IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 15 February 2018, International

February has kicked into high gear as arts councils and ministries of culture around the world release new policies and projects. In Chile the National Council of Culture and the Artslaunched the country’s National Culture Policy 2017-2022; in the USA the National Endowment for the Arts launched cross sector research projects and in Australia the Department of Communications and the Arts has anno…

IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 19 January 2018, International

Happy 2018! We hope you enjoyed the break and are looking forward to another year full of arts and cultural policy news. Since our last edition the music sector has been busy dominating the headlines, from current day Chinese Opera, to Norwegian folk, to recommendations for policy renewal.

Cygnor Celfyddydau Cymru - Arts Council of Wales, 20 December 2017, Denmark

Arts Council of Wales Chief Executive, Nick Capaldi, offers a personal reflection on a busy but productive 48 hour meeting in Aarhus.

IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 15 December 2017, International

ACORNS 370: 2017 Wrap Up + Women, Gender and Harassment

IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 15 December 2017, International

In October 2017 two articles published in the New York Times on Harvey Weinstein’s conduct towards numerous actresses attracted an unprecedented attention to sexual harassment around the world. The subsequent #metoo campaign swept through twitter and facebook and already in October 2017 it had reached 85 different countries and more than 1.7m tweets and millions of facebook posts. This lead to go…

IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 16 November 2017, International

All things data and digital are on our minds of late. We have started work on our forthcoming 2018 report on digitalisation and its impact on arts and culture support agencies; and data is proving a large part of our future thinking as we respond to member feedback and look at ways in which we can enhance our services.