We spoke to Ben Anderson from Lincoln Arts Centre to find out more about their Routes In Scheme
For museums week, we caught up with Douglas Gilmore, Managing Director of the Museum of London Docklands, which is celebrating 20 years of displaying the stories of East London’s diverse culture.
Brixton Chamber Orchestra is a versatile group of classically-trained musicians on a mission to deliver fantastic orchestral experiences for the people of Brixton, South London.
As the Digital Culture Network launches a brand-new 2-year partnership with Google Arts & Culture, running 12 digital skills training days across the country, we caught up with Lucy Schwartz, to find out more about her work and why digital literacy in the arts and culture sector is so important.
Back for a second series, and launched on International Women’s Day, we're profiling a range of inspiring women from across the arts and cultural sector.
Back for a second series, and launched on International Women’s Day, we're interviewing some of the many inspiring women from across the arts and cultural sector.
In the latest instalment of our Women in Leadership series, we speak with Claire Somerville, Chief Executive of Babylon Arts, about the importance of culture and creativity and her drive to champion young people’s access to it through opportunities. She tells us more about the projects she’s been involved with as well as reflecting on the past year and giving some advice to her younger self.
To mark International Women’s Day, we caught up with two of Create Studio’s directors, Shahina Johnson MBE (CEO and artistic director) and Marilyn Fitzgerald (director and production manager). Create Studios is a film and digital media CIC and social enterprise in Swindon giving young creative people, often from diverse backgrounds, skills to equip themselves for a career in the creative industries through ground-breaking mentorship and training programmes.
This week, The Box in Plymouth unveiled My Story – four new digital pieces of work by creative practitioners who identify as part of the city’s LGBTQIA+ artistic community. The works aim to celebrate the diversity of the local community, mark the 10th anniversary of the launch of Plymouth's Pride in Our Past project, and celebrate February's LGBT+ History month.
We caught up with one of those chosen to create a new work for My Story – musician and writer Elani Evangelou – about her inspirations, creative process, hopes for the future, and how venues like The Box are supporting LGBTQIA+ voices in the arts. For her commission, Elani created a digital zine featuring her poetry, visual art and photography to tell her own and her friends’ stories.From the 9-13 June 2021, Manchester City of Literature are running Festival of Libraries – 80 free online and in person events across every Greater Manchester borough. The festival, which is supported by Arts Council England, showcases a vibrant programme covering wellbeing, culture and creativity, digital and information and, of course, reading.
We caught up with Jo Flynn from the festival to discuss how everyone can get involved, how they’ve adapted through the pandemic, the role libraries can play in bringing communities together and her hopes for the future.From the 18 June to 18 July 2021, Art Night are running a month-long contemporary art festival filled with 80 free online and in person events taking place across the UK, from the Tetley in Leeds to the Towner in Eastbourne. The festival, supported through National Lottery Project Grants, showcases a programme of bold new art outside of the galleries’ walls.
We caught up with this year’s curator and Artistic Director Helen Nisbet and Director Philippine Nguyen to discuss how artists inspire the programme and how they’ve adapted through the pandemic.Casey Elisha is the author of Love Thy Fro about a young girl called Kemi. Her newly released book, I Can Be That Too follows Kemi as she explores different career options. For Black History Month 2021, we caught up with Casey to hear more about the book, how Arts Council England funding helped, and what the reception to Kemi’s journey has been like. Here is what Casey had to say.
Isle of Wight charity, Independent Arts improves quality of life and reduces social isolation for people of all ages on the island. Supported through funding from the Arts Council and Baring Foundation, their pilot project, Time & Tide, celebrates the ageing community, offering the older residents an exciting island-wide programme of creative activities. Participants including Rose and Iris took part in workshops ranging from photography and visual art to dance, theatre, music and creative writing, along with museum visits, pop-up exhibitions and touring collections.
Thinking of making an application to Developing your Creative Practice? Round 3 has just opened and if you’re looking for some tips, who better to guide you than a successful applicant from round 1.
We caught up with Sunita Pandya, to find out more about the Thriving Communities Fund.
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