Endings and beginnings

We’re reaching the end of the summer, the end of the magnificent Olympic and Paralympic celebrations – and the end of the old-style ArtsProfessional. Whilst we’re sad to see the back of the first two, AP is long overdue for a facelift. The publishing sector is in the throes of structural changes the scale of which is pretty difficult to comprehend – for media owners and their clients alike. Feedback from our readers suggests that you still value print, but you want great websites to go with it. It’s a tough call for a micro business such as AP to grapple with, as we rely totally on our revenues from subscriptions and advertising to keep going.
Our response to this has been two-fold. This new-style magazine will arrive on your desk or doorstep ten times a year with twice the number of pages and much more visual appeal – to be followed shortly by a brand new website and improved email services. We have pulled out all the stops to make sure that ArtsProfessional has a future, and one that you want to be involved in, so enjoy this new printed format for now and keep an eye on our online developments over the coming months. It’s going to get better still.
What won’t change is our commitment to rigorous news coverage and our quality features that you will find both interesting and valuable in your work. Among this week’s highlights you will find a reflection on the Henley Review of Cultural Learning ; a case study on artists’ reactions to feedback from the public ; and an explanation of In Memoriam Giving. The Showcase  in this issue provides range of insights into arts education – and you can read the full articles online. And in a news exclusive this week you will hear about rumblings in Yorkshire over the application process for Cultural Olympiad funding. Read about this and a host of other stories in our round-up of recent news.
As always we welcome your feedback. So email us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter @artspro, pick up the phone – you can even send us a letter! We value our relationships with subscribers, advertisers and editorial contributors. Thank you, and we look forward to serving you in the years ahead.