Unlimited access
To make Southbank Centre’s Unlimited Festival a success, Wendy Martin knew that she had to improve accessibility for the 100…
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Northern Ireland prioritises access
The Arts Council’s new five-year strategy makes a commitment to promoting equality and tackling poverty and social exclusion…
Untransformed attitudes
Andrew Miller speaks out on discrimination in the arts, asking why “disabled people are nearly invisible with embarrassingly…
An online presence
Creating a level playing field for visual artists is the aim of online gallery Outside In. Kate Davey tells how its surgery days s…
Between arts and academia
Universities and the cultural sector can work in partnership to drive innovation, widen participation and engage a broader public,…
Enquiry to investigate arts access for young people
The various ways in which successive governments have tried to provide access to the arts for children and young people is to be t…
Cinema screenings fail to create a new audience for opera
Live broadcasts are attracting a dedicated older audience who value affordability and accessibility, a new survey has found.
No more feast or famine
The AccessArt website has switched from being project-funded to self-sustaining thanks to its membership income. Paula Briggs tell…
Lottery funding landscape laid bare
The distribution of Lottery funding for the arts is a closed system, operating for the benefit of a small number of arts organisat…
My Gurus
Suba Das, Curve’s Associate Director of Community Engagement, tells us about his gurus.
Created in code
Seb Lee-Delisle describes how he used computer programming to create an interactive fireworks display.
Tipping the balance
If ‘access for everyone’ is the policy goal, then regional funding is the elephant in the room, says Liz Hill.
The arts in a box
The Bloomsbury Festival in a Box outreach scheme is tackling cultural exclusion, reports Cathy Mager.
Arts organisations fall down on the marketing of accessible events
Improvements in physical access for disabled people have not been matched by better strategies to attract audiences, says new repo…
A slow journey
Tony Heaton reflects on how far we have come to make arts buildings accessible to all.
A cold wind
How can we make sure that physical access improvements remain a priority despite current economic constraints? David Bonnett has s…
Ticketing without borders
A combination of technologies offers travellers the opportunity to book tickets for events at the same time as they book their tra…
Guidance in good practice
A new online knowledge bank combines information and guidance on bringing art and audiences together. Pam Pfrommer gives the backg…
The devil in the detail
Will there be a mismatch between the vision articulated in the Henley Review of Cultural Learning and the strategies for making it…
Access is everything
Suzanne Bull makes the case for disabled access to be at the heart of music venues’ strategic plans – not an afterthought
Access failings at music venues
A new report has concluded that clear information on access prior to events is crucial to deaf and disabled customers being able t…
A positive choice
Jenny Taylor shares Shape’s vision for disabled people to participate fully in the arts and cultural sector, and looks at the po…
What next for Scottish arts?
Anne Bonnar looks at what each of the main parties is promising for Scotland’s arts after the election
What have statistics ever done for us?
James Evans considers the value of research and of having that research at your fingertips
