Rehearsal complex to be a ‘godsend’ for freelancers
New Diorama Theatre will open a free workspace in July, welcoming up to 80,000 creatives per year: "We would be delighted if…
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Employment guide to ‘eliminate barriers’ for disabled people in music
The handbook aims to improve representation of disabled people in the music industry as a survey finds half have withdrawn job app…
Venues aim to be dementia friendly upon full reopening
Forty London arts organisations have signed up to a new charter as other initiatives promote the arts in care homes across th…
Arts organisations pledge to show salaries
A campaign aims to reduce pay gaps and increase diversity in recruitment, but some say keeping the salary quiet improves incl…
A year of reorientation in the Borough of Brent
Lois Stonock planned the London Borough of Culture 2020 to respond to Brexit. Then Brent became home to one of the UK’s firs…
Battersea Arts Centre brings in ‘pay what you can’ model
The National Portfolio Organisation has pursued its plan to widen access in spite of the pandemic and says funders have been "…
New initiative targets independent venue accessibility
A 12-month project to make venues safer and more inclusive raises bigger questions about how disabled artists will return to perfo…
Hiring ‘emerging’ disabled artists isn’t radical
Do you think your organisation treats Deaf and disabled artists equally? Laura Guthrie says the sector’s outdated structures…
Arts workers’ skills bolstered frontline Covid responses
Creativity, compassion, collaboration and a tendency towards efficiency meant arts workers were highly responsive in a time of cri…
Advocating together for Deaf and disabled artists and audiences
We are at a crossroads, says Jamie Beddard. Access, democratisation and engagement must not be sacrificed in the rush to return af…
On equal footing
The experience of running participatory work online has led Theatr Clwyd to rethink the whole concept of ‘reach’. Let&…
NEWS COMMENT: After the Interval – who will return?
The slump in disabled audiences’ confidence presents a major problem for the arts sector, says Andrew Miller.
How we can stop infantilising disabled artists?
Age-old paternalistic attitudes will persist unless disabled people lead change themselves, says Vici Wreford-Sinnott.
Can libraries deliver culture for all? ACE’s new strategy unveiled
Children, young people and libraries are central to the funder’s ambitions to enable everyone to benefit from creative and c…
Three reasons why ACE’s new strategy won’t cut it
As Arts Council England prepares to publish its next ten-year strategy, thought leaders suggest a radical alternative.
New national agency to study ageing and creativity
A three-year project will research ways to support later-life creativity and creative technology solutions for an ageing populatio…
Diversity and inclusion: why are we still talking about it?
A reluctance to self-reflect and a tendency to recruit in our own image are at the root of the sector’s failure to employ a…
Artists face financial squeeze as ‘perfect storm’ of market trends favours the elite
Artists will increasingly need multiple income streams and brand collaborations to fund their creative practice in an Instagram-fu…
Head to head: can a toolkit solve the sector’s class problem?
This year Jerwood Arts published a toolkit for cultural organisations, designed to encourage greater socio-economic diversity in t…
Changing the narrative in East Leeds
It’s been five years since Heads Together opened Chapel FM in East Leeds. Linda Strudwick looks at what can be achieved from…
‘We raise each other up’: supporting a new generation of writers
New Writing North is helping young people in some of the region's most socio-economically disadvantaged areas express themselv…
A welcoming space for affordable training
The lack of affordable skills-based training and opportunities to learn from others makes it much harder for people from disadvant…
‘Better evidence’ needed on immersive technology
A study warns that “debates about authenticity, re-creation and fakery are amplified by digital technologies”.
Disability front and centre stage
Creating a production that allowed a young and inexperienced disabled British Asian actor to play an authentic character was a rew…
