Recent arts graduate Gemma Whitham assesses the prospects for those, like her, seeking employment in the arts. 

How do you get from first gig to internationally recognised festival? Amy Pearce of EFG London Jazz Festival shares her tips.

How do arts organisations attract donations from wealthy entrepreneurs? One of them, Mahdi Yahya, offers his tips on how to approa…

Some arts attenders are more ‘promiscuous’ than others, the Audience Agency’s data can reveal.

When will all commissioners recognise that activities like dancing and singing help maintain older people’s quality of…

Public sector finances are not going to change any time soon, so we need to act to make sure efforts to bring arts and culture to…

Do potential donors really understand the value of small-scale touring theatre? Joanna Ridout considers how the sector might bette…

Want to attract support from local businesses? First you’ve got to learn to talk the talk, advises Jon Flinn. 

The 2008 crash shook Ali Pretty’s outdoor arts company hard. But after a bold decision to split the organisation in two, it&…

Is an arts organisation dedicated to LGBT issues still necessary or even relevant? Yes, says Neil Anderson, so long as i…

Unless arts organisations make their voices heard in the Government's Gift Aid consultation, the sector could shortly be facin…

Are you familiar with Arts Council England’s self-evaluation framework? Probably not, says Mandy Barnett, but a new version…

After collecting more than 100,000 survey responses, Leo Sharrock and Helen Palmer can reveal the main reason people attend t…

Digital technologies offer the arts the opportunity, not only to improve access, but to enhance the experience of all audience mem…

With more and more arts organisations forming consortiums, Trevelyan Wright shares his tips on how to be a strong lead or a suppor…

What can cultural place-making today learn from Victorian attitudes? Malcolm Quinn reports on a recent conference on the developme…

There are probably more millionaires in your audience than you think. Libby Penn reveals how to find high-net-worth individuals al…

To make theatre truly accessible, elements such as captioning and audio description must have their own artistic stamp, says Amit…

What would our public services look like if we used wellbeing evidence to inform policy-making? There would surely be more room fo…

It’s time to face the truth: our cultural landscape is ‘man-made’. And the course of history won’t be corr…

The evidence suggests that a diverse workforce will bring a diverse audience. So it’s time for the arts to be bold and lead…

Being a young, female leader in the arts is a novelty – one Isobel Colchester has come to realise she must explore and celeb…

Arts professionals may be unanimous about the value of the arts in the curriculum, but what do schools think? Christy Romer spoke…

What better place to learn about using the arts to help older people and those with dementia than in Japan, where a quarter of peo…