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The Arts Council of Wales has welcomed the proposed creation of a Strategy Board under the Chairmanship of the Minister.

In December, the Scottish Executive published the draft Culture (Scotland) Bill.

As part of implementing the restructuring of Arts Council England’s national office, Augustus (Gus) Casely-Hayford has been appointed as Executive Director, Arts Strategy.

In response to the lack of affordable “wet & dirty” spaces in the area, artist Jackie Berridge has purchased the ground and first floor of a Victorian lace mill in Long Eaton, Nottingham, for conversion into studios.

The closure of renowned Dartington College of Art, Devon is threatened due to rising costs that estate owners Dartington Trust are unwilling to meet.

In December 2006, the UK government passed the Disability Discrimination Act. This requires all public bodies, including local authorities, educational institutions and others, to take proactive and mature approaches to meeting the social needs of disabled people, moving beyond a […]

Creative & Cultural Skills is hosting events around the UK in February and March.

London-based Matt’s Gallery is making an appeal to raise £40,000 towards continuation of its programme of exhibitions, publications and education.

Based in a former potato warehouse in Hull’s Fruitmarket area, Hull Art Lab (HAL) staged many challenging and disciplinary art events over the past two years.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and the Otolith Group, two winners from the recent Decibel awards for artists, are showing at the International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Seville.

A survey of 1,500 undergraduates commissioned by the Higher Education Policy Institute on Universities has indicated that the work put in by students in England varies greatly between both subjects and institutions, bringing the value of a degree into doubt.

Arts Council England has at last ventured into the world of open web-based debate as part of its review of the public value of the arts.

The next ARTfutures will be held at Bloomberg SPACE, London, 8-14 March.

Tragically, Deborah Rawson, founder and Executive Director of ETA (Empowering the Artist) died of a heart attack on 10 November 2006, aged forty-four.