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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 12h

Don't miss: Director of Development, Koestler Arts, London. Salary: £45,000 - 50,000. #artsjobs

Director of Development - Arts Professional

Koestler Arts is seeking an experienced fundraiser to join its leadership team as Director of Development (maternity cover).

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 15h

Ireland’s basic income scheme for artists (BIA) is to become a permanent fixture, with research showing that every €1 of public money invested in its pilot form, wider society received €1.39 in return.

Ireland eyes permanent status for basic income for artists - Arts Professional

Ireland's basic income scheme for artists (BIA) is to become a permanent fixture, with research showing that every €1 of public money invested in its pilot

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 1d

Bicester Village boss reappointed to National Gallery board www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces

Bicester Village boss reappointed to National Gallery board - Arts Professional

JAMES LAMBERT has been reappointed as trustee to the National Gallery by the Prime Minister, Sir KEIR STARMER.

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 1d

A body that advises the government on immigration will spend the next eight months considering whether to recommend a visa exemption allowing dancers, writers, and photographers to come to the UK without degree-level skills.

Creative sector must 'come together' to give artists easier access to visas - Arts Professional

A body that advises the government on immigration will spend the next eight months considering whether to recommend a visa exemption allowing dancers,

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 1d

Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) will not be accepting new applicants to its £6.5 million Arts Fund until at least April 2027 due to “unprecedented demand”. #NewsInBrief

Arts fund closes to new applicants due to ‘immense’ demand - Arts Professional

Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) will not be accepting new applicants to its £6.5 million Arts Fund until at least April 2027 due to “unprecedented demand”.

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 1d

The Royal College of Art (RCA) is to make a “major investment” in its future with a redesign of its Kensington campus. #NewsInBrief

Royal College of Art heralds beginning of £90m upgrade - Arts Professional

The Royal College of Art (RCA) is to make a "major investment" in its future with a redesign of its Kensington campus.

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 1d

Supporting those exiting the criminal justice system into a career in an industry hampered by skills gap concerns seems like “a no-brainer”, the executive director of a new charity has said.

Theatre and prison leaver link a clear fix for skills gap, charity leader says - Arts Professional

Supporting those exiting the criminal justice system into a career in an industry hampered by skills gap concerns seems like "a no-brainer", the executive

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 1d

Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) will not be accepting new applicants to its £6.5 million Arts Fund until at least April 2027 due to “unprecedented demand”.

Arts fund closes to new applicants due to ‘immense’ demand - Arts Professional

Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) will not be accepting new applicants to its £6.5 million Arts Fund until at least April 2027 due to “unprecedented demand”.

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 2d

The creative industries supported 17,000 more jobs between April 2024 and March this year than the same period a year prior, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) data shows.

Creative industries employment levels experience modest rise - Arts Professional

The creative industries supported 17,000 more jobs between April 2024 and March this year than the same period a year prior, Department for Culture, Media and

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 2d

Creative Scotland hire impresses with ’empathy for artists’ www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces

Creative Scotland hire impresses with 'empathy for artists' - Arts Professional

BEN TORRIE has been named Creative Scotland’s head of theatre, moving from Aberdeen Performing Arts, where he spent 18 years, including 12 years as director

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 2d

Historic Royal Palaces recruit to ensure site remains a ‘world-class’ visitor destination www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces

Historic Royal Palaces recruit to ensure site remains a 'world-class' visitor destination - Arts Professional

Northern Irish estate Hillsborough Castle and Gardens is to welcome its new head from January, celebrating the incoming leader's "wealth of experience across

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 2d

The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge is pioneering a radical and potentially transformative approach to museum-based research and programming, as Kate Noble explains.

Creating belonging: Museums as spaces for community knowledge-making - Arts Professional

The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge is pioneering a radical and potentially transformative approach to museum-based research and programming, as Kate Noble explains.

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 2d

Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) will not be accepting new applicants to its £6.5 million Arts Fund until at least April 2027 due to “unprecedented demand”. #NewsInBrief

Arts fund closes to new applicants due to ‘immense’ demand - Arts Professional

Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) will not be accepting new applicants to its £6.5 million Arts Fund until at least April 2027 due to “unprecedented demand”.

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 2d

Fringe Society executive to head up Edinburgh Lyceum www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces

Fringe Society executive to head up Edinburgh Lyceum - Arts Professional

LYNDSEY JACKSON has been named the next executive director at the Royal Lyceum Edinburgh, taking up the post full-time from January next year.

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 2d

A “power through” mentality is pressuring women working in theatre to remain resilient rather than ask for help, a report claims. #NewsInBrief

Women face culture of 'fear and silence' around health in theatre - Arts Professional

A "power through" mentality is pressuring women working in theatre to remain resilient rather than ask for help, a report claims.

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 2d

Bradford Arts Centre appoints communications expert to board amid venue relaunch www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces

Bradford Arts Centre appoints communications expert to board amid venue relaunch - Arts Professional

Bradford Arts Centre has welcomed a new chair and trustee, as the organisation marks the reopening of its venue following a £7.9 million transformation.

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 2d

A new cultural and placemaking organisation has launched the first season of a three-year programme aimed at transforming the east London borough of Havering. #NewsInBrief

Havering unveils £1.73m cultural strategy to ‘reimagine’ borough - Arts Professional

A new cultural and placemaking organisation has launched the first season of a three-year programme aimed at transforming the east London borough of Havering.

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 2d

National Theatre refreshes producing team after restructure announcement www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces

National Theatre refreshes producing team after restructure announcement - Arts Professional

TIM LEVY is to become director of commercial producing at the National Theatre (NT), weeks after the organisation announced a restructure.

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 3d

New job #ad: Director of Development, Koestler Arts, London. Salary: £45,000 - 50,000. #artsjobs

Director of Development - Arts Professional

Koestler Arts is seeking an experienced fundraiser to join its leadership team as Director of Development (maternity cover).

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 3d

British and Indian cinema leaders have agreed to work together to boost international co-production and commemorate film heritage. #NewsInBrief

BFI and Indian equivalent join forces on film production - Arts Professional

British and Indian cinema leaders have agreed to work together to boost international co-production and commemorate film heritage.

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 3d

A new programme - Black Country Digital Firsts - shows how even modest support for artists in under-represented regions can unlock remarkable creativity, build confidence and generate lasting cultural impact, argues Rob Lindsay of The Space.

The Black Country: Unlocking creative voices - Arts Professional

A new programme - Black Country Digital Firsts - shows how even modest support for artists in under-represented regions can unlock remarkable creativity, build confidence and generate lasting cultural...

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 3d

Theatre open after 7-year revamp names chair for ‘next phase’ www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces

Theatre open after 7-year revamp names chair for 'next phase' - Arts Professional

A theatre that reopened this year following a seven-year revamp has appointed a former real-estate lawyer as chair.

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 3d

The number of staff members choosing to leave Norwich Theatre behind them has more than halved since the organisation committed to a pay rate tied to the cost of living.

Norwich Theatre credits wage rise for thousands saved in staff turnover costs - Arts Professional

The number of staff members choosing to leave Norwich Theatre behind them has more than halved since the organisation committed to a pay rate tied to the cost

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 3d

Former BBC commissioner joins Arts Council Wales www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces

Former BBC commissioner joins Arts Council Wales - Arts Professional

CHRISTINA MACAULAY has been named a new member of the Arts Council of Wales (ACW), following an open competition that ran earlier this year.

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 3d

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