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Director of Public Programmes
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Salary: Attractive package commensurate with skills and experience Location: London, United Kingdom
Director of Venues
BH Live
Salary: circa £70K (commensurate with experience) Location: Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Parkwood Theatres and Culture Graduate Scheme
Parkwood Leisure
Salary: £17,500 Location: Nationwide, United Kingdom
 
Arts & Culture news
Regional art suffers as London gets 90 per cent of all donations
According to new figures from Arts & Business, London receives 90 per cent of all donations to the arts across the UK. More>>
  
McGregor-Smith and Chowdhury appointed to DCMS board
Ruby McGregor-Smith and Ajay Chowdhury have been appointed as non-executive directors to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) board by culture secretary Maria Miller. More>>
 
Six major projects get £68m cash boost from HLF
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced initial support worth £68m for six major projects in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. More>>

09 May 2013
Preferred bidder announced to run Hazlitt Art Centre
Maidstone Borough Council has announced Parkwood Leisure its preferred bidder to run the town's Hazlitt Art Centre, which is expected to save the council £3.2m over the 15-year contract. More>>

08 May 2013
Art and culture sector's economic value analysed
Results from the first comprehensive analysis of the value of arts and culture to the national economy have been revealed, showing turnover in the sector to be £12.4bn. More>>

08 May 2013
BBC and Arts Council of Wales announce partnership
The Arts Council of Wales and BBC Cymru Wales have announced they are joining forces to grow digital and craft skills across the creative sector. More>>

08 May 2013
Host museums announced for Scottish intern programme
Twenty successful museum applicants have been announced for Museums Galleries Scotland's Intern Programme for 2013/14. More>>

08 May 2013
Welsh research reveals arts events attendance numbers
Research from Wales, reveals 80 per cent of children aged seven to 18 attend an art event at least once a year. More>>

08 May 2013
Local history project for Bradford lands funding
The Heritage Lottery Fund has appointed £38,900 to local history project Changing Bradford, which will examine South Asian culture in the city since the end of World War II. More>>

08 May 2013
HLF grant for Dundee's Verdant Works gallery project
Dundee Heritage Trust has received a £1.48m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the Verdant Works High Mill Open Gallery Project. More>>

03 May 2013
SMG given keys to Leeds Arena
Venue management group SMG has taken over control of Leeds arena - a 13,500-capacity indoor facility due to open in July 2013. More>>

02 May 2013
Aberdeen Art Gallery reveals £30m redevelopment plans
Aberdeen Art Gallery has revealed £30m plans to redevelop its premises, landing Heritage Lottery Fund support to progress the project. More>>

02 May 2013
City of Culture 2013 faces funding shortfall
This year's City of Culture, Derry-Londonderry, may have to scale back its programme of events due to a funding shortfall. More>>

01 May 2013
Fund launched to help communities celebrate Glasgow 2014
A new £4m fund has been launched in Scotland for communities wishing to celebrate Glasgow 2014 through sport, the arts, heritage, and local celebrations or events. More>>

25 Apr 2013
Culture sector needs to make economic case for itself
Culture secretary Maria Miller has called on the sector to make an economic case for investing in the arts in her first keynote address. More>>

25 Apr 2013
Poland launches museum of Jewish history
The Museum of the History of Polish Jews has now opened its doors, on the site of the World War II Warsaw ghetto. More than 2000 people from around the world attended the launch, on 19 April, the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. More>>

25 Apr 2013
New art gallery for Mexico City
Latin America’s largest private collection of art, the Jumex Collection, will have a new home in Mexico City by July. More>>

24 Apr 2013
Arts Council England reveals organisational changes
Arts Council England (ACE) has announced significant changes to its organisational structure, following an independent review undertaken by David Norgrove. Five area councils will replace the nine regional councils; London, South West, South East, Midlands and North. More>>

24 Apr 2013
South Devon Arts Centre gets go ahead for new facility
South Devon Arts Centre (SDAC) been given the green light by South Hams District Council for its plans to transform an empty industrial building in Totnes into a new arts and entertainment venue. More>>

24 Apr 2013
£200m Newcastle development gets under way at historic Stephenson Quarter
A landmark £200m Newcastle development is underway to transform Newcastle's historic Stephenson Quarter into a vibrant cultural, living and working area. More>>

23 Apr 2013
£4.5m Arts Centre planned for Ringwood
Ringwood Musical & Dramatic Society, in partnership with Greyfriars Community Centre, are planning to develop a new multi-use arts centre on the old Activities Centre site at Greyfriars. More>>

