Brandis proposes funding shake-up
Sydney Biennale’s decision to cut ties with one of its key sponsors has prompted Australian arts minister George Brandis to call for changes to funding … Read more
Funding
OzAsia launches new fundraising strategy
OzAsia Festival, the Adelaide-based event celebrating engagement with Asian arts, is encouraging businesses and individuals to support its work through a new fundraising scheme. It’s … Read more
Creative Europe funding: an insider’s guide
The European Union’s new funding framework for culture and media, Creative Europe, is now open to proposals from organisations across the continent. Here, industry insiders … Read more
Will data sharing rules threaten funding?
Arts Council England is to introduce new conditions to funding, forcing its national portfolio organisations to share their audience data. But it’s a rule that … Read more
How to build a dance company
Despite the global recession and tight arts budgets, Shaun Parker turned his dream of launching a dance company into a quirky troupe that’s turning heads. … Read more
Campaigners celebrate end of Shell’s Southbank sponsorship
Campaigners and climate activists have welcomed the end of Royal Dutch Shell’s association with Southbank Centre. The London venue’s 2014-15 classical season, announced earlier this … Read more
Major investment for Ohio State arts district
Ohio State University is to invest up to USD200m (€147m) to make arts ‘the public face of the university’. The first phase of a major … Read more
Applications open for UK travel grant
The UK-based music agency Sound and Music and the British Council have opened applications for the British Council Travel Grant. Open to British contemporary music … Read more
ACE appoints philanthropy director
Clare Titley has been appointed director of philanthropy at Arts Council England. Titley is currently assistant director of development at Welsh National Opera, and will … Read more
Brussels Philharmonic Foundation announces first investors
A unique collaboration between private bank Puilaetco Dewaay, law firm Delboo Deknudt and the Brussels Philharmonic has received its first series of investments. The Brussels … Read more