As arts and cultural organisations rise to the challenges facing the sector, some are adopting new and ground-breaking templates for their relationships with business. Patrick Towell surveys the changing landscape.
The recently published report What is resilience anyway? that Golant Media Ventures and The Audience Agency carried out for Arts Council England (ACE) unearthed several drivers for relationships between culture and business. The research began on familiar territory but ended up breaking entirely new ground in places.
Main challengesWhen cultural respondents were asked to rank the challenges to the sector, three rose to the surface.
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Artists are using their creative insight to advise business on strategies and methods of production. Catherine Morel and Philippe Mairesse explain how.
What motivates businesses to support the arts? David Watt explores the main reasons beyond 'doing the right thing'.
Dance company Motionhouse’s partnership with a furniture manufacturer is as close as it gets – they work side by side. Louise Richards explains how the unusual collaboration developed.
When Oxford Playhouse was asked if it could run acting technique workshops for John Lewis, the answer had to be a yes, says Louise Chantal.