Arts Professional provides a unique platform for people working in the industry to voice their opinions, share ideas and best practice, debate important issues, advocate for change or simply showcase their work.
Every week we publish a range of content relevant to the arts and cultural sector, including:
- Expert analysis of key issues facing the sector
- Opinion or provocation challenging the status quo
- Commentary on a news story or event
- Summaries of academic research
- Information and/or advice on arts management practice
- Case studies of ground-breaking projects
- Examples of best practice from other sectors or countries
- Profiles of industry figures via Arts People, My Gurus or Job Ladder
We aim to publish diverse voices from a broad range of individuals and organisations. So, if you have an original perspective on a theme that resonates across the cultural sector, or hold a passionate opinion that needs airing, we want to hear from you with your proposals on editors@artsprofessional.co.uk.
We offer guidelines for authors but our editorial team are here to assist and polish your prose to help you communicate your thoughts and experiences to best effect.
Each month our features focus on a particular theme, although contributions can be on any subject of relevance to the sector.
Editorial themes for 2024:
- January Cultural policy: is it fit for purpose?
- February Health and wellbeing: arts interventions in healthcare
- March Regeneration and the arts
- April Artistic freedom: threats and challenges
- May Philanthropy: fundraising of the future?
- June The arts in education
- July Cultural devolution: decision making outside Westminster
- August No features
- September Partnership development
- October Workplace culture
- November New business models
- December Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
From proposal to publication, the commissioning process takes place over a six-week period. Once an idea has been accepted, a formal brief of the content required will be sent three weeks before the copy deadline. We aim to publish within the following three weeks.
Remuneration will be offered to professional writers, freelancers and those currently unemployed.