Executive summary of report evaluating the Wales in Venice project since 2009.
Write-up of research project examining the ways in which two of Tate’s 2014 ticketed exhibitions created value for audiences.
Essay focusing on interactions between women artists, exploring how collaboration impacted the work of art and created a feminist politics.
Joint ACE and British Council commissioned evaluation of the International Artists Development Fund.
Solid dense report providing quantitative data on the who, what, why, when and how of the arts in Wales.
investigation into qualifications which support the creative and cultural industries, and recommendations for future development.
Consultancy research based on a sector survey with questions covering fundraising, partnership development and earned income.
Based on learning from the first eighteen months of the Paying Artists initiative, the paper provides a draft exhibition fee framework, with recommendations and guidance for implementing this.
Looks at who is participating in four of the sectors DCMS has responsibility for: Arts, Heritage, Museum and galleries and Libraries, including information by key demographics.
Looks at adult engagement with the arts through attendance at and participation in arts events.
One page headline figures for Digital Engagement 2015-2016.
One page headline figures for Culture 2015-2016.
One page headline figures for Arts 2015-2016.
Researched by Creative United in partnership with ArtTactic, investigates the characteristics and dynamics of the contemporary art market in the UK.
Second learning summary of the first three years of the Creative People and Places initiative.
Presents the findings of the 3-year Cultural Value Project, which attempted to understand the value of arts and culture; and the difference they make to individuals and to society.
Initiated by a-n and CVAN, with contributions from Scottish Artists Union, Engage and other key organisations, the UK’s visual arts sector made a joint submission to the Treasury Spending Review in Autumn 2015 outlining a number of key recommendations to help better support the sector.
Government visa policy for visiting artists and entertainers.
Informative document detailing ethos and six funding priorities for the Foundation.
Summary of the first sector consultations that took place as part of the Paying Artists campaign on the issue of paying artists who exhibit in publicly-funded galleries.
This report deconstructs the Paying Artists case studies, published in 2014, to highlight emerging themes and show how some galleries are already demonstrating transparency. Useful for galleries wishing to develop their own fair pay policies.
Report of a one-year Creative Scotland funded project that investigated the “collective” business model for designer-makers in Scotland.
Commissioned by a-n from freelance arts writer and researcher Dany Louise, this paper shows how visual arts organisations in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland have approached advising on visual artists’ day rates, as well as a comparator organisation in Canada […]
The final document in a trilogy from three respected researchers.
Arts Council Wales Corporate Plan from 2013 – 2018.
An index of visual arts research, cultural policy, strategy and commentary collated from organisations across the UK creative sector.
Research topics include:
Creative industries
Cultural policy
Cultural value
Education
International contexts
Leadership
Participation
Public realm
Regeneration
Working practice
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