Let’s create austerity
It’s been over a year since Arts Council England published its 10-year strategy, Let’s Create. Bethany Rex has be…
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A step change in cultural partnerships with Higher Education
The moment for information and peer support to develop partnerships has never been more timely. Evelyn Wilson has established a ne…
Can you do more together than alone?
The Audience Agency shares its experience of the pains and gains of collaboration and partnership working.
Reworking what you already have is the opposite of innovation
Covid-19 has proved that what worked back then won’t work now. Patrick Towell says true innovation requires attention,…
Calculating cultural value: Regional museums worth £6.16 per visit
Arts Council England says its calculations of regional museums' value are transferrable "in principle" and can…
In defence of AI in art
Anthony Padgett says artificial intelligence has a role in selecting, curating and even creating art, but the sector must define t…
Culture adds £34.6bn to UK economy
New economic estimates show the sector is worth twice as much as sport in a good year.
Beyond core audiences: culture’s currency lies in staying current
In a constantly changing landscape, the ability to understand and respond to audiences’ changing preferences and behaviours…
Planning in a time of radical uncertainty
In these uncertain times, it’s important to return to our core principles: making the most of the information we have and no…
Taking practical steps on the road to recovery
As the four countries of the UK start to offer financial lifelines to venues wanting to reopen, Priya Patel explains how the Arts…
What can – and should – you charge digital audiences?
Even if people are willing to pay for digital performances, are they willing to pay enough? Robin Cantrill Fenwick examines the da…
Rising to the challenge of reopening
Adopting a creative approach to tackle opening in a Covid-safe environment could give venues the edge and help them come out the o…
Learning through lockdown
The pandemic didn’t stop Music in the Round running the Sheffield Chamber Music Festival online – and learning from th…
Building online relationships with supporters
In the current climate it’s time to adapt digital fundraising strategies and look at how your data can help boost online don…
Time to reconsider the love affair between art and social science
As the benefits of arts participation aren’t always tangible or easily quantified, how can our obsession with data be compat…
‘Diversity deadline’ won’t affect future NPO funding
Despite ACE threats of sanctions, most NPOs are ruled to have ‘met’ diversity targets – with only 11 facing…
Free to speak? Not if you work in the arts
As ArtsProfessional unveils the explosive findings from its recent Freedom of Expression survey, Liz Hill examines the soul of a s…
‘Socially closed’ arts sector may be contributing to UK’s divisions
The liberal, left-leaning values of cultural workers leads to “a divergence in worldviews between those tasked with represen…
A tale of two regions? Engaging arts audiences in the West Midlands
Striking differences between urban and rural areas make a strong case for a dual regional policy, argue Anne Torreggiani and Zoe P…
Power to the people: how arts charities will have to change over the next 10 years
Arts charities are becoming organisational dinosaurs with models not fit for purpose. Rise to the challenge or face extinction, sa…
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.
Why great customer service isn’t enough
It’s time we all started thinking of ourselves as experience makers. Lasting memories and positive emotions can be created a…
What has the Lottery done for artists?
Artists are the lifeblood of the arts, but their direct funding has steadily declined over the past two decades. A change in appro…
ACE treads carefully with ‘intrusive’ new social class metric
Arts Council England will begin collecting data on the socio-economic background of its NPO workforce next year, but will need to…
