Equality, Diversity & INclusion
Collaborate, be curious, rest: Building inclusivity
The Arts Marketing Association’s Bea Udeh shares some changemakers and resources that have influenced her work and could support your EDI journey.
Beyond barriers
Leading dance organisations have formed a working group to address the lack of representation and leadership opportunities for people living with disabilities in the dance sector….
Industry needs to take young people seriously
Boundless Theatre, based in Croydon, runs programmes to support early-career creatives aged 15-25. In a shake-up of its leadership towards greater inclusivity, it has appointed Bet…
A revolutionary approach to dance education
Despite growing awareness of its benefits, dance remains underutilised in schools. As Victoria Collinson explains, a new programme from The Royal Ballet School is changing this, ma…
Time to listen
The arts matter to young people, but their voices often get lost in decision making. Here two members of the RSC’s Youth Advisory Board, Sayana Backer (19) and Ashton Griffiths (17…
Opening doors, widening access
The government has pledged to make the arts more accessible to young people in recognition of the fact that creative education is vital to children’s development. Ruth Hardie share…
Helping children find their voice
Young people today have to navigate a lot of new challenges. Jordan Veloso from the Pauline Quirke Academy explains why it is so important for their voices to be heard.
Coney’s journey comes to a close
Even the best adventures must sometimes come to an end. Transitioning out of ACE’s National Portfolio led Coney to a difficult crossroad, dealing a significant blow to its sustaina…
Reimagining mental health care for young people
How can we use creativity to tackle the growing mental health crisis among our young people? Rachel Nelken has been addressing this in her work at music and media education charity…
Burnout in a world on fire: Navigating mental health as a freelance producer
As the demands on independent producers rise, concerns around their mental health and well-being increase too. Nassy Konan and The Uncultured* are developing a self-care guide to a…
Reclaiming relevance: How museums can captivate Gen Z and Alpha in a digital-first world
YuJune Park and Caspar Lam are partners at multidisciplinary design studio Synoptic Office and professors at New York’s Parsons School of Design. They have some sound advice on…
Systemic devaluing of arts in English state schools
For the second consecutive year, the Cultural Learning Alliance has published a ‘report card’ on what has been happening to Expressive Arts education in state secondary schools…
Next generation
In its long running programme of research, the British Council has been assessing trends and challenges in arts and cultural provision for young people across the world. Director o…
Outdoor arts: Key to increasing audience diversity
The latest ACE review of Equality, Diversion and Inclusion revealed the diversity of audiences is very low in comparison with the national population. Director of OutdoorArtsUK, Sh…
Covid five years on: No return to ‘normal’
Oily Cart has over 40 years’ experience creating immersive sensory shows – in-person, responsive and close-up. When the pandemic hit, their very existence was challenged, says it…
The lessons we learned from Covid – then forgot
In the first of our series reflecting on the pandemic five years on, Splitpixel’s Lauren James is sad that some of the lessons learned were abandoned in the return to business as…
Publicly funded arts: Equity, collective thinking and societal transformation
How can we promote fairness, spark collective imagination and work towards a more just and resilient future together? asks Rachel Gnagniko, an anti-oppression management consultant…
A riposte from the margins
In response to Nick Hytner’s recent dismissal of the concerns of a new generation of artists as ‘ill-informed’, Chrissie Tiller argues it is crucial to engage with their desi…
Early years: Thriving through movement
Daniel Fulvio is director of community partnerships at Rambert. Here he shares a pioneering dance project that aims to equip young children with skills for life.
Raising a glass to 20 years of music making
As The Glasshouse International Centre for Music turns 20 this week, its managing director Abigail Pogson takes stock of the impact it has had on the communities, the region and mu…
