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Lilley is next Yorkshire Sculpture Park Director

CLARE LILLEY will become Yorkshire Sculpture Park's (YSP) second ever Director in March when Founder PETER MURRAY retires. Lilley has...

New Creative Director at Manchester International Festival

LOW KEE HONG has been appointed Manchester International Festival's (MIF) next Creative Director. He takes up the post in April. In his new...

ETO Director steps down after 20 years

English Touring Opera (ETO) Director JAMES CONWAY is stepping down after 20 years. Conway, who has agreed to remain Artistic Director in a...

Stage Sight founder to step back

Stage Sight Founder PREMA MEHTA is stepping back from her leadership role after four years. Mehta leaves to embark on new artistic...

Southwell Music Festival welcomes new General Manager

Southwell Music Festival has appointed SARAH RENNIX as its new General Manager. She succeeds FLYNN LE BROCQ, who stepped down to become...

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  • Community and peer support can be essential to a resilient team

    Emotional resilience is the key skill for 2022

    While many arts and culture organisations are concerned about their financial viability, emotional resilience will also be essential to seeing out the pandemic, argues Robin Cantrill-Fenwick.

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    There are no creative ‘cold spots’

    Co-creation is often about professionals ‘inviting people in’. But, as Barbara Eifler argues, communities do not need to be organised - they are already doing it for themselves.

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    The metaverse is here to stay

    For good or bad, we need to learn to live with the metaverse. But what is it, and why is it important for the cultural sector to be involved? Kay Watson shares her insights.

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    Understanding audiences

    Regardless of debates about what audience development means, the main aim should be for more people to experience the arts, says Ash Mann. 

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    Building back better for parents and carers

    The pandemic has been particularly challenging for parents and carers trying to juggle their responsibilities with their working lives. Rethinking working practices could be beneficial for everyone, says Cassie Raine.

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    Not British, not welcome

    While we were distracted by news of politicians partying during lockdown, last month a Bill was passed that changes rights to UK citizenship. Amanda Parker examines how it threatens all our creative lives.

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There is not much that is missing from Laura Twemlow's creative investigation. Yes, transformation is the key and unblocking the...
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There are many 'good news' stories about Kickstart which are getting washed away in the tide of concern about the programme...
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You could also imagine situations where a local GP or NHS service prescribed a local cultural offer to a person as means of improving their...
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In response to Jonathan Needlan's article about needs based culture offers I have this response. I whole heartedly agree that culture...
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Great article Robin! When I was younger I would often take advantage of Equity standby tickets for a fiver- these don’t seem to available...
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Note that Susan Oman's book is freely available, Open Access on Springer... https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-72937-0...
Posted by Saltduck on Data are cultural: what does that mean for understanding well-being?
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Many thanks for your comment. Please do also respond to Kevin directly on https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-kevin-osborne/
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One of the most challenging but a better way of running diverse teams is to engage them in arts production and delivery. I would like to...
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Diana, you provide devastating news about how work in London based HE is no longer a strategic priority for government. Yes, higher...
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Hi Joel - the report can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/music-creators-earnings-in-the-digital-era
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