Friday, 29 November 2013
Andrew Glover reports on the situation for cultural venues in the North East, and asks how important culture is when council budgets are squeezed.
Karla at Kurious Productions muses on the role of the Artistic Director and the challenge of combining artistic vision with audience expectations at festivals and events.
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Dan Eastmond says artists and makers don’t tend to earn very much because on the whole, the public don’t buy very much.
With the Hallé orchestra holding a corporate choir competition and Manchester Camerata providing musicians for music therapy sessions in care homes, the BBC reports on getting creative to make music pay.
Rod Aldridge discusses the findings of a new independent report which reveals The Lowry has been a catalyst for the physical regeneration of Salford, and has had an impact on the local community too.
Stella Duffy says the theatre programming gender imbalance is ignorant, and asks how female audiences are affected when they don’t see themselves on stage.
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Ian Youngs reports on the ‘creative boom’ happening in our empty high street buildings.
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Manick Govinda says the new visa route for artists offers some improvement, but problems continue for arts organisations and their invited international visitors.
Catherine Bennett comments on the emphasis placed on financial returns for cities of culture.
Friday, 22 November 2013
‘Evidence’ of the value of the arts isn’t enough to shield against a shrinking public realm. Three Johns and Shelagh propose a new plan.
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
There’s something wrong with an education system that denies children music-making with real instruments, says James Rhodes.
Andrew Mellor says an orchestral imbalance is part of the regional funding divide; might a choked London orchestra find new life in Bristol?
Jonathan Jones wonders why local governments spend on new superfluous arts venues - like the Public in West Bromwich - when there are museums in need of support.
Monday, 18 November 2013
Maurice Davies explains how the regional imbalance in cultural funding is playing out in the museums sector.
Abigail Pogson on how many London residents benefit from arts subsidy; the figures that suggest ‘local London’ is left out in the cold.
Roger Tomlinson sets out the three challenges facing Arts Council England, two weeks after the Rebalancing Our Cultural Capital report.
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Jim Carroll on the Irish arts funding landscape, the issue of judging and understanding the funding process.
Kerry Hannon reports on a music project funded by Women for Social Innovation, a not for profit philanthropic 'giving circle' in Philadelphia.
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Ian Sample reports on new research indicating that singing classic songs from The Sound of Music, Oklahoma and The Wizard of Oz can help patients with Alzheimer’s.
Ash Mann says the arts have not realised the power of digital and ‘doing’ Twitter and Facebook and having a “glorified brochure” for a website is not enough.