The shift to thrift
The UK’s national celebration of sustainable living – the Festival of Thrift – has celebrated its 10th anniversa…
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‘It’s OK to be me’
Safeguarding young people has become a live issue in schools. Scottish Ballet’s Safe to Be Me® programme is tackling the…
Creative lives on air
A new report has been published on the role of local radio in supporting messaging about creativity and positive mental health. Ro…
Time for a new pricing model?
In the first of two articles on innovative pricing practices, David Reece explores different approaches to price setting and asks…
A leadership model for the future
The challenges of shared leadership are the subject of much discussion, but the rewards are great, as the Core Artists of Unlimite…
Opera gaining traction
Far from the elitist artform he once thought it was, François Matarasso has discovered opera offers possibilities for co-creation…
Culture as a global public good
As UNESCO’s World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development takes place in Mexico, Stephen Stenning reflec…
Dance’s unique place in the arts touring ecology
Dance Consortium has just embarked on its 50th tour. Its Chief Executive Joe Bates shares how the universal language of dance…
No return to normal
The way arts organisations responded to the pandemic offered a glimpse of how they could evolve. But a rush to any ‘return t…
Call to collaborate
As the Centre for Cultural Value (the Centre) re-opens its Collaborate fund, Alice Chandler reflects on the value of research…
Education in need of a radical rethink
Industry complains of a chronic skills shortage in areas such as communication and creativity. Yet our education system places lit…
Q&A: What does Making Tax Digital mean for freelancers?
Reforms to the income tax reporting system will make it easier for freelancers to file their returns, says HMRC. But, as David Tho…
Responding creatively to change
Welcome back to this series on dynamism from Cimeon Ellerton-Kay and Natalie Hall. In this third article, we explore the final pri…
Partners key to Coventry’s City of Culture legacy
Coventry won the prestigious title with the backing of local and regional organisations that recognised the benefits it would brin…
Ordering off-menu: skills to serve omnivorous audiences
We need to hone our skills in human-centred design, over and above those in tech or data, to make the most of post-pandemic digita…
Grant funding in need of a radical overhaul
Many funders are changing their strategies around funding for arts organisations, but Michelle Wright thinks those changes inadver…
Practising humane producing
What does a producer do? There are many possible answers but here Kate McStraw attempts to identify and articulate the most import…
Igniting artistic vocation
A free, nationwide vocational training programme for young people with limited access to the arts has been unlocking creative pote…
Training the next generation: filming performance bootcamp
Natalie Woolman explains how a bootcamp to develop a talent pipeline for the multicamera teams of the future will address a s…
Museums that reflect Brummie-ness
As Birmingham applauds the extraordinary success of the Commonwealth Games, Sara Wajid and Zak Mensah reflect on the role of museu…
Fostering musical talent
There’s a perception that musical talent is about instrumental proficiency, so the stereotype of the child prodigy persists….
Echoes of our industrial past
A decommissioned North Sea offshore platform has been transformed into the gargantuan art installation SEE MONSTER at Weston-super…
Skills-based higher education for creative industries
Talent for the live events and creative industries is in high demand with many jobs to be filled. But as Rachel Nicholson highligh…
Museums must play a role in climate emergency
With the climate crisis worsening, museum professionals are having to put environmental issues at the forefront of their decision-…
