Live streaming offers arts organisations the potential to develop new income streams by creating and presenting work in different ways. It isn’t just about showing your work for free, says Jon Pratty.
Catching up, I’m catching up. I can see on my TV monitor the faintest outline of my quarry, just a glimpse of light and a ghost of a figure shadowed against a wall. I’m going to catch him up and shoot him…only trouble is, at least 150 other people are trying to catch him too, and they might rub me out into the bargain.
What am I doing? I’m using new digital live streaming technologies to chase three young people round the streets of Manchester, who are equally keen to avoid being... more
Earlier this year Unlimited Theatre became the resident company at the West Yorkshire Playhouse (WYP). Jon Spooner, Unlimited Theatre’s Creative Director, and Sheena Wrigley, West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Chief Executive, reflect on the relationship.
Beatriz Garcia reflects on the Cultural Olympiad and the learning that can be passed on to Games hosts of the future.
What happens when audiences give feedback to artists and composers as part of the process of creating new work? Andrew Burke decided to find out – and liked what he found.
In Memoriam giving remains one of the most under-developed and reactive methods of raising funds within the whole voluntary sector. Yet the opportunities it presents for both securing significant levels of income and building powerful, long-term relationships with supporters is almost unique. John Grain explains why.
Ambitious projects can still be financed through the unlikely source of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Alastair Fairley explains.
The impact of participatory art on the experience of new migrants and their interaction with a new cultural environment is now the subject of a European research project. Nancy Hogg explains.
Marina Castledine explains how the Arts Award is reaching out to more young people
Will there be a mismatch between the vision articulated in the Henley Review of Cultural Learning and the strategies for making it a reality? Sam Cairns examines the evidence so far.
Victoria Aspden explains how the EducationLive event is persuading teachers of the value of bringing school groups to the theatre, and equipping them with the skills to inspire young people.
An arts partnership linking THEATRE IS... with a new Academy school will enable the impact of arts participation on educational achievement to be quantified. Emrys Green explains.
Schools around the world have been invited to tune into a live science lesson taking place at the Royal Albert Hall. Lucy Noble tells the story.
How can education in galleries thrive in the face of challenging times for culture and education more generally? Jane Sillis is encouraged by the opportunities across the UK.
The importance of training as a teacher in the arts is often under-valued – to the detriment of our sector, says Maricia Klincke
Rob Smith has found a sustainable model for working with artist educators that provides artists with an income stream relevant to their field of work and doesn’t depend on public funding
A cross-curricular approach to education can validate the fundamental contribution of music to our lives, says Chris Harrison.