Wednesday, 09 June 2021
The screen industries are failing to include and support talented individuals from working class backgrounds. Heather Carey, Dave O’Brien and Olivia Gable assess the evidence.
Wednesday, 02 June 2021
Many Black creators have felt ignored by the TikTok app’s algorithm. Arit John reports on a new incubator aimed at opening doors for the Black creator community.
What should happen to the toppled statue of slave trader Edward Colston? An exhibition in Bristol aims to answer that question, writes Steven Morris.
Arts and culture have long claimed that their work is socially essential. But with the sector in crisis, Pierre d’Alancaisez asks how this can any longer be justified.
Ashokkumar Mistry worries about neurodivergent and disabled people getting trapped into bubbles of virtue. Here he argues that bridge organisations could help them make better use of public arts funding.
In her latest podcast, Gabriela Gandolfini looks at the lessons learned from the pandemic and concludes that, finally, Front of House has earned a place at the table.
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Artworks are relevant to all stages of the policymaking cycle, from agenda-setting to implementation to evaluation, according to research by SRG Bennett.
As theatres reopen their doors with reduced workforces, Salome Wagaine reflects on the woefully inadequate handling of staff layoffs during the pandemic.
Isobel Lewis talks to an award-winning playwright about her new one-woman show on living with spina bifida.
While there is much talk of a cultural bounce-back, Maddy Shaw Roberts uncovers the stark reality that many classical musicians are abandoning the sector altogether.
A little-known documentary about the golden age of arts funding in the US is to be re-released after 40 years. Charles Bramesco hails it as a testament to a more enlightened way of thinking.
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
Good policy is created on the back of solid evidence and research, says Julieta Cuneo. Current measures fail to recognise the economic vulnerability of the self-employed in the arts sector.
After recording police crackdowns on protesters in Israel, Palestinian artists call for the international community to adopt a strategy of non-violent pressure. Anny Shaw reports.
There has been an outcry over proposed cuts to funding of university arts courses. But Brice Stratford argues universities are bad for the arts and what’s needed is more conservatoires.
Emma White applauds the work of a company acknowledging that people with privilege should not be telling the stories of marginalised communities.
The combination of Brexit and Covid has seen a huge decrease in the number of eastern Europeans living in the UK, among them artists. This exodus is a great loss, argue Professor Sara Jones and Dr Kinga Goodwin.
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
British museums are in great need of revitalisation. Dan Hicks argues they can no longer pretend colonisation and its consequences are wholly in the past.
Uncertainty over trade policy between the UK and the EU has affected a significant number of textile and apparel manufacturers, fashion designers and retailers, according to research by Dr Patrizia Casadei and Professor Simona Iammarino.
Russell Janzen bemoans the loss of the physical and emotional intimacy of live dance performance. Video and socially distanced dancing fail to connect.
The responses a city makes to specific challenges are critical to the life of that city. Dr Stuart Andrews and Dr Patrick Duggan have been researching performative practices for recovery after lockdown in Bristol, Glasgow and Newcastle.