Venues: Performing arts venues infrastructure policies
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D'Art Topic No.5: Performing arts venues infrastructure policies
Request date; February 2002
We have been asked by the Arts Council Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaion to assist with research on optimal provision levels of performing arts venues and facilities.
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Publications
The impact of ‘central places’ on spatial spending patterns: evidence from Flemish local government cultural expenditures
Analyses whether and how municipalities influence each other in this decision to spend resources on the arts. more >
Venues policies and programmes
A dedicated area of the Arts Council of Ireland's website where you can find goals, actions and publications relating the the Arts Council's venues policies. more >
Road to Rinks: Government Spending on Infrastructure in Canada, 1961 to 2005
Examines spending on cultural infrastructure across Canada. more >
Cultural Infrastructure: Working Bibliography
A working bibliography focussing on resources about planning for cultural facilities on a regional, city-wide, district, and neighbourhood basis. more >
Planning for Cultural Infrastructure on a Municipal or Regional Scale: Key Frameworks and Issues from the Literature
Explores the contributions of academic research and professional planning literature to understanding various approaches to, and issues involved in, planning for cultural infrastructure on a municipal or regional scale. more >
Framing Infrastructure in a Cultural Context: A National and International Policy Scan
Through a scan of online policy and program information, this paper explores uses of the term cultural infrastructure in Canadian federal policy and in policies and programs internationally. more >
Current Trends in Public Theaters and Concert Halls in Japan
An analysis of trends and impacts on the number and distribution of theatres and concert halls in Japan. more >
Performing Arts Venues Study - Managing Our Performance Spaces
Aims to give organizations that manage performing arts facilities in Canada guidance and tools that will help them assess the impact on their operations of any construction or renovation work or even of just simply managing such premises (for creation, production and/or performance). more >
The Performing Arts Spread Out: Geography of Performing Arts Organisations
The 1992 Census of Service Industries counted 12,286 performing arts organizations, up from 9,271 organizations counted in 1987. more >
News
New Framework for Arts Spaces
The National Arts Council (NAC) announced today a new framework for Arts Spaces to support the development needs of a growing and increasingly diverse arts sector, including new and emerging artists and arts groups. more >
Eight new projects supported by Scottish Arts Council Public Art Fund
Public art projects to be developed in locations throughout Scotland have been given a boost thanks to funding from the Scottish Arts Council’s new Public Art Fund. A total of £466k of National Lottery funds have been allocated to the projects which will investigate the possibilities for public art within beaches, woodland, schools, parks and a library, and include practice such as dance, performance, music and film along with visual arts. more >
Yemeni theater will not rise without efforts of dramatists themselves, says Culture Minster
At the ceremony, to launch a cultural centre, during theatre week, Minister of Culture Dr. Mohammed Abu-Bakr al-Maflhi called for a new theatrical era in Yemen. The ceremony was attended by the Deputy of Culture Minister, Dr. Ahmed Salim al- Qadhi and the Undersecretary of the Ministry for the Arts and Theater sector, Najeeba Haddad. more >
China officials to be punished for dance hall blaze
China's Ministry of Culture orders a national safety sweep on all cultural and performance facilities following a fire at an illegal dance club in southern China, just across the border from Hong Kong, which killed 43 mostly young people and injured 88. more >
More show venues soon
The Ministry of Culture is moving swiftly to address the shortage of venues to host major cultural shows across Barbados to allow the government to achieve its goals of unleashing the creativity in Barbadians. more >
A franchise model for the few-very few
The Bilbao effect - big-name architect, envelope-straining building, and high-profile cultural partner - does not seem easily replicable. You need at least five ingredients in the mix to replicate it. more >
Wales weighs in on future of art venues
The Welsh Government, in conjunction with the Arts Council of Wales, has released a report on the future display of art throughout the region. more >
Ireland releases Auditoria Report on arts venues
The Arts Council of Ireland has released the results of Auditoria - a review of planning, programming and provision for performing arts venues in Ireland held in 2001 and 2002. more >
Capital grants for Wales venues to improve access
The Arts Council of Wales has allocated £1 million in capital grants for venues to improve access for disabled people. more >
Singapore venue usage hits an all time high
The Singapore National Arts Council (NAC) has recently conducted an analysis of venue usage within the Singapore performing arts scene aimed at determining which venues are favoured by organisers, and the depth of venues available. more >
Art venues find funding, and visitors, hard to come by
Arts venues across the US are feeling a 9/11 pinch, as a downturn in tourism affects attendance. Worse, a recession and a bear market in stocks have affected private endowment funds and state budgets. more >
Want to tour in England? Arts venue info at a click
A new online arts database that looks set to make the lives of tour managers, promoters and producers much easier, has just completed its initial development phase and is in test mode. more >
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