Future Arts Centres co-directors Annabel Turpin and Gavin Barlow introduce the Future Arts Centres model of change, a framework built from over 200 significant change stories gathered across the network. Rather than measuring impact through attendance or economic contribution, the model shows how arts centres create the conditions (welcome, safety, relationships, consistency) through which people … Read more
The Catalyst Craft Consortium – comprising of Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool; Craftspace, Birmingham; Devon Guild, Bovey Tracey, Devon; Manchester Craft & Design Centre; and Smiths Row, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk – has been working to develop skills and evidence to attract philanthropy and investment, and explore new areas of fundraising. The consortium commissioned this report to investigate the … Read more
A history of arts marketing going back to the 1970s and the lack of any marketing activity, through to the creation of marketing departments and consortia, to the present day’s audience development agencies. Followed by an exploration of how arts marketing strategies can use the Ansoff matrix (new and existing markets and products) and how … Read more
Discover a radical new revenue model for orchestras, which challenges the traditional ‘three legged stool’ revenue model and outlines a significantly different system operated by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
Twelve case studies of arts engagement projects working with older people and families in London. The case studies share the learning from Audiences London’s Family Advocates Programme, BAC’s work with non-professional older artists, a skills exchange with Building Exploratory, an architecture centre and Cubitt, a gallery and studios regarding work with older audiences, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Tate … Read more
This document brings together a vast body of research and experience to demonstrate how research can develop museums’ and galleries’ ambitions, vision, models and methodologies to enable a much more meaningful measure of impact and value.
An analysis of some London arts companies that have participation and engagement at the heart of their arts creation and delivery models. The review involved organisations that work in some of the most challenging circumstances possible in London – in prisons, in hostels for homeless people, in healthcare settings, in daycare centres for people affected … Read more
This report was commissioned by Arts Council England and the Turning Point Network to assist members of the network to review and strengthen their own business models. The primary focus of the report is on what these organisations could (and need) to change – rather than what is working well. The report offers several change recommendations … Read more
The break-out sessions at All About Audiences’ ‘adapting to survive’ conference in 2011 looked at Adaptive Resilience – and what assets you might have to help you; Designing for Resilience – what organisational structures define a resilient company; Creative Problem Solving- how to release innovative thinking in your team; Collaborative Working – looking at the … Read more
The All About Audiences conference in 2011 was framed by the increasing funding crisis in the arts. Arts marketers heard from keynote speakers Ivan Lewis MP (Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport), Mark Robinson (Founder and Director of Thinking Practice). Susan Royce (Change Management Consultant) and Paul Smith (Executive Director of Liverpool … Read more