LA funding survey: Commercial mindset increasingly important
Business acumen within arts organisations is necessary in the face of local authority funding cuts, survey findings suggest.
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Study finds arts underinvestment across Derby and Nottingham
Historic levels of funding from local authorities, Arts Council England and National Lottery across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire…
Government urged to develop live performance ‘crisis plan’
Performing arts sector remains at threat from future global shocks unless action on resilience planning is taken by both central a…
West London arts centre to close
Watermans Art Centre will close next month to 'protect the organisation's financial viability' ahead of planned moved…
Visitor numbers remain below pre-pandemic levels
Solid year-on-year rise in attendence figures for UK visitor attractions, but the total remains 11% down on pre-pandemic levels.
Vault Festival closes after funding for new venue falls through
London's Vault Festival of theatre and performance has announced its closure after funding for its new venue fell through.
More than half of arts audiences are first-time bookers
Research into the behaviour of new arts audiences post-pandemic found the retention rate of new bookers in 2023 was higher than it…
West Yorkshire launches access scheme for cultural venues
The initiative is the first of a raft of measures that form a £2.3m support package for West Yorkshire’s creative sect…
Nearly 50 former NPOs have closed since 2018
Research by third-sector financial benchmarkers MyCake has analysed the longevity and turnover of arts organisations that exit Art…
Attendance at Manchester International Festival tops 300,000
Last summer’s Manchester International Festival (MIF23) attracted more than 325,000 visitors to the city, according to a new…
Delay to guidelines on AI data and text mining
The UK government has delayed guidelines outlining rules on the training of AI models with copyrighted materials. The delay follow…
Coventry Culture Trust administration extended
Administrators investigating a charity's spending have been given another year to continue their work. Since Coventry City of…
Artistic Director of Manchester’s SICK! Festival stands down
Move comes little more than two months after entire board of National Portfolio Organisation quit their positions.
Green light for West of England cultural programme
A cultural programme covering Bath, Bristol, North and North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire is set to go ahead after secu…
ACE creative practice grants: What chance success?
With the closing date for the next round fast approaching, Arts Professional takes a look at applicant data from the previous Deve…
Coalition forms to develop cultural devolution proposals
More than 20 sector organisations join forces to consider the impact of increased local level decision making on arts and culture…
Culture gets £100m in final Levelling Up funding round
Government has distributed £4.8bn across three funding rounds, with an estimated £1.1bn designated to cultural project…
Arts therapy project gets AHRC backing
Psychological therapists will be able to access training to deliver arts therapy in their communities.
Further closures of unsuccessful NPO applicants
Three more organisations announce their closure after failing to secure core funding from Arts Council England, while a fourth wil…
Frazer extends government’s Creative Growth programme
Six areas across England are to be awarded a share of £10.9m to scale up hundreds of creative industry businesses. Culture S…
Affordable creative coworking venue opens in London
Arts charity Artists Studio Company (ASC) has opened a creative venue in London providing affordable workspaces to creatives. The…
£2.3m arts centre opens in Northern Ireland
A £2.3m arts and culture centre has opened in Derry/Londonderry as part of an initiative funding projects in five urban area…
Performing arts among fastest growing sectors of economy
Government figures reveal the economic value of music, performing and visual arts is outperforming the rest of the economy, but se…
Gender debate ‘fracturing Arts Council England’
An independent review into diversity and inclusion within Arts Council England praises the organisation’s efforts but highli…
