Opera North and Newcastle University launch three-year partnership
Organisations plan to build on previous work together through formal partnership to improve audience accessibility.
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New cultural programme at London College of Fashion
The fashion college will commence an annual cultural calendar to coincide with its move to Stratford’s East Bank.
Eastbourne community arts programme awarded £480,000
A community arts programme in Eastbourne scheduled to coincide with the 2023 Turner Prize has been awarded £480,000 in fundi…
Task force to address screen sector skills gap launches
Leaders from across the UK’s screen sectors are set to work together through a Skills Task Force that will address skill sho…
Colchester theatre partners with four associate companies
Mercury Theatre in Colchester has announced a partnership with four new associate theatre companies in a bid to broaden its appeal…
Immersive art space to open at Wembley Park
Performing arts charity sets out plans to launch new immersive arts space in London with the help of local artists and community g…
Croydon announces Borough of Culture calendar
Croydon has shared its programme of arts and cultural events for its stint as London Borough of Culture. The timetable will run fr…
Partner Pod: Surviving permacrisis
Are the arts locked in a permacrisis? How do we survive it if so? How long until we get back to 'normal'? Join Robin Cantr…
AHRC announces new hosts for Creative PEC
Centre producing research and policy recommendations on arts, culture and the creative industries will be split across two hubs in…
Co-leadership is key to diversity
In the cultural sector, leaders too often fail to reflect the diversity of society – in ethnicity, gender and disability. So…
Changing fast and slow
Research repeatedly highlights that the cultural sector has a capacity issue to address before it can fully realise the benefits o…
Tate takes art collection on the road in ‘mobile museum’
Tate is taking its national art collection on the road in a new initiative with the French organisation Art Explora. The new…
Why understanding the value of culture matters
In the face of multiple crises, Matthew McCallum and Ben Walmsley argue that now is the time to make the case for culture as a pub…
The challenges of research collaboration
Rosy Greenlees and Suzie Leighton have been reflecting on the challenges of knowledge exchange between the arts and higher educati…
Project mapping UK’s arts research infrastructure launches
A project collating the diversity of arts and humanities research infrastructure in the UK is underway. The Mapping the Arts and H…
Journey to NPO status
Media arts agency Mediale is the first national portfolio organisation in Selby, Yorkshire. Tom Northey shares how developing rela…
UK’s largest museum collaboration plans to inspire children
Around 500 museums will collaborate on project aimed at inspiring children to visit museums and create artworks responding to the…
Reclaiming public space
A long-held vision to pedestrianise one of the most polluted areas in London has been realised. Jonathan Reekie outlines how a par…
Bursary scheme for emerging migrant producers launches
A new bursary scheme has been launched to support and develop the career of a first-generation migrant theatre producer. PROJEKT E…
Gallery plagued by racism accusations relaunches
Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art relaunches as 'esea contemporary' following critical audit that found it had lost sigh…
‘Ticket Bank’ to offer free theatre shows in London
Seven cultural organisations have so far signed up to be part of free theatre ticket initiative, offering those most affected by t…
UK museum artworks to be shared through new data service
A UK-wide Museum Data Service is to be established to pool records on millions of objects so they can be shared for research and p…
Performing ‘boardness’
What does it mean to have an artist-in-residence working with the board? Nicola Triscott reflects on an unusual journey revealing…
Opera gaining traction
Far from the elitist artform he once thought it was, François Matarasso has discovered opera offers possibilities for co-creation…
