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Creative England: a national voice and helping hand for local creative needs
Caroline Norbury celebrates a year in business and the small steps being taken towards a big future for British talentLooking back on Creative England's first 12 months, it's easy to see and celebrate...
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Bush babies, literary departments and British theatre's new 'new writing'
The script is dead, long live the script – theatres are engaging with writer-performers in dynamic ways, finds Matt TruemanBush babies have taken over London theatre. Lucy Kirkwood, Jack Thorne,...
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Selling Henry Moore's sculpture? What an opportunity for public art
The proceeds of Tower Hamlets' sale could feed into what councils do best – nurturing art, says Andrew Shoben So, Tower Hamlets has decided to dispose of Henry Moore's Draped Seated Woman sculpture....
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Arts head: Jonathan Drori and Dominic Tinley, Thoughtsmith
Ahead of their keynote presentation at the Culture Matters conference, Jonathan Drori and Dominic Tinley talk how arts organisations do digitalHi both, can you tell us about Thoughtsmith?Thoughtsmith...
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Local libraries must move with the times
Libraries must modernise and offer more than just affordable books to survive, says Jim Farmery as the Library of Birmingham invites proposals for a new cultural build projectAs a child I used to love...
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Regional arts: we need to invest in individuals for the bigger picture
Theatre is not the only artform at risk in the regions – visual artists also need systems of support, says Sheila McGregorWe're in nostalgic frame of mind at Axis this month as we celebrate our 21st...
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Takeover Day 2012: creating young culture heroes for more than one day
As children take over museums across the country, Dea Birkett looks at how time-focused ventures forge longer relationshipsA day of this, a week of that, a month of something else. There's not a single...
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Young, emerging or ready? For early career artists, it's all in the labelling
What's in a name? Eleanor Turney asks if the labels attached to artist support schemes are useful indicators or ill-definedThe clash between creative work and bureaucracy is always going to present...
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Time for arts organisations to grow up
With a leaner ACE and impending arts cuts, Annabel Turpin calls for a change in the relationship between funder and fundedWhen the Arts Council announced their last review of regularly funded...
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Deaf theatre: 'we realised we can be political without a capital p'
After the glories of summer 2012, deaf arts champions talk to Laura Barnett about access, audiences and artistic visionIt's lunchtime at Heathlands, a school for deaf children and young people in St...
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Glasgow art galleries: a multi-tiered model for other cultural cities
The city's art scene still operates on a system of mutual support between artists at different career stages, says Claire BiddlesThe transformation of Glasgow from a post-industrial city to a cultural...
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Touring: the threat and the opportunity
Touring companies are feeling the sting of national and regional cuts, says Nick Williams, but could they be part of the solution?As the debate around arts funding continues to swirl, I am sitting at...
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Russian digital culture is warming up
Russia is ripe for creative exchange with the UK, says Abhay Adhikari, after working with 22 of its cultural entrepreneursThink Britain's going through a cold patch right now? It's got nothing on...
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2012: a good or bad year for culture and the arts? – live chat
From crippling arts cuts to the Cultural Olympiad, join us from noon on Friday 14 December to dissect a testing and turbulent year for arts and cultureWell what a year 2012 has been – over so fast and...
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In it together: re-inventing the theatre touring model
It's not all about the money, says Gavin Stride, who reveals how a new steering group is helping develop new audiencesWhen the Arts Council asked how organisations would respond to the five ambitions...
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Arts head: Tim Webb, artistic director, Oily Cart
The Guardian and Observer's Christmas charity appeal supports eight charities working to help people with a disability or long-term illness – Oily Cart theatre company is one of themTell us what's...
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New Year Honours: arts and heritage
Culture professionals and volunteers get a big showing in the 2013 New Year Honours– read the full list of recipientsKnighthood• Quentin Saxby Blake, illustrator – for services to illustration• John...
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Cambridge art scene: change in the air
With new galleries and art spaces popping up all over,Ruthie Collins explores a city in creative transitionCambridge is described in Rebecca Stott's novel Ghostwalk as "so pretty it's stifling" – long...
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Regional theatre and independent cinema: collaborating in a crisis
Could local cinemas be looking closer to home than the National and the Met when it comes to their cultural programming?It's just before Christmas and the bar at my local independent cinema is busy....
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Arts head: Gwen Yarker, honorary curator, Dorset County Museum
The recipient of the BEM in the New Year Honours talks about curatorship, community and the power of volunteersWhat is the history of the Dorset County Museum?It all began when Brunel extended the...
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