Kevin Edward Turner is co-Artistic Director of Company Chameleon, a Manchester-based dance theatre company funded by Arts Council England. Here, he shares his perspective on the importance of dance to the health and wellbeing of young people, and reflects on his own experiences as a dancer and a teacher.
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.
What makes a good board? What makes a bad one? Where's the line between the executive and the trustees? Join host Kirsty Lang and guests Clare Connor, Moira Sinclair and Gurvinder Sandher as they discuss boards and how to demonstrate good leadership and governance in arts and culture.
Our Chief Executive Darren Henley blogs about the launch of our Emergency Response Funding for National Portfolio Organisations and Creative People and Places consortia. This is the third and final Emergency Response Fund we are launching to help people and organisations in arts and culture tackle the Covid-19 crisis.
The Tech Champions have landed and Haydn Corrodus, Tech Champion for social media, and Tiina Hill, senior manager of the Digital Culture Network, are on hand to answer our burning questions about who they are and how they're hoping to support the arts and culture sector in all things digital.
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.
Our CEO Darren Henley blogs about the grants we have awarded from the first two rounds of our Emergency Response Funds.
We're launching a new research project and sector survey to explore the diversity of the classical music sector. Claire Mera-Nelson, Director of Music, introduces this important new work.
As the country takes its first steps out of the pandemic, our CEO Darren Henley looks to the future and how we'll begin realising the vision of Let's Create.
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.
Today we publish the final piece of research conducted as part of our evidence review for the next ten-year strategy 2020–30. John McMahon, Senior Manager, Policy and Research, tells us more about the research into art and culture’s role in health and wellbeing and in the criminal justice system.
As we launch Volunteering Futures, funded by DCMS, our Director of Philanthropy Clare Titley gives an insight into the importance of volunteering and the role it has to play in strengthening our communities.
Our Director of Diversity, Abid Hussain, explains how we're keeping inclusivity at the heart of our response to Covid-19.
Our CEO, Darren Henley, blogs on the recipients of the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants, and takes a look ahead at our plans to support the sector for the rest of 2020 and beyond.
Nicky Morgan, our Director of Special Projects, has been working with the Durham Commission to examine the role creativity and creative thinking play in education. As the Commission publishes their report and recommendations, Nicky takes us through the findings.
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