Monday, 23 June 2014
Johnny Gailey argues that Creative Scotland’s new Annual Plan marks a major shift away from UK cultural policy, and may just display signs that the funder is beginning to understand the intrinsic value of culture.
A ballerina turned advertising CEO reflects on the transferable skills she gained from dancing.
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
With several years as a charity chief executive under his belt, Martin Edwards traces the seven-stage journey of management, from the honeymoon period, through boredom to renewal.
Dany Louise reports on a Creative People and Places programme in Stoke that is proving that sometimes low arts participation has more to do with lack of provision than lack of interest.
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Fin Kennedy argues that we need to complement lobbying with long-term community theatre projects that are of demonstrable public value – the sort the free market could never come up with.
Monday, 16 June 2014
Ismene Brown finds a brisk and compelling appeal to both politicos and the arts world to focus on what matters, in the latest book by the former Managing Director of the BBC World Service and the Barbican Arts Centre.
Rupert Christiansen reacts to the revelations about the regional imbalance of arts funding and questions whether we should invest in areas where “high post-Renaissance culture” is of no relevance or interest.
Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Jill Robinson suggests which key metrics to focus on when you’re looking to develop audience loyalty.
Barry Hessenius questions the widely held belief that more arts in schools will boost future arts audiences.
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Wendy Houstoun thinks a programmer-led contemporary dance scene is quashing choreographers’ creativity, but initiative, curiosity and collaboration might just be the answer.
Mark Robinson calls for wider debate on the issues raised in the recent speeches by Harriet Harman and Sajid Javid, from the same unequivocal starting point: the status quo is not good enough.
Monday, 09 June 2014
As Arts Council England publicly dumps the ‘additionality’ rules of Lottery funding, Simon Tait warns that while the move might mean arts organisations can keep the doors open, they’ll have to forget about getting new doors.
Friday, 06 June 2014
Sir Peter Bazalgette on abolishing the DCMS, the economic case for the arts and why he’s worried about cuts to local authorities.
Thursday, 05 June 2014
Sajid Javid on the intrinsic value of the arts and why he believes arts funding is “virtually unchanged” since 2010.
Wednesday, 04 June 2014
Griselda Murray Brown on the picture-framing business that has just opened a new non-commercial contemporary arts space in Finsbury Park.
Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s £25m expansion plan will not only transform the venue, but hopes to change the face of Scottish theatre by training the next generation of stage technicians.
Tuesday, 03 June 2014
Lorne Campbell, Artistic Director of Northern Stage, examines his business plan and questions whether it truly serves a wider community or simply represents a fight for survival.
Monday, 02 June 2014
A project at Manchester Art Gallery suggests Google Glass and other wearable computers could drastically change the gallery experience.
Friday, 30 May 2014
It’s a buzz term at the moment, but what does ‘arts entrepreneurship’ actually mean, and what challenges and opportunities does it present? A five-day Blogathon attempts to find out.
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
If an independent Scotland is to fully realise the potential of its arts and creative industries, more needs to be done to encourage young people’s creativity, says Robin MacPherson.