buying the Propeller Factory, it can develop the building to better meet the demand for affordable arti…
Fail, fail again, fail better
Failure is part of life. We all know this, creative folk perhaps better than most, says Katie Villa. But how can we learn to…
