Monday, 12 February 2018
After using a brain scanner to test volunteers' ability to find creative solutions to problems, scientists at Harvard University have worked out how to measure the flexibility of someone’s thinking.
Friday, 09 February 2018
HMRC has issued warning letters to 550 companies, in sectors including law, media and the performing arts, reminding them that employing unpaid interns as workers to avoid paying the national minimum wage is “against the law and exploitative”.
Friday, 09 February 2018
Shadow Education Minister Tracy Brabin will table a bill later this month calling for freelance mothers in sectors including the creative industries to be given access to shared parental leave.
Thursday, 08 February 2018
The six-strong group of musicians will be a permanent fixture of the orchestra’s output, performing both alongside the orchestra and as a standalone ensemble. The initiative has been driven by conductor James Rose, who is one of Arts Council England’s diversity ‘Change Makers’.
Tuesday, 06 February 2018
Fabrica, founded 22 years ago, has launched a crowdfunding scheme after Brighton and Hove City Council cancelled a regular £20k grant.
Tuesday, 06 February 2018
St Margaret House in Edinburgh, home to more than 200 workshops used by painters, charities, theatres and craftsmen, may be turned into student flats after the building was sold to developers.
Monday, 05 February 2018
Interim findings from the union’s investigation into sexual harassment in theatre conclude at least three people should be present for auditions. Equity is also calling for theatres to have clear policies on bullying and harassment – and to demand them from visiting companies – and for employers to designate a ‘go-to’ person who is trained to deal with issues raised.
Monday, 05 February 2018
Playwright Abhishek Majumdar claims the British Council pressured the London theatre to drop a play about Tibet last year to avoid a negative reaction in China, where the theatre recently worked with 16 writers. The Royal Court said it had withdrawn the production for financial reasons but that it now plans to stage it next year. The British Council said it had no influence on the theatre’s... read more
Friday, 02 February 2018
Board members for the Northern Ireland arts funder – who earlier this week issued a statement distancing themselves from views expressed by Chair John Edmund – passed two votes of no confidence in their Chair last year and staged walkouts from meetings.
Revealed: Arts Council chair and board at war for months over attitude to cuts (Belfast Telegraph)
Thursday, 01 February 2018
A pre-Raphaelite painting depicting pubescent nymphs has been removed from display at Manchester Art Gallery and, in its place, visitors are being invited to share their reactions on post-it notes. The gallery said the move is intended to “prompt conversations about how we display and interpret artworks” and is a reaction to the ‘Time’s Up’ and ‘#MeToo’ movements.
Thursday, 01 February 2018
Following allegations of a “hostile working environment” at the organisation, which reportedly caused one third of the company’s dancers to leave within two years, Arts Council England has met with English National Ballet and discussed the situation “in some depth”.
Thursday, 01 February 2018
Memes and trolls have descended on the Culture Secretary’s Facebook-like mobile app, intended to keep the public updated on his work as a cabinet minister and a local MP.
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
A joint statement by eight of the ten board members at the Arts Council of Northern Island says a recent claim by Chair John Edmund that arts groups are too dependent on grant aid “did not reflect any discussion or position which had been agreed by the Arts Council Board”.
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
A poll of West End theatres by the Musicians’ Union found just 12% of musicians in their regular orchestras are female, and women conductors and musical directors are very rarely seen.
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Following a decision to reduce opening times at six of Edinburgh’s museums and galleries to just five days a week, visitor numbers have fallen by 21%, and retail and donation income is down 25%. Responding to the figures, Labour councillor Donald Wilson said: “We need to do something else”.
Edinburgh rethinks opening hours as visits plummet (Museums Journal)