Making community arts work
What makes socially engaged and participatory arts projects successful? Elizabeth Lynch and Miriam Nelken talked to artists, commi…
What makes socially engaged and participatory arts projects successful? Elizabeth Lynch and Miriam Nelken talked to artists, commi…
Charlotte Arrowsmith, who is performing in two plays with the RSC this summer, explains the challenges and opportunities involved…
A recent survey found that four in five Londoners would contribute at least £2 towards public art in their local area. Marin…
Christine Harmar-Brown draws on her experience of submitting and assessing applications to offer some pointers on what works.
As low- or no-pay practices continue to dominate the arts and cultural sector, some enlightened employers are starting to reap the…
Who’d be a freelancer in the arts in 2019? Christy Romer sheds light on the human cost of being self employed in the cultura…
Financial insecurity plagues the working lives of cultural workers, with the self-employed and freelancers worst affected. But sol…
Charlotte Bence looks back on how the trade union Equity has fought low paid and unpaid work in the entertainment industries since…
A paid internship scheme provides theatre company Third Angel with essential administrative support – and develops talent th…
Liz Hill introduces the grim findings published this week in the ArtsPay 2018 report on pay in the arts and cultural sector.
As work gets underway on a new industry-wide digital code of best practice, Katie Moffat outlines four fundamental principles unde…
A key barrier to growth in the immersive technology industry is a lack of content. It’s a gap tailor-made for the cultural s…
How can the ‘fix-it style' philanthropy of the mega-wealthy US tech entrepreneurs be applied to the arts in the UK? Mich…
Schemes aimed at generating loyalty need to do more than offer simple discounts. Francesca Di Nuzzo looks to airline loyalty progr…
Over 25 years the role of cultural marketers has expanded, but the focus remains on audience relationships. Cath Hume examines the…
Opening up decision-making about what art gets made and by whom doesn't lead to people 'playing it safe', but to progr…
Don't make the mistake of thinking homogenous jargon will push a funder's buttons, says Phoebe Walker.
The idea of managing intellectual property fills many people with not just uncertainty but dread – which is why the Boosting…
Little has changed in the ten years since John Holden first shone a spotlight on the damaging disconnect between the arts sector a…
Circus was created to fill a gap left by ‘serious’ theatre. Now a new generation of performers is rejecting bureaucrat…
Tackling the climate crisis will require rapid and unprecedented change. Chiara Badiali asks whether the sector has what it takes…
Very few theatres were built with today's sustainability standards in mind. The sector needs to face up to the financial and e…
When Ron Evans started thinking about how to make post-show talks more appealing and accessible, he found audiences hungry for new…
Theatrical productions typically give priority either to the playwright’s text or the director's interpretation. Eve Lei…