Arts Professional

28/02/2025

Study will consider potential innovations in the creative sectors including mergers and acquisitions, with the aim of informing future government policy

A 'groundbreaking' three-year initiative to enhance the profitability and sustainability of organisations across arts, culture and the creative industries is to launch, the government has announced. It is hoped that the Creative Business Panel, a partnership between the Department for Business and T...

28/02/2025

Trade union Equity says that despite progress towards a final deal on pay and full-time status, the prospect of compulsory redundancies within WNO chorus has forced its members to take further action

Welsh National Opera (WNO) chorus members have voted unanimously in favour of further action short of strike as negotiations with the company over the size, pay and contracts of the group continue. The chorus has previously taken action short of a strike, by wearing T-shirts during perfo...

28/02/2025

University enlists theatre company to help prepare medical students for a career as a doctor through drama and performance art

The University of Sunderland is working with north-east theatre company Operating Theatre to support second-year medical students in their ethics training. As part of efforts to prepare them for challenging situations in their careers as doctors, the theatre company performed a play following a new....

28/02/2025

New job: Concerts & Projects Manager at Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Edinburgh. Salary: £36,000. https://buff.ly/41qF762

The SCO is seeking an exceptionally well-organised and committed team player with appropriate experience for the position of Concerts & Projects Manager.

28/02/2025

Art Museum of the Americas, a cultural venue run by the Organization of American States (OAS), notified participants of two shows featuring Black and q***r artists earlier that the events had been cancelled

A US cultural venue based in Washington has cancelled two shows - one featuring q***r artists, and one featuring Black artists - to comply with orders from President Donald Trump not to use government funding for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The Washington Post reports that the Art M...

28/02/2025

Don't miss: Development Director at Cathedral Music Trust, Remote. Salary: £47,000 - 50,000. https://buff.ly/4b2gH7a

Seeking a skilled and dynamic Development Director to lead the Trust’s fundraising initiatives & meet our ambitious targets for growth in support of our national programmes.

28/02/2025

Management of Gaîté Lyrique theatre say situation in the building is at a ‘tipping point’, with untenable overcrowding leading to ‘increasingly severe and frequent violence’ among occupants

Staff working at Paris theatre Gaîté Lyrique will abandon the building unless authorities take action today (28 February) to provide accommodation for more than 400 migrants that have been occupying the building since December, the venue's management has said. In a statement issued on its website ...

28/02/2025

The Royal Academy of Arts has revealed that its council has voted to approve plans to cut up to 60 jobs as it undertakes restructuring to “sustain its position in the future”

The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) has revealed that its council has voted to approve plans to cut up to 60 jobs as it undertakes restructuring to "sustain its position in the future”. The organisation, which according to its most recent annual report has 334 full-time equivalent permanent employees, ...

28/02/2025

As local authorities finalise their budgets for the 2025/26 financial year, some councils including Bristol, Leeds, Peterborough and Walsall have dropped or paused proposals to cut cultural services following public opposition

Bristol City Council has become the latest local authority to reconsider proposals to cut culture funding. In postponing planned cuts to its 2025/26 cultural budget until 2026/27 following “substantial” negative feedback, it has joined several other councils rowing back on proposals. Last month,...

28/02/2025

The announcement last week of additional funding for the arts was very welcome news but, says Matthew Cleaver of Anvil Arts, more could be done to improve access to the arts across the country.

28/02/2025

Arts Council England has yet to recover £1.3m provided to arts organisations through Culture Recovery Fund grants that were subsequently withdrawn, as the public funder confirms that it has revoked 31 Covid-era grants for reasons other than fraud.

Arts Council England (ACE) is yet to recover £1.3m provided to arts and culture organisations through Culture Recovery Fund grants that were subsequently withdrawn, Arts Professional has learned. The public funder has confirmed that 31 grants were revoked for a variety reasons including breaches of...

27/02/2025

According to new analysis, artistic directors and creative leaders who work at organisations that receive the most funding from Arts Council England are over four times more likely to have attended private school than the general population.

Artistic directors and creative leaders who work at organisations that receive the most funding from Arts Council England (ACE) are more than four times more likely to have attended private school than the general population, a study carried out by The Guardian has revealed. Examining the background...

27/02/2025

The number of sick days taken by staff at Arts Council Wales rose from 715 to 1,030 year on year, the funding body’s latest annual report has revealed.

The number of sick days taken by staff at Arts Council Wales (ACW) rose by 44% in 2023-2024 compared with the year before, the funding body's latest annual report has revealed. In total, the report records that 1,030 days were lost to sickness in the last financial year, up from 715 in 2022-2023. Th...

27/02/2025

Almir Koldzic is director of Counterpoints Arts, an organisation focused on migration and social change. Here he shares the special contribution refugees and migrants can make in shaping a more equal society.

Almir Koldzic is director of Counterpoints Arts, an organisation focused on migration and social change. Here he shares the special contribution refugees and migrants can make in shaping a more equal society.

27/02/2025

In the second of this series looking at the challenges of producing dance, ’Funmi Adewole, Rachel Krische and Efrosini Protopapa share initial findings from the work of the Future Ecologies network.

27/02/2025

Tamsin Ace is the first director of East Bank – the UK’s newest cultural quarter located in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London. It brings together world class cultural organisations with universities. But, Tamsin says, it’s the local community that is most important.

Tamsin Ace is the first director of East Bank - the UK's newest cultural quarter located in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London. It brings together world class cultural organisations with universities. But, Tamsin says, it’s the local community that is most important.

27/02/2025

This week, the Leicester Music Conference is back, bringing together artists, industry professionals and music enthusiasts to debate the challenges facing the industry. Co-organiser Kate Rounding says there’s something for everyone.

This week, the Leicester Music Conference is back, bringing together artists, industry professionals and music enthusiasts to debate the challenges facing the industry. Co-organiser Kate Rounding says there's something for everyone.