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How music trumps reading for childhood development
A new study suggests that informal music-making with very young children can lead to better attention and emotion regulation by…
Welcoming phones in the theatre
Technology is giving audiences back their voice, prompting some theatre companies to embrace their digital critics.
CinemaLive: building the exhibition options in cinemas
How did an event cinema company called CinemaLive ride the death of lantern slides in cinemas into an operation in…
Looking a gift cow in the mouth
An artist's gift can turn into an investment bonanza - but selling the work may cost you the friendship.
Miracle work: how creative education can overcome learning disabilities
Inspiring stories of children with severe learning difficulties emphasise the power of creativity and the arts in education.
Four ways arts workers can win in the new economy
Tap into arts-focused online platforms to access materials, administrative support, spaces and customers in a dynamic global economy.
Is arts funding ethical?
When developing countries need clean water, can we justify arts philanthropy? Philosopher Peter Singer, artistic director Robyn Archer and arts…
Working in Asia: No place for the individual
The artists as individual, innovator or iconoclast are Western archetype unhelpful in working with Asian art.
Eight radical ways to change arts funding
Were any arts funding bodies or philanthropists brave enough to implement these suggestions from the US they might come close…
The secret love affair between pirates and creators
New research and a new lobby group in the screen sector rewrites the playbook on the approach to piracy.