Arts and cultural marketers are inspirational. Despite the challenges organisations are facing, they remain optimistic and passionate about bringing art and audiences together, says Cath Hume.
Cross-sector partnerships - regardless of scale - are complex. As Evelyn Wilson writes, they need time, financial resource, proactive caring and ethical handling, not to mention the odd leap of faith.
The Edinburgh Fringe can be an intense, overwhelming experience. It’s the heart of thousands of artists’ performance calendars but, as Bryony Nisbet shares, it can play havoc with your mental health.
A new government means new strategies. But if they are to respond truly to what’s required at the local level, it’s up to the sector to make itself heard, says Jason Jones-Hall.
As arts companies look internationally for new partnerships and audiences, Alex Lalak explores potential concerns about copyright protection when taking your work to China.
A new book by the late Richard Pilbrow explores how the National Theatre came about and how it laid the groundwork for future theatres. Rob Halliday is its co-Editor.
Following their collaboration on a groundbreaking project, Sarah Bailey, Kate Houlton and Danielle Lewis-Egonu reflect on how a socially engaged approach to arts education can create new ways of working in schools.
The Space has convened an Accessibility Working Group to support the sector to work in more inclusive and accessible ways. One of its first outputs has been to provide a pool of knowledge on best practice in digital accessibility, as Harmeet Chagger-Khan explains.
The arts bring moments of creativity, joy and imagination, but what do they mean to the lives of children and young people, families and communities? asks Dienka Hines.
A recent symposium exploring the impact of artificial intelligence technologies on creative practice has thrown up serious questions of authenticity, ethics, agency and authorship, says Dario Llinares.
Arts organisations are only too aware of the limitations of short-term funding. But, in Northern Ireland, a pioneering financial programme provides a fresh blueprint for future funding of the arts, as Sarah Jones explains.
Whoever forms the next government, Art Fund will be lobbying it for greater access to museums for disadvantaged children through the school curriculum, as Catherine Monks explains.
Apprenticeships offer far more than just a qualification. Charlotte Nicol is convinced they can and will radically change the make-up of the arts sector.
Arts and culture are integral to shaping the places we live. We now need to understand the effects cultural placemaking practices have on our towns, provinces and rural areas, argues John Wright.
In the latest in our series on the arts in education, Steve Ball shares an initiative which connects schools and arts organisations across the city of Birmingham.
Directors of Education and Learning from some of the country’s most high-profile theatres are calling on all political parties to commit to 'Theatre for Every Child'. Claire Walker of SOLT & UK Theatre shares highlights of the campaign.
