A new report demands a “clear explanation” from DCMS and the Department for Education on why they have dismissed evide…

The Creative Civic Change programme has granted multi-year funding to communities with a track record of using the arts to address…

A new project will investigate new ideas for how the arts can play an “impactful and sustainable” role in health and w…

A study of 50,000 people found that regardless of skill level, taking part in activities like painting, pottery or music helps peo…

New research has found academic evidence of the power of culture to draw communities together.

An Action for Children’s Arts study recommends that every child at primary school should have five quality arts experiences…

Lucy Jamieson explains how pooling resources, creativity and ideas rather than working in silos can bring about eff…

All too often the cultural sector holds back from conversations about mental ill-health. Colin Beesting shares his manifesto for a…

Are we losing the art of conversation? Tom Pow explains how a project in Scotland is using the arts to stimulate communication.

Over 25 years the role of cultural marketers has expanded, but the focus remains on audience relationships. Cath Hume examines the…

Circus was created to fill a gap left by ‘serious’ theatre. Now a new generation of performers is rejecting bureaucrat…

Support for new parents in the arts sector is often lacking. Rachel Harper explains how a new show has introduced a range of measu…

The port town of Felixstowe proved an ideal setting for exploring less cerebral ways of engaging with contemporary art, writes Nat…

Lucy Neal welcomes François Matarasso's nuanced and passionate exploration of the growing field of participatory art.

If we defend the arts based on evidence of positive outcomes in specific cases, we may find the very same logic turned against us,…

Across the UK, but especially in London, arts workers are considering their futures in the sector as salaries have fallen out of s…

Hull’s year as UK City of Culture may be over, but a partnership between the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the University…

Noise-induced hearing loss can be career-ending for professional musicians, as demonstrated in a recent case at the Royal Opera Ho…

A non-verbal approach to music-making for the very youngest children offers a comfortable environment for new parents experiencing…

Stratford Circus Arts Centre, based in an area of London with high levels of child poverty, has come to realise that providing low…

The initiative will bring together music and health practitioners and provide opportunities for continuing professional developmen…

An evidence review concludes that nuances around the impact of arts interventions are being lost as evaluations take “an ove…

Nathan Geering explains how a hip-hop dance production has helped give a voice to young people in the care system.

An evaluation finds that interactive three-month musical programmes had “particularly strong effects upon people’s com…