Unboxed attracts fraction of target audience numbers
Nationwide festival Unboxed: Creativity in the UK has only reached a small portion of its intended audience, according to an inves…
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New digital fund for artists in Northern Ireland
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) has launched a £40,000 fund to support artists working with digital technology….
Skills-based higher education for creative industries
Talent for the live events and creative industries is in high demand with many jobs to be filled. But as Rachel Nicholson highligh…
Public support payment initiatives for artists
Poll suggests the majority of the public want government and technology companies to support initiatives to remunerate artists who…
Arts venue to open in subterranean cave
A new multi-discipline arts venue will open in a man-made system of caves below the city of Nottingham. Nottingham-based thea…
Consultants recruited for Somerset culture strategy
Specialist consultants have been lined up to help develop a five-year cultural strategy for a new unitary council being establishe…
Next Prime Minister urged to reform ACE
Equity calls on Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to reform the system of arts councils across the UK and adopt regional structures, which…
Edinburgh Fringe returns: triumphant or troubled?
The first full version of the festival following Covid restrictions is in full swing, but concerns about its direction of travel p…
Sector warns of unprecedented energy price hikes
Arts professionals across music, theatre and the visual arts call on the government to provide support for venues to survive the w…
Recovery funds key to arts survival in Scotland and Wales
Reports suggest devolved governments’ funding was key to sector recovery and resilience but warn the pandemic exposed the ne…
Creative wellbeing programme for new parents launches
A new creative wellbeing programme to support new parents will launch in Flintshire next month. The Creative Minds initiative has…
Arts businesses have six months to register banking disputes
The Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) has announced that cultural and creative sector businesses in the UK have six month…
ACE disability access card pilot rescheduled to 2024
The date is two years later than outlined in the government’s National Disability Strategy, while an existing access card ex…
Edinburgh festivals receive £2.1m boost
The Scottish Government has put an additional £2.1m towards the Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe…
Is ACE’s diversity strategy – and reporting – fit for purpose?
Reading ACE’s latest Equality, Diversity and Inclusion data report, it appears diversity is primarily seen as the number of…
Deprivation gap for arts participation widens
Government figures suggests the gap in participation in the arts between the most and least deprived people widened as the country…
ICO ‘taking no action’ on arts data breach
Data watchdog decides regulatory action not required after arts organisations notify it of ransomware attack that resulted in cust…
Government mental health strategy ‘needs to include arts’
Calls for mental health benefits of arts and creativity to be recognised by government and form part of forthcoming 10-year plan.
Inquiry into future of creative industries launches
Members of the House of Lords open inquiry into future of creative industries to assess potential impact of emerging technologies.
Call for artist compensation over loss of Fringe app
Performing arts and entertainment union Equity says the Edinburgh Fringe should compensate performers over the absence of the offi…
What will the next Prime Minister mean for the arts?
With two of Boris Johnson’s most senior cabinet ministers left in the running to replace him, what might the arts sector exp…
Unlimited announces £584k disability arts programme
Disabled arts commissioning body Unlimited is partnering with 17 UK organisations to deliver a funding programme for disabled arti…
Commonwealth Games commits to fair pay for creatives
A Memorandum of Understanding between cultural sector unions and the Birmingham 2022 Organising Committee sets out a commitment to…
Leeds arts projects to receive £1.6m boost
Senior councillors in Leeds are set to vote on a new funding package for arts and culture projects as part of the Leeds City Counc…
