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…
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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…
Bristol Council moots ticket levy to support artists
Local authority floats idea of adding between one and three per cent to the cost of music events in the city with the money reinve…
Sheffield-based music studio saved from closure
Make Noise Studios, a musicians’ hub in Sheffield, has been saved from closure. Since opening in June last year, the studio…
Creative charter goes live in Hull and East Yorkshire
Businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire are being urged to pledge commitment to arts and culture in the area by signing up to a crea…
Positive impact of Ireland’s basic income pilot continues
A year into the pilot, artists receiving a weekly stipend are spending more time on their practice per week, less time workin…
An explosive level of jeopardy
The challenges facing London’s cultural sector are legion, but they cannot be addressed in isolation. Southbank Centre's…
Music Venue Trust announces ‘Artist Pledge’ campaign
Music Venue Trust (MVT) has launched a new campaign calling on musicians to support grassroots music venues. 'The Artist Pledg…
French artistic residency programme opens
The third edition of a UK-France programme that provides opportunities for visual artists from both countries has opened for appli…
A louder Tees Valley voice
Tees Valley Combined Authority has launched a radical new programme for artists which could provide a groundbreaking model for oth…
Campaigners call on council to save art centre
Campaigners have called on Shropshire Council to protect a charity-run art centre amid concerns that the local authority plans to…
