Voyagers: Bridging the gap between arts and immersive tech
As co-founder and creative director of MBD, Paul Long has seen first-hand how the use of immersive technology is transforming the…
Editorial Partner: The Space
Arts Professional is working in partnership with The Space to present a series of articles spotlighting new ways of creating and distributing digital content, and exploring the wealth of new technologies and platforms coming online.
The Space is a publicly funded company that supports the UK’s cultural sector to explore and develop a strategic approach to remote audience engagement and digital content creation and innovation. We’ve commissioned and produced over 350 digital projects, which have achieved more than 30 million audience sessions.
We’ve supported over 800 UK arts, heritage, community organisations, museums, libraries and artists to develop, produce and distribute digital content for various online and broadcast platforms. Our learning programme consists of online resources, webinars, training and mentoring schemes to share learning from the projects we commission and support. This knowledge is passed on via peer-to-peer networks to help the sector further develop skills and knowledge.
From this partner
Place-based partnerships: Delivering more together
Fiona Morris explores the wide-ranging benefits of arts organisations building place-based partnerships.
Best practice in digital accessibility
The Space has convened an Accessibility Working Group to support the sector to work in more inclusive and accessible ways. One of…
How to produce sustainable arts projects
With her experience of working across multiple projects, Sarah Fortescue explores how the sector can deliver what they do best, in…
Artists navigate uncharted AI territory
Harmeet Chagger-Khan leads on innovation, and immersive and interactive projects at The Space. Here she explores how artists are u…
Digital capture: A transformative tool for reaching new audiences
Can arts organisations reach new audiences through strategies like digital capture? Recent successes offer insights into the poten…
What’s the value of digital arts and culture?
If we can find a shared language and inclusive approach to evaluating digital arts and culture, we can tell a better story about t…
Supporting freelancers to develop digital skills
With digital technologies developing at pace, freelancers need to develop their skills throughout their careers. Rob Lindsay outli…
The arts and emerging technology
Catherine Allen’s expertise spans augmented and virtual reality, including the development of the immersive sector. Her…
Navigating the challenges of digitisation and museums
Digitising collections is an ongoing challenge for museums, as evidenced in the latest National Museum Partnership report. Fi…
Libraries provide a much-needed home for digital culture
Linda Cockburn shares how bringing digital culture into Coventry’s libraries is building communities and helping to bridge a…
Journey to IPSO status
In April, The Space will formally join ACE’s National Portfolio as an IPSO (or Investment Principles Support Organisation)….
Peer-to-peer mentoring for digital
Many organisations are feeling overwhelmed at the huge range of available digital opportunties. Rob Lindsay explores how mentoring…
What does digital access mean for arts organisations?
Many companies are making brilliant accessible work and universal content that people want to see. But, as Harmeet Chagger-Khan ar…
Training the next generation: filming performance bootcamp
Natalie Woolman explains how a bootcamp to develop a talent pipeline for the multicamera teams of the future will address a s…
Libraries as digital inspirers
By making the most of digital technologies and creative media, libraries can be part of new ways for people to connect and share….
Is your digital work reaching the right people?
Thinking creatively about a multi-layered distribution campaign for your work is as important as the work itself, argues Sarah For…
Building on the positives
Audiences have had almost 24 months of remote engagement with culture. It’s now time to share evidence, learning, success an…
Keep calm and clarify
Rowan Kerek Robertson offers practical advice on protecting yourself and your organisation from online abuse – and what to d…
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