Job Ladder: ‘I’ve always followed what felt right’
From freelance marketing to running his own production company, Jake Orr has always been willing to take a leap into the unknown.
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The learning revolution: how learning departments are driving cultural change
How can cultural spaces become spaces of learning? And how can learning spaces become cultural spaces? Jenny Mollica reflects on t…
Bonding with the Bard: how Shakespeare brought East Londoners closer together
Can theatres really forge deep and meaningful connections with their local communities across age, class and ethnicity? Douglas Ri…
Everyone welcome – of all faiths and none
Staff and museum users from Manchester Museums and Galleries Partnership challenge Tristram Hunt’s definition of what it mea…
Celebrating the hyper-local
From family births to DIY successes, greasy spoons to local DJs, a collaborative project has been celebrating local radio on high…
Creative Industries Federation and Creative England to merge
Joint venture aims to 'supercharge' UK arts lobbying and business development
Heritage key to creative industries’ success, report claims
The Heritage Alliance is calling for greater recognition and funding to support the historic places and objects that underpin crea…
‘I want to take the emotional risk’: getting men to open up about mental health
Restoke anticipated difficulties getting local men to talk about their mental wellbeing – then 170 of them responded to its…
‘Cathedrals of culture’ competition mooted by City of Culture founder
Phil Redmond said partnerships between rural areas and their historic religious buildings could help make both relevant and cultur…
Museums and tourist boards at odds over cultural tourism
A new survey finds that one in three museums are unlikely to collaborate with tourism brands, and three quarters think a stronger…
Telling new stories around disability
Medical museums can be deeply offensive to disabled visitors. Richard Sandell introduces a radical project that replaced prejudice…
NPOs accused of ‘condescending attitudes’ towards Creative People and Places partnerships
A report finds that relationship dynamics regarding Arts Council England’s flagship placemaking scheme are being “part…
Real change happens from the ground up
Top-down programmes will never bring about meaningful change, says Cath Hume – so it’s time for arts organisations and…
Beyond sport, monarchy and wars
First World War centenary commemorations proved that large-scale cultural projects can effectively mark nationally significant eve…
How we doubled attendance at the UK’s most northerly arts centre
By working in partnership and refusing to patronise audiences, Lyth Arts Centre in Caithness has attracted record numbers, says Ch…
Businesses aren’t investing in culture, research finds
Employers think that arts and culture make places more attractive for workers – but see salaries, transport and schools as m…
Why the arts need more partnerships with business
The cultural sector needs to follow Samuel Beckett’s words and “fail again…fail better”, argues Arts Coun…
What will Brexit mean for European arts partnerships?
The prospect of leaving the EU inevitably creates uncertainties – but a silver lining is a greater understanding of the valu…
The power of collaborative communities
To unlock the full value of culture, Arts Council England needs to support villages, towns and cities across the country to work t…
Galleries dance partnership aims to tackle knowledge gap
A new initiative to commission dances with UK galleries will improve the profile and practice of this developing field, its founde…
How to do change better
Meeting future challenges in the arts sector will not be about managing change, but creating it, says Richard Watts.
Job Ladder: Clare Reddington
The CEO of Bristol’s Watershed looks back on how “a jumble of opportunism and serendipity” has helped her avoid…
€3.1m Creative Europe funding hangs on Brexit deal
“Our carefully laid plans…would be wasted” if the UK leaves without a deal, says an organisation awarded €…
Why European collaboration is worth fighting for
While some in the UK may believe we have little to learn from European collaboration, Anne Torreggiani and Jonathan Goodacre have…
