South West lost out on grants for artists
London bore the brunt of cuts to Arts Council England’s open access ‘Grants for the Arts’ scheme, while an assoc…
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Race to the bottom
As low- or no-pay practices continue to dominate the arts and cultural sector, some enlightened employers are starting to reap the…
Freedom to struggle
Who’d be a freelancer in the arts in 2019? Christy Romer sheds light on the human cost of being self employed in the cultura…
Businesses and councils at odds over tourist tax
Scotland’s Culture and Tourism Secretary Fiona Hyslop has said local authorities will not be able to impose a levy on overni…
Big vision
How can the ‘fix-it style' philanthropy of the mega-wealthy US tech entrepreneurs be applied to the arts in the UK? Mich…
Starting from scratch
Liz Moreton explains why Battersea Arts Centre has taken the unusual step of opening up a new space for start-up businesses.
An unexpected gift
A welcome surprise of five-year funding provided the opportunity for Cardiff's Sherman Theatre to diversify its audiences, boo…
Arts attendance in Northern Ireland falls by a quarter as cuts bite
Annually Funded Organisations are suffering “damage to long-term sustainability”, having slashed marketing budgets in…
Mayor launches trust to support affordable artist workspaces
The Creative Land Trust, backed by seed funding of £4m from City Hall and £2m from Arts Council England, will seek add…
Heritage lottery funding to be further devolved
Around 80% of the funder’s budget will be decided by English regions, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, a new strategic…
Local authority culture funding down £400m since 2011
Councils warn cuts will continue if no extra resources are provided in the Spending Review to deal with the increasing demand for…
How did we get here?
The over-hyping of projects, initiatives and schemes really grates at a time when creative education in schools is being systemati…
Arts Council issues no-deal Brexit guidance for arts organisations
A new document draws together relevant Government policies on topics including touring to EU countries, moving goods across border…
Five English areas share £20m Cultural Development Fund
Projects in Wakefield and the Thames Estuary have landed more than £4m each to boost the local creative industries, through…
Arts Council of Northern Ireland could re-introduce multi-year funding
The funder has also set out plans to create a consultative assembly of arts professionals, after hearing calls to communicate more…
Major funders seek to reduce ‘burdensome’ reporting requirements
A group of funders including the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation are to test a set of key principles to…
Drawing people in
Bristol Old Vic, England’s oldest theatre, is now also open as a visitor attraction and heritage destination. Emma Sten…
Looking beyond the obvious
It is right to celebrate those local authorities committed to funding culture, but long-term sustainability may depend on developi…
Slashing local arts budgets leads to additional financial loss, analysis suggests
Arts organisations in Bath have consistently leveraged three times as much financial support from other sources as they have been…
NI arts sector warned 2019 may be ‘most challenging year yet’
“The future is bleak unless new innovative solutions to the funding challenge can be found,” says the Chair of Arts Co…
Culture funding falls in Scottish budget
The budget allocation for 'Creative Scotland and other arts' includes £10m for Screen Scotland and a £6.6m boo…
Liverpool Everyman drops out of National Portfolio
Arts Council England has guaranteed funding at the same level for the venue, which says the financial strain of maintaining a rep…
Lottery funding distribution must be ‘returned to the people’, say campaigners
A new paper says that it is only by ‘rebalancing’ cultural funding from arts councils to local groups that cultural de…
The councils backing culture
Local authority cuts to the arts may be widely reported, but some councils are investing serious money in cultural development, sa…
