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  1. Jane Mackey, Senior Research and Evaluation Manager at Good Things Foundation, outlines the opportunity for the arts and cultural sector to play a pivotal role in ensuring a truly digitally inclusive society.

    A woman using a laptop- the image is taken from behind
    Photo by Good Things Foundation
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    Going slow now to go fast later

    By Zak Mensah,

    Co-CEO of Birmingham Museums Trust, Zak Mensah discusses how his organisation will emerge from the pandemic.

    An external shot of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. It is a sunny day. The building is a large 19th century build with a clock tower to the left.
    Photo by Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery 2021. Photo © Birmingham Museums Trust
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    Curiosity is the renewable power-source for Dynamism

    By Richard Watts,

    Richard Watts, CEO at people make it work, one of the most established and effective organisations supporting the cultural sector to change and develop, explores why a dynamic culture is at the heart of a dynamic organisation.

    A young person stands looking across a light installation made up of horizontal bars of white light
    Photo by Illumaphonium 2 Illuminate Plymouth - Real Ideas. Photo © Wayne Perry
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    Going slow now to go fast later

    By Zak Mensah,

    Co-CEO of Birmingham Museums Trust, Zak Mensah discusses how his organisation will emerge from the pandemic.

    An external shot of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. It is a sunny day. The building is a large 19th century build with a clock tower to the left.
    Photo by Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery 2021. Photo © Birmingham Museums Trust
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    Five questions with... Art Night

    By Arts Council England,

    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.

    Philippine Nguyen and Ksenia Zemtsova from Art NIght- two women stood next to each other smiling
    Photo by Art Night co-founders Philippine Nguyen and Ksenia Zemtsova in front of Suzanne Treister’s Art Night 2018 commission for Battersea Power Station © of Art Night
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    Our journey from Environmental Sustainability to Responsibility

    By Andrew Ellerby,

    Andrew Ellerby, Senior Manager, Environmental Responsibility discusses our Environmental Responsibility Investment Principle, and what the arts and culture sector can do to change our environment forever.

    A bird's eye view of a person lying in a field surrounded by a poem that spirals around them on the grass. It reads: "Wonder on what can be done in the present, than cast gloom on all we knew. There are simple ways to laugh..."
    Photo by Of Earth And Sky by Luke Jerram, commissioned by Gloucester Culture Trust 2020. Photo credit: Fluxx Films
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    Why join our Area Council?

    By Arts Council England,

    We spoke to Louise Blackwell, member of our South East Area Council, to find out about what the role involves.

    A photograph of Louise Blackwell.
    Photo by Louise Blackwell. Credit James Pike photography.
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    Celebrating Pride with StoneCrabs

    By Arts Council England,

    To mark Pride Month, we caught up with StoneCrabs on the Isle Of Wight for a closer look at their oral history heritage project, Out On An Island, which has led to the Island’s first ever exhibition dedicated to LGBTQIA+ history.

    A film photo from the 1980's of a crowd marching together with banners. There is a float in the background with balloons.
    Photo by StoneCrabs Phaedra Kelly photo Marching with Banners 1980s
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