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Changing face of artists’ employment
Exploring the effect of the economic recession on the livelihoods of artists in terms of access to employment and career opportunities.
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VAGA: Visual arts and the creative industries
Paper responding to the Shadow Culture Department’s request for contributions to a scoping of a creative industries policy review.
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Risky business
Demos publication that explores the two perspectives on the Creative Industries in 2011. While acknowledged as a strong economic growth sector, there is simultaneously a perception that business risks for creative industries are greater than those for other sectors.
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Making adaptive resilience real
Thoughtful paper by ex Director of ACE- North East, presenting his list of eight attributes required for organisations to be adaptive and resilient.
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Arts engagement in England 2008/09
Overview of findings from the Taking Part survey of 2008-09.
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Achieving great art for everyone: a review of research and literature to inform the Arts Council’s 10-year strategic framework
A review of research and literature to inform the Arts Council’s 10 year strategic framework.
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Evaluation of grants for the arts
Commissioned by ACE, the Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy researched how well the Grants for the Arts programme was meeting its stated objectives in 2010.
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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.
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Disconnected: social mobility and the creative Industries
Explores the barriers preventing greater equality of access to the creative and cultural sector.
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The visual arts blueprint: workforce development plan for the visual arts in the UK
Action plan that focuses on generic skills that artists need to underpin their careers in a complex environment.
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Arts engagement in England from 2005/06 to 2007/08
Findings from the first three years of the Taking Part survey.
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After the crunch
Leading creative industries figures give their response to the 2008 “credit crunch” and their thoughts about the future.
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Craft businesses thrive
2008 study by Cockpit Arts and Cities Institute at London Metropolitan University exploring business activity and performance in the craft sector.
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Attendance and participation in visual arts and crafts in England
Headline data from the Taking Part survey 2005-06
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Dance participation and attendance in England
Headline data from the Taking Part survey 2005-06
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Attendance and participation in theatre, street arts and circus in England
Headline data from the Taking Part survey 2005-06
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From indifference to enthusiasm: patterns of arts attendance in England
Including 2008-09 statistics, this analysis of Taking Part survey data on arts attendance in England is produced in partnership with Tak Wing Chan and John Goldthorpe from the University of Oxford.
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Attendance at music events and participation in musical activities in England
Headline data from the Taking Part survey 2005-06
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Reading, writing and attendance at literature events in England
Headline data from the Taking Part survey 2005-06
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Attendance at combined arts events in England
Headline data from the Taking Part survey 2005-06
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Art work in 2007
A review of the changing face of work for visual artists using a-n’s regularly researched and published information on jobs and opportunities. Presents an analysis of the key findings for 2007, concentrating on the work areas tracked since 1989, and opportunities such as fellowships, commissions, competitions, exhibitions and residencies.
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Creative industries in the rural East Midlands – regional study report
Overview of research on creative industries in rural areas of the East Midlands published in 2008. Draws together the data studies at district level and a series of case studies, with wider information from other research initiatives to provide analysis of key issues for rural policy making.
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Scotland’s creative industries
The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) response to the Scottish Funding Council’s request for advice on Scotland’s position in research relevant to the creative industries.
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Mapping the creative industries in the west of England
Burns Owens Partnership was commissioned to map the creative industries across the City of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset. Published 2007.
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Staying ahead: the economic performance of the UK’s creative industries
Part of the evidence base for the New Labour Creative Economy Programme, commissioned from The Work Foundation by DCMS in 2007.
