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.
The CEO of Artswork talks digital speed-dating for artists and schools, showcasing youth voice and what she loves about working in the arts and culture sector.
It’s Loneliness Awareness Week, and as we reach 15 months since the initial coronavirus lockdown in the UK, the subject can seldom have been more pertinent.
For many, separation has been a defining characteristic of this period – as we’ve all been largely confined to our homes, prevented from seeing wider family and friends by our desire to protect each other. Many of our shared social spaces, including arts venues, museums and libraries as well as pubs, clubs, restaurants and beyond, have been closed or heavily restricted. Even those of us who’ve continued to attend workplaces physically rather than digitally have been unable to engage with colleagues or clients as we would have in the past.The new Thriving Communities fund promotes health, wellbeing and connection in communities.
Executive Director of Communication and Public Policy, Mags Patten, discusses the evidence collected on leadership in the arts and culture sector today and the challenges that lie ahead.
Sue Williamson, our Director, Libraries, tells us how public libraries are helping in their communities during lockdown
Watershed’s Creative Producers International programme brought together 15 incredible leaders to learn and make change together, working across contemporary art, placemaking, community engagement, corporate collaboration, urban innovation and social activism.
Through labs in Bristol and Tokyo, online workshops and development grants, the aim was to develop individual practice, raise ambitions and make real change across the world on a city scale. This was made possible through the Arts Council’s National Lottery Ambition for Excellence fund.
After publishing an evaluation report, we caught up with CEO at Watershed, Clare Reddington to hear her reflections on this ambitious three-year global exchange, which has more resonance in the current context than anyone in 2016 could have possibly imagined!Our Chief Executive Darren Henley blogs about the creativity and compassion on show across the sector
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.As we join the DCMS in announcing the latest support for arts and cultural organisations across the country thanks to the government's Culture Recovery Fund, our CEO Darren Henley reflects on the vital role creativity has played throughout the pandemic.
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.As the National Academy for Social Prescribing launches its first programmes, John McMahon, Senior Manager for Policy & Research, tells us more about them and looks at how arts and culture can play a role in this emerging strand of community healthcare.
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.Hannah Fourace, Director of Music Education, reflects on the challenges and opportunities facing music education and what she'd like to see in the Department for Education's refreshed National Plan.
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