Grants and Funding
East London - creative hothouse or cultural desert?
For centuries London has been the undisputed cultural capital and creative epicentre of England. With the East enjoying an unprecedented…
All about Arts Council England
The Arts Council of England is an organisation of astonishing size and variety. Encompassing everything from lottery grants, to schools…
Culture and Development: developing the role of the arts in UK social policy
Recently Creative Exchange, the network for culture and development, released a discussion paper by Helen Gould that invites us to…
Ambassadors to the arts
It stands to reason that in the world of the arts, with its countless mediums and incarnations, that financial support,…
After a month of argument and scandal the Scottish arts needs to regroup
Over the past month the arts in Scotland have been embroiled in an increasingly heated argument about the way in…
Designing for the 21st Century – A call for proposals
The most recent Creative Industries Mapping document estimated that design-related activity within the UK employed one million people in around…
Communication is key to creative industry investment
Last Tuesday February 10th, NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) released their report, 'New solutions to old…
EU funds culture
Yes it's that time of year again - EUCLID is taking bookings for this year's CulturEuro seminars. These seminars offer…
A bleak future for regional art galleries?
A chance enquiry before Christmas has plunged Worthing Borough Council into conflict with its residents. And the outcome of this…
Across cultures and borders – Culture 2000 and beyond
The European Union's funding strand for pan-European cultural projects, Culture 2000, has been extended beyond 2004 and will now continue…