Monday, 24 August 2009
Organisations including the British Council, The Victoria and Albert Museum, Big Lottery Fund, the DCMS and Arts Council England are taking part in an evaluation of performance on disability, organised by the Employers’ Forum on Disability (EFD). Participating organisations receive diagnostic reports on their performance, and material gathered from this analysis is used to produce the EFD... read more
Monday, 27 July 2009
A Midlands-based consortium is researching case studies of arts companies that have sustained themselves successfully without dependence on regular grant income, or who have learnt to adapt successfully to its withdrawal. A feature of the research, entitled ‘Who Calls the Tune?’, will be to examine the viability of nearly 200 companies whose RFO status was withdrawn last year. The project has... read more
Monday, 13 July 2009
‘Critical Conditions’, a new research report by the Directory of Social Change (DSC), provides an analysis of the extent to which funders’ terms and conditions are transparent and negotiable. The report reveals a number of differences between government departments, trusts and foundations and companies, and DSC is campaigning for all funders to make their funding terms and conditions publicly... read more
Monday, 29 June 2009
Resources available for funding theatre in the Republic of Ireland are not sufficient to meet the needs of currently funded organisations, nor to provide for potential new artists and practitioners, according to a new discussion document, ‘Examining New Ways to Fund the Production and Presentation of Theatre’, published by The Arts Council of Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaíon. The document aims to... read more
Monday, 15 June 2009
A new £1.8m, three-year programme of research aims to strengthen understanding of how best to deliver culture and sporting opportunities to the widest audience and generate the best outcomes for society. Led by the DCMS, the first stage of ‘CASE’ is now underway, with a consortium of the University of London and the Matrix Knowledge Group undertaking a review of key evidence on the drivers and... read more
Monday, 01 June 2009
The tenth anniversary of the ground-breaking Government report ‘All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education’, which put forward the case for developing a national strategy for creative and cultural education, is being marked by the publication of a compilation of independent research reports and case studies investigating the impact of the resulting Creative Partnerships programme on the... read more
Monday, 18 May 2009
Audiences Wales, the arts marketing and audience development agency for Wales, has published a new guide to market research. The latest ‘Learning On Demand’ guide is available free from the Audiences Wales website, and offers an overview of market research, to equip arts organisations with a clear understanding of the techniques involved and how they can apply them.
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Monday, 04 May 2009
Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) has received a £500,000 Community Assets grant, funded by the Office of the Third Sector in the Cabinet Office. The money will be used to modernise and expand BAC’s creative offerings to the community, by restoring its old council office building to create a bigger venue.
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Building work has begun (pictured) on the new headquarters for... read more
Monday, 20 April 2009
Ellen Bianchini, Director of The Spark Children’s Arts Festival (pictured), has been awarded the ‘Woman of the Year’ title at the Leicester Chamber of Commerce Women of Achievement Awards 2009. She established the festival in 2003 while working in the Haymarket theatre’s Education Department, from her garden shed, and it has now grown into a two-week arts festival that saw 13,000 people attend... read more
Monday, 06 April 2009
The first of ten projects forming the Cultural Olympiad was launched last week, under the heading ‘Artists taking the lead’. Twelve artists will be awarded funds (up to £500,000 for each of the nine English regions, £190,000 for Northern Ireland, £460,000 for Scotland and £230,000 for Wales) to create 12 new works of art across the country. In each of the nations and regions submissions will be... read more
Monday, 23 March 2009
Applications are invited from third sector organisations for funding from the London Cultural Skills Fund. It aims to help those who want to contribute to the range of cultural activities taking place during the Cultural Olympiad, and to ensure that many more people can develop and gain skills in the arts and creative sectors. Applications from third sector organisations, particularly minority-... read more
Monday, 09 March 2009
Children from schools in London, Sheffield, Preston and Cambridge attended the finale of ‘The Great Art Quest’ (pictured), a national visual arts project designed by Children and the Arts. The Quest has been running since September 2008, linking four art galleries with their local primary schools. It has introduced over 1,000 children to the visual arts for the first time. The finale included an... read more
Monday, 23 February 2009
Fifteen of Scotland’s arts organisations have been awarded funding to develop their education activity, through the Scottish Arts Council’s LEARN Fund. LEARN is a new £300,000 National Lottery fund designed to help arts organisations to plan and deliver high quality education work. The successful projects include research, training for artists and staff, testing of new models of practice and... read more
Monday, 09 February 2009
The West Yorkshire Playhouse has opened its new creative space, the First Floor. It offers a flexible performing arts studio and a visual arts studio (pictured), and aims to engage vulnerable young people through the creative arts. It will also offer insights into the range of jobs available within the arts industry and help young people to access placement, apprenticeship and training... read more
Monday, 26 January 2009
The Royal Ballet School will open the UK’s first permanent museum dedicated to classical ballet in February. The White Lodge Museum and Ballet Resource Centre will offer visitors an insight into the development of ballet through films, artefacts and interactive resources. The Museum will be at White Lodge in Richmond Park, home to The Royal Ballet Lower School since 1955.
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