New partners for Leeds 2023
New partners have signed on to deliver creative projects for Leeds 2023. The British Library, Leeds Rhinos, Leeds United, National…
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Ways of working with universities revealed
One of the largest surveys ever undertaken between the arts and academia produced some new perspectives on how collaborations can…
There are no creative ‘cold spots’
Co-creation is often about professionals ‘inviting people in’. But, as Barbara Eifler argues, communities do not need…
UK misses out on €100m Creative Europe boost
A bumper budget has been passed for 2022 – but the UK won't see hardly a penny.
Partnership to expand music education in South East
A new partnership aims to grow options for music tuition in the South East of England. Brighton & Hove Music & Arts…
New year resolutions to transform the sector
It’s that time of year when we reflect on the last 12 months and hatch plans for the next. Laura Twemlow shares details of a…
Survey to explore culture collaborations in higher education
Researchers are calling for arts workers involved in higher education to contribute to a new survey. The National Centre for Acade…
Dance partnership to ‘lift the curtain’ for students
A new partnership will "lift the curtain" on the the dance industry for students. Birmingham Royal Ballet and the Royal…
Call for global collaboration to protect creative industries
The creative and cultural sectors must not be treated as a policy "outlier" if they are to help meet global challen…
Keeping the torch of international cultural co-operation burning
Jonathan Goodacre considers how we can preserve the global ideas exchange that the arts and culture community benefits from so ric…
Covid smokescreen conceals true impact of Brexit
Brexit has had a huge emotional impact and has affected the funding, mobility, and partnerships of UK cultural organisations. Char…
Flying the flag
This week is the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To mark the occasion, the UK arts sector launched Fly T…
Purple Seven acquired by TRG Arts
The arts data companies' partnership during Covid-19 has evolved into a union that aims to "accelerate" results for…
Merged entity Creative UK launches
Creative England and the Creative Industries Federation have merged to become Creative UK. The amalgamation has been made official…
Council and cultural sector collaboration
How do local authorities and arts organisations work together to bid for a year-long festival? Liz Dart and Gavin Barlow…
Co-creating change
How do we enable people to create real change through art and culture? David Price believes it's through harnessing the &lsquo…
New cultural partnership for Blackpool
Blackpool will establish a new cultural partnership to help the local arts sector recover from Covid-19. Initiatives including a t…
Gallery partnership to address youth violence
A new gallery at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds will take "a unique public health led approach to tackle the underl…
Belfast becomes UNESCO City of Music
Belfast has become the third UK city to recieve UNESCO City of Music status. The accolade, announced on Monday (November 8),…
‘A contemporary horror story’
How do artists engage with people living with dementia? Stephen Higgins, Electra Perivolaris and Nina Swann share their diffe…
LEEDS 2023 announces two international collaborations
Cultural festival LEEDS 2023 is bringing locally-based artists together with international collaborators in two new programmes as…
UNBOXED 2022 offers innovation – and employment
Once derided as the Festival of Brexit, the eight-month mega event will "prove the naysayers wrong".
Welcome to UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK
What happens when creative minds from different sectors and disciplines come together to imagine and design bold, large-scale even…
Arts and higher education: a successful partnership in action
Creating and sharing new knowledge – through teaching, learning, impact and public engagement – lies at the heart of r…
