The city has no intention of shirking difficult challenges in its year as UK City of Culture, writes Chenine Bhathena.

Creating a theatre inside an empty shop challenges top down hierarchical systems and provides a safe space for conversations, says…

Regeneration is all very well – but it is only through celebrating its authentic working class culture that the city can dis…

Pauline Bailey looks back on a project that developed social confidence and artistic expression among Birmingham's BAME elders…

ACE is right to focus on libraries in its new strategy, says Hassan Vawda – but it must put communities at the heart of its…

Children, young people and libraries are central to the funder’s ambitions to enable everyone to benefit from creative and c…

If we think of contemporary art as only suitable for experienced audiences, we are missing huge opportunities to inspire newcomers…

It’s time we all started thinking of ourselves as experience makers. Lasting memories and positive emotions can be created a…

Toma McCullim, artist in residence in Skibbereen’s Ludgate Hub, describes a project reconnecting diaspora and reinventing tr…

National Theatre partnerships with theatres around the country are creating an opportunity for them to share and compare experienc…

An evaluation says the programme brought “profound but somewhat fragile” changes to Hull’s economy, community an…

As new customers are more likely to buy high price tickets than existing customers, can we expect Pay What You Can schemes to deve…

If the arts sector really has faith in everyday creativity, it should put its money where its mouth is, writes Jonathan Knott.

Research suggests that people living in ‘more deprived’ areas are less likely to engage with cultural activity. But is…

The Chief Executive of the London Borough’s Council said the year-long programme would examine the relationship between powe…

This year Jerwood Arts published a toolkit for cultural organisations, designed to encourage greater socio-economic diversity in t…

Asking questions about someone’s social class may feel uncomfortable, but people are less sensitive than you might think. Ma…

It’s been five years since Heads Together opened Chapel FM in East Leeds. Linda Strudwick looks at what can be achieved from…

A study warns that “debates about authenticity, re-creation and fakery are amplified by digital technologies”.

We spend too much time trying to learn lessons from cities and apply them in other places, argues Brendan Keaney. It’s time…

Several museums and galleries have recorded their highest visitor numbers in a decade – leading DCMS to claim it was a &ldqu…

Madani Younis' exit from Southbank Centre exposes uncomfortable truths about the arts sector's attitude to workforce diver…

Staff and museum users from Manchester Museums and Galleries Partnership challenge Tristram Hunt’s definition of what it mea…

Dedicated studio complexes offer artists supportive communities, career development and chances to connect with local people, says…