Research
Creative Industries
The art of living dangerously
Provocation urging all those working with arts and culture to rethink their contribution to a vision of sustainable development that benefits the whole of society.
Research
Leadership
Capital Matters – an analysis of financial capital in the Arts Council England RFO data
Although now out of date, this report is an interesting analysis by a Clore Fellow of financial data collected by ACE.
Research
Leadership
Working together to build financial resilience (2)
Second of two documents detailing a case study of how 11 organisations worked together for mutual financial benefit.
Research
Leadership
Working together to build financial resilience (1)
First of two papers providing case studies of how organisations can pool resources for mutual benefit.
Research
Leadership
Fuelling the Necessary Revolution
Guide for public and private funders to support best practice in collaborative working amongst creative practitioners and organisations.
Research
Cultural value
Capital Matters: How to build financial resilience in the UK’s arts and cultural sector
Thoughtful nuanced paper discussing the under-capitalisation of medium-sized arts and cultural organisations, and the “radical” changes required to address this situation.
Research
Working practice
Creative Capital: More financial tools for arts and cultural organisations
Put together by MMM, provides case stories to illustrate a range of non-grant financial mechanisms that can be used by creative practitioners and organisations.
Research
Cultural value
Measuring intrinsic value: how to stop worrying and love economics
In the context of entrenched misunderstandings between economists and arts policymakers, leaders and funders, this paper offers a provocative reconsideration of “outdated and poorly-informed prejudices” which lie behind this divide.
Research
Leadership
Rising to the occasion: cultural leadership in powerful times
Provocation published by Mission, Models, Money in 2007. Discusses six practical propositions to support the arts and cultural sector’s leadership role.
Research
Cultural value
New and alternative financial instruments
Analyses issues of crisis management in arts organisations and discusses alternative approaches to income generation.
Research
Leadership
New approaches to sustaining the arts in the United Kingdom
Written by consultant Adrian Ellis as a briefing towards a conference considering issues of sustainability for the arts in a time of rapid change.