Monday, 22 October 2018
The Centre for Contemporary Arts, which has been closed since the nearby Glasgow School of Art was destroyed by fire, is to reopen this week.
Friday, 19 October 2018
With One Voice, which grew out of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad and is led by Streetwise Opera founder Matt Peacock, will encourage international exchanges in practice and policy for the arts and homelessness sector as an independent charity.
With One Voice: arts and homeless movement to become independent charity (Classical Music Magazine)
Friday, 19 October 2018
The addition of 67 seats to the Leicester theatre’s main auditorium will be the second expansion since its opening ten years ago, taking its total capacity to 969. The move comes as the organisation’s annual report reveals turnover in 2017/18 was down almost £1m on the previous year.
Friday, 19 October 2018
Historical and recent performances will be “returned to the public” through iPlayer and the BBC Sounds app, Director General Tony Hall said, adding that the public owns “one of the greatest classical music archives in the world” through the corporation.
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
The proportion rises to 40% of non-UK EU artists and 33% of artists from outside the EU, according to new research by the Scottish Contemporary Arts Network (SCAN) and the Federation of Scottish Theatre (FST).
One in four artists may leave Scotland in post-Brexit exodus (The National)
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
In a survey of 148 theatres by the Theatres Trust, venues predict they will need an average of £1.15m each for capital works by 2023, and 30% say they risk closure without upgrades.
Monday, 15 October 2018
The organisation met with theatremakers last week following a scathing open letter that accused it of failing to support Welsh artists. A joint statement described the meeting as “the first of what we hope will be an ongoing and constructive dialogue”.
Monday, 15 October 2018
The Imaginarium Arts Centre in Newry will provide arts and creative activities for children and young people aged between 0 and 17, six days a week.
Monday, 15 October 2018
The venue has withdrawn its application to create a pop-up bar on the roof of the Royal Festival Hall. The move follows criticism from heritage groups including Historic England, which described the proposals as a “major insensitive intervention”.
Royal Festival Hall drops controversial plans for rooftop bar (Architects' Journal)
Friday, 12 October 2018
A letter sent to the national funder’s Chief Executive, representing 80% of the organisation’s staff, challenges Chair John Edmund’s alleged refusal to assure the Government that the funder treats all communities fairly when allocating funding.
Friday, 12 October 2018
Collective will open at its new site at the City Observatory next month, complete with an exhibition space, a panoramic viewing terrace and a restaurant.
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
The Local Government Association has warned that a recent Government promise to increase teachers’ pay does not cover ‘centrally-employed teachers’ – most of whom provide music lessons. The pressure group says that an increase of 1% to 2.5% would cost up to £5.5m, meaning many councils would be forced to cut back on music tuition.
Tuesday, 09 October 2018
The new design for the Taunton venue will wrap around the existing building, creating a larger auditorium and a new flexible studio theatre, alongside a cinema, café, and gallery. The project is due to be completed in 2022.
Tuesday, 09 October 2018
Kassel city council has voted to remove the ‘Monument to Strangers and Refugees’ obelisk from the centre of the city. It bears the words “I was a stranger and you took me in” in English, Arabic, Turkish and German, and had become a target of right-wing anger. The decision follows strained negotiations between the council and the artist over the future of the artwork.
Tuesday, 09 October 2018
Two new Government documents explain how national museums will extend their reach throughout England more strategically, and how museums in general will be supported. The documents follow the publication of the Mendoza Review of museums last year.
DCMS moves forward with Mendoza Review recommendations (Museums Association)