ACW establishes cost-cutting measures
The Arts Council of Wales has published detailed plans for the reduction of its own costs to meet Government targets
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Emerging concerns
Cynnal Cymru – Sustain Wales, an independent not-for-profit company, is working closely with the Welsh Government to promote und…
Wales gets Womex
Following a year-long campaign to bring the event to the Welsh capital, Womex, the leading world music expo, is to be hosted in Ca…
Mixed messages
Michael Tooby sets the record straight on the development of new spaces for the contemporary arts in Wales
Capital plans for Wales
Revenue projections will be demanded for capital investment bids under ACW’s draft Capital Strategy
Capital consultation
Helping its revenue-funded organisations to realise the full potential of their facilities is central to a new draft Capital Strat…
NPO Applicants whose applications were reviewed
Applications by the following organisations to be included in Arts Council England’s (ACE) National Portfolio of regularly f…
Festival time in Wales
Eleven of Wales’s arts festivals are to share over £500,000 of Lottery funding to enable them to “showcase cultu…
Welsh Labour steers the same course
Arts Council of Wales will be at the heart of Welsh Labour plans for culture
New literature agency for Wales
Academi, the literature promotion agency and society for writers, and Ty Newydd Writers’ Centre, have joined together to for…
Recognition for volunteering – how about tax breaks?
One of the contradictions of the Big Society is that volunteering is to be encouraged, yet funding is being cut from many organisa…
A committed consortium
Alan Hewson reports on a collaboration which is enabling a new production of ‘Wuthering Heights’ to tour Wales
Wales forges links with Cape Town
Wales Millennium Centre (WMC) and Cape Town Opera are to join forces in a three-year strategic partnership aimed at strengthening…
Public art, public consultation
A consultation paper setting out proposals for art in the public realm has been issued by Arts Council of Wales (ACW). The propose…
Do arts organisations REALLY need business to tell them how to do their job?
We will never have it so bad. The only thing that’s going to save us now is business. Business is the only saviour the arts…
(Mostly) good news in Wales
The majority of ACW funded clients are set to gain as cash for the arts increases by 17%
Recognising philanthropists
The Prince of Wales Medal for Arts Philanthropy recipients have been announced
Support grows for the arts in Wales
There has been a significant increase in arts engagement, attendance and participation in the arts in Wales since 2005, according…
Future thinking in Wales
A five-year project to help up-and-coming theatre companies and artists explore new ideas is being launched by National Theatre Wa…
Future thinking in Wales
A five-year project to help up-and-coming theatre companies and artists explore new ideas is being launched by National Theatre Wa…
Trouble in Wales
Gwent Theatre has lost its appeal against the Arts Council of Wales (ACW) and is set to close in December following the withdrawal…
ACW faces extinction
The arts community in Wales is reeling from the news that First Minister Rhodri Morgan plans to place the Arts Council of Wales (A…
Clwyd Theatr Cymru on the move again
A one-off grant of £100,000 by the Welsh Assembly Government has been made to enable Clwyd Theatr Cymru to resurrect its mob…
Assembly demands inflationary uplift
The Welsh Assembly Government has issued a detailed remit setting out the role it expects the Arts Council of Wales (ACW) to play…
