Monday, 13 May 2019
In a letter to Small Business and Consumer Minister Kelly Tolhurst, the industry body’s CEO Michael Dugher urges that the crowdfunding website PledgeMusic be referred to the Competition and Markets Authority after it failed to find a buyer. Last week, the platform’s founder Benji Rodgers confirmed in a blog that the company was headed for administration.
Monday, 13 May 2019
Following an “administrative error” from studio provider ACAVA which meant it did not pay rent to the building’s landlords, twenty-five artists are now unable to access their studios in Perivale in West London. The artists say they cannot carry on with their usual work until the issue is resolved.
Friday, 10 May 2019
An £8m scheme has been put forward to convert a large derelict warehouse into a multi-purpose arts centre, including artists’ studios and workshops, an arts library, gallery spaces and a multifunctional rehearsal space with the potential to seat 250.
Plans for £8m Rock Channel redevelopment scheme in Rye submitted to council (Rye & Battle Observer)
Friday, 10 May 2019
By investing to make the nine council-run sites into better visitor attractions, the organisation reached 1.7 million people - a 23% increase on last year, and almost five times as many as in 2004 when records began.
Thursday, 09 May 2019
The museum, which exhibits local artwork and historic artefacts related to waterways and boating, has implemented "various cost-cutting measures", but the charity's trustees have now called in the receivers as they "do not want the position to get any worse.”
Lack of funding tips Yorkshire Waterways Museum into insolvency (Museums Association)
Thursday, 09 May 2019
The Borough Council and the Northern School of Art are joining forces to run a programme of creative-themed events and seminars at the Centre, which aims to support "innovators and entrepreneurs who will create the jobs of tomorrow" and encourage students from Hartlepool’s colleges to stay in the town when they graduate.
Thursday, 09 May 2019
The loss-making bistro at the Greenock venue may be shut down as management seeks to overcome a cash crisis that has threatened the future of the whole organisation.
Thursday, 09 May 2019
A new charity set up by local arts figures is raising money to buy and transform the Trinity Road police station into a new type of a community venue that will support social enterprises and provide spaces for artists to work.
Wednesday, 08 May 2019
The town’s five-year plan for culture, The Fire Within, follows consultation with experts and local cultural organisations. Wigan Council's Chief Executive Alison McKenzie-Folan said the document had been written “for the people, by the people”. The authority has previously announced its intention to bid for up to £2m from Arts Council England’s Creative People and Places programme.
Hopes for £2m to be invested in cultural activity (Wigan Council)
Wednesday, 08 May 2019
Following the opening of the Bridge Theatre in 2017, the pair, who previously worked together leading the National Theatre, are planning a new 600-seat venue in King’s Cross. The theatre, designed by Haworth Tompkins Architects and Tait, is expected to open in 2021.
Wednesday, 08 May 2019
The site-wide masterplans include a £19m upgrade and expansion of the venue's existing performance spaces and an integrated creative hub, featuring commercial enterprises and offices that will help secure its long-term financial resilience.
Competition: Cambridge Junction – Level Up (Architects' Journal)
Tuesday, 07 May 2019
Without admitting liability, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland has settled a case brought by Chief Executive Roisin McDonough, who alleged she had experienced age discrimination and victimisation. McDonough claimed that, when she asked to reduce her working hours from five to four days a week, no decision was taken and she was instead asked about her retirement plans.
Northern Ireland Arts Council chief gets £12k over age discrimination (Belfast Telegraph)
Tuesday, 07 May 2019
A mural featuring the journalist, who was shot dead last month, is among the displays included in the city’s Hit the North Street Art Festival this year. A spray-painted image of McKee, by artist Emma Blake, appears alongside the content of a letter she wrote to her 14-year-old self.
Lyra McKee mural draws crowds at street art festival (Belfast Telegraph)
Tuesday, 07 May 2019
Gwynedd arts venue Neuadd Ogwen, which stages concerts, plays and films and hosts a popular craft market, is aiming to expand into new buildings and acquire space to extend the front of house area and open an arts and crafts shop and a tourist information point.
Major expansion plans revealed for Gwynedd arts centre (North Wales Live)
Monday, 06 May 2019
At the request of the artist, the gallery will place sheets over the artwork, which depicts one of the five pillars of Islam in Arabic script, juxtaposed with images of nude women in the style of the US flag. Calls from some visitors for the paintings to be removed were rejected.