Coventry 2021: spotlighting disabled artists
Jake Bartle reports on how Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 is shining a spotlight on disabled artists.
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Few of ACE’s priority places are among the lowest funded
Fifty-four priority areas for investment have high rates of deprivation and low cultural engagement, but some of the low…
Half victory for Arts Council England in disability discrimination case
The funder has been cleared of indirect discrimination but its lawyer admits "there was perhaps a lack of a full underst…
What’s power got to do with it?
Power shapes our lives and our decision making 24 hours a day. What is it doing to you? Suzanne Alleyne investigates.
Equity warns of hardship over Universal Credit cut
Performers face financial hardship if the Government proceeds with plans to cut a £20 per week Universal Credit uplift. 53%…
Need to diversify, but can’t find the staff?
As arts organisations struggle to fill critical roles, Amanda Parker shares must-dos – and must don’ts – for tho…
Tie funding to compliance with employment law, MPs say
The sector and its funders must adopt measurable diversity targets or risk losing "an entire generation of talent".
Digital didn’t change arts engagement, study finds
The digital pivot might have altered online attendance slighty but for most of the UK, "the new normal of pandemic life…
White-led Chinese art gallery vows to change
A lack of leadership, engagement and morale has caused an exodus of staff and reputational crisis – but the centre's pos…
£50k for Northern Ireland ethnic artists
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has made £50,000 available for a new programme supporting artists from a minority ethni…
Making content fully accessible
The shift to digital has been beneficial to many, but Ash Mann is particularly interested in what it could mean for D/deaf, disabl…
Enhancing artist and audience experience
Issues of access have beleaguered artists and audiences alike. Jamie Wyld explores how access streams can be used in innovative wa…
Sensory and inclusive theatre
All cultural organisations are concerned with making their work more accessible. A new report by Maria Varvarigou on sensory and i…
Half of disabled music workers don’t disclose conditions
Music industry workers are putting their health and safety at risk over fear of negative reactions and damaging their career prosp…
‘Political sentiment’ to trouble removal of hospital founder’s statue
Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation says it will remove a statue of the London hospital's founder, Thomas Guy, to &…
Racial equity: a zero-sum game?
The fight for racially equitable funding in the creative industries is what drove Kevin Osborne to set up Create Equity. Here…
Mind the understanding gap: the value of creative freelancers
The self employed, including freelancers, make up almost a third of the creative industries workforce – double the rate acro…
Bank of England removes art with slavery links
The Bank of England has removed 10 oil paintings and busts of governors and directors with known connections to the transatlantic…
Arts Council Ireland apologises for ad campaign
Arts Council Ireland has apologised for an advertisement that likened the racism faced by singer Nina Simone to the struggles of a…
Wales’ arts funders ‘shouldn’t force white-led organisations to diversify’
A report commissioned by the Arts Council of Wales says it is entrenched in white supremacy and has ignored calls for change….
TV industry ‘ignorant’ of legal duties to disabled staff
Senior television workers are unaware of their legal obligations to their disabled colleagues, driving many out of the indust…
Spotlight adds diverse gender options to actors’ profiles
Casting platform Spotlight has added non-binary and trans gender options to its actors' profiles. The site says actors no long…
Disabled audiences will eschew venues with lax Covid rules
Two thirds would choose venues with Covid certification on entry over those taking a laissez-faire approach.
Self-taped auditions must be reformed, Equity says
A new best practice guide aims to eliminate unrealistic deadlines and overly long scripts to address auditioners’ anxieties.
