Discrimination is not what it used to be. We would all like to think the days are long behind us where an employer could merrily discriminate on the basis of gender, colour, sexuality or disability and that we now live in an enlightened time protected by relevant and enforceable legislation that would outlaw any such outrage. We all have lovingly crafted equal opportunities statements designed to prevent discrimination, don’t we? When our sector meets at networking events or conferences we... more
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Issue 276: Arts and criminal justice
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Arts and criminal justice
04 Sep 2014Andrew Miller speaks out on discrimination in the arts, asking why “disabled people are nearly invisible with embarrassingly few leaders”.
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04 Sep 2014Creating a level playing field for visual artists is the aim of online gallery Outside In. Kate Davey tells how its surgery days show artists how to display their work online.
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04 Sep 2014Lauren Holden explains Spectraitors, her idea for a DISloyalty app which encourages regular arts-goers to be disloyal to their favourite arts organisation.
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31 Jul 2014Digital may be the first word to spring to mind when you think of Watershed, but it doesn’t come close to describing all that they do. Clare Reddington reflects on art-form silos and the pressure to reduce your work to a tick in a box on a funding form.
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30 Jul 2014Ali Hossaini believes that arts venues need to prepare for ‘digital placemaking’ by extending their use of in-house WiFi.
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21 Jul 2014A funding system that protects the status quo is preventing arts organisations from developing innovative new business models that are less dependent on the public purse, argues Michelle Wright.
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21 Jul 2014The height of summer is the best time for venues offering a Christmas show to start gearing up for success. Hannah Mitchell explains why.
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21 Jul 2014Matthew Boswell reports on a symposium organised by Opera North and the University of Leeds and the beginning of a timely new conversation about risk.
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21 Jul 2014Mountview Academy of Arts is making a step-change in its recruitment of drama students to attract talent from a wider social and racial mix, writes Vikki Heywood.
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17 Jul 2014Universities and the cultural sector can work in partnership to drive innovation, widen participation and engage a broader public, writes Deborah Bull.
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17 Jul 2014For readers in the rest of the UK, Christine Hamilton reflects on how the Scottish arts world has responded to the independence referendum.
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10 Jul 2014The Arts Alliance network and the Arts Forum are determined to keep the arts in criminal justice settings on the political agenda, says Jessica Plant.
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08 Jul 2014A training programme for artists working in prisons has just gained international accreditation, announces Alan Clarke.
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08 Jul 2014The Prison Arts Foundation employs artists-in-residence in prisons in Northern Ireland. Alison Smyth explains their approach and achievements.
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08 Jul 2014The Prisoners Education Trust is celebrating 25 years of working with offenders and contributing to reduced reoffending rates, says Susannah Henty.
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08 Jul 2014Finding out what young offenders are good at and drawing it out of them can change their lives. Jane Bryant discusses Artswork’s programmes based around the Arts Award.
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08 Jul 2014Offence-focused group work has been used to reduce re-offending. Louise Heywood explains two key techniques that help offenders to understand and ultimately change their behaviour.
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08 Jul 2014Louise Ridley looks at the research indicating that arts projects can encourage prisoners to take part in formal rehabilitation programmes.
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08 Jul 2014Naomi Joseph talks to Lucy Perman about how Clean Break works with female ex-offenders not just in theatre-making but also offering pastoral care.
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08 Jul 2014Hannah Hull believes in the importance of critical thinking for socially engaged arts practitioners, now the subject of one of the modules on Cred-ability’s training programme.