Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 19 March 2026, Northern Ireland

Children from Knocknagoney Nursery School and older people from Clifton House Care Home were brought together to engage in an arts performance of Shall we... together during the Belfast Children’s Festival last week, supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s National Lottery funding.

Creative New Zealand - Toi Aotearoa, 19 March 2026, New Zealand

Creative New Zealand, the national arts development agency, has today released two landmark strategies that set a new long-term direction for how the arts and ngā toi Māori (Māori arts) will be supported and developed.

Creative Scotland, 19 March 2026, Scotland

Glasgow International, Scotland’s biennial festival of contemporary art, announces the programme for its 11th edition, taking place between Friday 5 June and Sunday 21 June 2026.

Creative Australia, 19 March 2026, Australia

Creative Workplaces has commenced development of a national Code for the Australian contemporary music industry to support safer, more respectful and more inclusive workplaces.

Manatū Taonga - Ministry for Culture & Heritage, New Zealand, 18 March 2026, New Zealand

The Ministry's latest Cultural Participation Survey also shows that 65 percent of New Zealand creatives who use digital tools are now using generative artificial intelligence (AI). Nearly half use these tools to support or refine their ideas, one in three to produce art and creative work, and 14 percent to share their creations with a wider audience.

Government of Canada, 17 March 2026, Canada

From March 15 to 17, leaders from the cultural, technology, academic, civil society and government sectors came together at the first-ever National Summit on Artificial Intelligence and Culture to discuss and reflect on a shared vision for the future of culture in the age of artificial intelligence and to shape solutions that are innovative, responsible, and distinctly Canadian.