Chris Hutchings explains the legal pitfalls awaiting those making commercial use of social media
Businesses are increasingly learning to exploit the potential of social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter for marketing and growth. Information continues to shift from traditional media to the web. Print media continues to suffer as advertisers slant their budgets towards online campaigns, including through social media. Use of the new media in a commercial context can be an effective and powerful business tool because it gives companies the opportunity to convey... more
Niranjan Kamatkar reflects on the impact of society’s slowly changing attitudes towards homosexuality on LGBTQI artists
Sarah Shalgosky sees university galleries as playing a broad and valuable role in the wider context of the visual arts
The success of Cockpit Arts’ business growth loan scheme highlights the potential for tailored micro finance in the arts. Ellen O’Hara shares their experience
What makes a good client for a major capital building project? Alan Tovey makes some suggestions
Tammy Bedford explains how two charities with very different charitable aims are learning to work hand in hand
Mary Paterson reflects on the different meanings of collaboration
The Royal Northern College of Music and Opera North have a long history of working together. Liz Rowley explains how the formalisation of this relationship has led to exciting new opportunities
This year’s British Dance Edition is hosted by eight partners, from all across London. Lise Smith describes their experiences of breaking the dance programming mould
A new festival consortium producing outdoor arts for children has found that working in partnership yields benefits for all. Miranda Johnson explains how Small Wonders works
Claire Gulliver shares the experiences of a region-wide programme to build collaborations between artists and museums
Lucy Cash and Becky Edmunds worked together on What If… festival in 2010 and Co-Curated What Matters at the Siobhan Davies Studios this April. Here they share their personal views on the collaboration
Annabelle Campbell and Andy Horn share their experiences of the partnership between the Crafts Council and Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Following the closure of Creative Partnerships, Martin Heaney looks to new collaborative projects run by artists, to examine the legacy of its practice
Annabel Turpin explains how a new partnership initiative is enabling three venues to provide a platform for emerging companies and present ground-breaking new work
Sherman Cymru recently underwent an 18-month redevelopment. Chris Ricketts describes how collaborative work opened new doors for the theatre while it was homeless