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London’s first dedicated outdoor art walk. Megan Piper, Co-Founder and Director of The Line, tells us about staying ‘open’ over the lockdown period, their new programmes and the benefits of enjoying art and nature simultaneously.

Sir Nicholas Serota, our Chair, explains how the arts should form part of the core in every pupil’s recovery curriculum as we emerge from the pandemic.

As cultural organisations across the country cautiously begin to re-open, Carl Stevens, our Senior Manager for Music/Audience, Insight and Innovation explains how we’ve supported grassroots music venues throughout the pandemic and how we can support them further as audiences begin to return.

For Mental Health Awareness Week, John McMahon explores how this year's theme - nature - can relate to creativity, and how both support mental and emotional wellbeing.

Guidance for the three investment funds that collectively form the Cultural Investment Fund (CIF)  has just been published.  Laura Dyer, our Deputy CEO, Places and Engagement, explains  what we hope the funds will achieve. 

For Creativity and Wellbeing Week, our arts and health lead John McMahon interviews Victoria Hume, Director of the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance.

Today sees the publication of Arts Council England’s Diversity Report 2019/20. A snapshot of how representative our sector was in the twelve months up to April 2020.

This weekend, Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture 2021 officially started with an exciting video featuring wise and inspiring words from Coventry’s famous names and residents, both past and present. Coventry, a city known for making, for innovation and creativity, shows that, despite challenges, it can still build something spectacular.