22 Apr 2013
Paul Hobson appointed Modern Art Oxford director
Contemporary arts space Modern Art Oxford has appointed Paul Hobson its new gallery director. Hobson will bring more than 20 years experience in the visual arts sector to the gallery including programme development, fundraising and income generation. More>>

12 Apr 2013
Art fund for older people launched
A new £1m fund aims to get older people living in residential homes involved in the arts, both as audience members and participants. More>>
 

11 Apr 2013
Museums Galleries Scotland allocates £500,000 in capital funding
Twenty-four successful applicants have been announced by Museums Galleries Scotland to receive a share of its £500,000 Capital Fund programme. More>>

11 Apr 2013
UK cultural attractions earning £100m a year from retail
British cultural attractions are earning more than £100m a year through retail sales generating essential additional income as many institutions face funding cuts. More>>

10 Apr 2013
Digital scheme for arts donations launched in London
The National Funding Scheme has launched a new initiative in London that enables people to make donations to cultural institutions via digital channels. More>>

05 Apr 2013
Wales invests £2m in museums, archives and libraries
Wales' has announced it will invest £2.17m in the country's museums, libraries and archives to make them more accessible to the public. More>>

04 Apr 2013
Jean-Luc Martinez the new head of the Louvre
The French Culture Ministry has this week appointed Jean-Luc Martinez the new head of the Louvre, taking over from Henri Loyrette, who has held the post since 2001. More>>

04 Apr 2013
New York's Queens Museum rebrands ahead of expansion
The former Queens Museum of Art has announced it is rebranding as it prepares to reopen in October following a US$68m (53m euro, £45m) 50,000sq ft (4,645sq m) expansion, which will see it double in size. More>>

03 Apr 2013
£5.5m boost for planned Manchester arts centre
A planned centre for international contemporary art, theatre and film at Manchester’s 20-acre First Street site has received a £5.5m funding boost from the Arts Council. More>>

03 Apr 2013
Finalists for Museum of the Year announced
England's first purpose built art gallery, a gallery dedicated to sculptor Barbara Hepworth and a London museum dedicated to music and anthropology are among the finalists for the Art Fund's 2013 Museum of the Year. More>>

28 Mar 2013
The Met, New York faces lawsuit over ticket prices
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is facing a lawsuit over signage reflecting the ticket price for entry, which lawyers argue deceives visitors into thinking the recommended price is compulsory. More>>

28 Mar 2013
MOCA endowment trebles to US$60m
Los Angeles' troubled Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) has revealed it has nearly tripled its endowment in just two weeks to US$60m (47m euro, £40m). More>>

26 Mar 2013
New arts space planned for Leeds Central Library
The viability of a small-scale performance hub and arts space at Leeds Central Library will be considered after the city's library and information service received £10,000 funding from the Arts Council. More>>

26 Mar 2013
Northern Ireland arts organisations land £13.6m funding
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has awarded £13.6m of funding to 109 arts organisations in its annual funding allocation. More>>

26 Mar 2013
London's Crossrail to incorporate large-scale art at stations
The team behind London's £14.8bn rail project Crossrail has revealed plans to host permanent large-scale public art across eight stations along the 118km route. More>>

25 Mar 2013
£4m fund announced for digitisation in arts and culture
A new £4m initiative funded by the Arts and Heritage Research Council, aims to develop ways for digital technologies to help communities explore their culture and heritage. More>>

25 Mar 2013
LA's Museum of Contemporary Art to remain independent
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) has rejected a proposal from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) to relieve it of its financial troubles in a takeover bid. More>>

25 Mar 2013
Birmingham Museums Trust joins the Google Art Project
Birmingham Museums Trust has joined the Google Art Project, contributing 127 works by 17 artists to the online collection. More>>

25 Mar 2013
The Vatican to set up pavilion at Venice Biennale 2013
The Vatican will host a pavilion at the Venice Biennale this year - the first time in its 84-year history as an independent state. More>>

22 Mar 2013
New York's Met Museum to open seven days a week from July
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will open seven days a week from 1 July, following record-breaking attendance last year. More>>

19 Mar 2013
Wymondham Abbey to get upgrade
A £2.5m project to transform the visitor experience at Norfolk’s 900-year-old Wymondham Abbey is now able to go ahead due to Heritage Lottery Funding worth £1.5m. More>>

19 Mar 2013
Construction begins on Glasgow's Theatre Royal
Construction is now underway on an £11.5m project to create a dramatic new entrance at Glasgow's Theatre Royal and provide more public space at the venue. More>>
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