This year Finger in the Pie launched a new competition as part of our Mimetic festival to help fund two new pieces of theatre. Here’s some of the thinking behind it. We believe in the importance of supporting new work. We’re well aware of how hard it is to get new projects off the ground. […]
BFI over the barrel on Unpaid Internships
It appears the rumblings about unpaid internships continue afresh this week… It’s the countdown to the biggest celebration of the [Read More]
Could Crowd Funding a New Future for The Arts Council?
Artists Anonymous’ Alexander Parsonage argues Arts Council England could use the Crowd Funding Model to give control of arts subsidy [Read More]
Arts Council Introduce New Safeguards on Job Adverts
Implications of new Minimum Wage enforcement on Arts Jobs website. This month Arts Council England (ACE) launched the new version [Read More]
A Cabbie in Prague: High Arts For All
High arts for all – a window on a lost world. Last week I wrote a piece inspired by an [Read More]
Arts Funding as Propaganda
Capitalist vs Socialist Arts I recently stumbled across a thirties propaganda postcard. It shows on the left hand pane a [Read More]