Wales’ new arts portfolio: expect unpopular decisions
Not everyone can be a winner in Arts Council of Wales’ drive to share the benefits of culture more widely, says Nick Capaldi…
Not everyone can be a winner in Arts Council of Wales’ drive to share the benefits of culture more widely, says Nick Capaldi…
There is a bigger audience for Welsh music than ever before, but a lack of long-term thinking means there aren’t venues, pro…
Creative Wales will initially focus on developing the country’s music, screen, digital and gaming industries.
A report commissioned by the Arts Council of Wales warns the figure is likely an underestimate as Brexit approaches.
The Arts Council of Wales has said it won’t fund projects that don’t budget minimum pay rates for artists. We asked th…
The funder has warned organisations seeking annual funding that they must demonstrate what they would deliver “should you re…
Dedicated arts and health co-ordinators, together with a commitment to measure impact, are pushing culture into the mainstream of…
The agency has said it will not fund applications that don’t commit to paying artists union minimum rates “at the very least�…
The funder says it will raise the cap on small grants from £5,000 to £10,000 and consider raising the £30,000 ca…
Many entry-level roles in the arts are taken by overqualified graduates, but a project in Wales is opening up opportunities to tho…
Community-run organisations are planning “visonary and radical alternatives” as they search for a sustainable way forw…
A new project will investigate new ideas for how the arts can play an “impactful and sustainable” role in health and w…
Details of Welsh Government proposals for embedding the arts in the new curriculum have been put out to consultation prior to bein…
A new report reveals the impact of Wales’ arts-based creative learning programme as it enters its final year of funding.
Settling scores, creating stories and taking risks – Gary Lagden saw many parallels between the worlds of theatre and rugby….
The national funder’s latest international strategy sets out ambitions to showcase Wales’ artists on a global stage an…
In Wales, people living with dementia, and their carers, are being offered fiction as well as self-help books to help them manage…
Jo Marsh and Sarah Featherstone explain how relocating Wrexham’s art gallery to a market and parking complex has helped make…
At the heart of its new 5-year Corporate Plan is a commitment to ensuring diversity among those it funds, and to improving the fin…
A British Council Wales report says that “small adjustments to the current system will not yield the necessary major changes…
A training programme in Wales is helping teachers create environments of "constructive chaos" that their pupils can thri…
Since moving its box office system to the cloud, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has increased online sales and started…
Keen to maintain a connection between Wales and Germany after Brexit, British Council Wales organised a week-long performing…
Plans to distribute £5m to good causes have been frustrated by the collapse of Loteri Cymru, which failed to attract suffici…