Arts Council England

IVE has issued an urgent call for support, including a £20,000 fundraiser.placeholder image

Charity which helps children explore climate solutions at risk of collapse

Cut Bridge.placeholder image

Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Repairs begin on cast iron bridge at gallery

Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, spoke at the launch of the new report, which took place at The Lowry in Salford.placeholder image

Report outlines plan to unlock money and opportunities for creative industries

Sing Out 2023placeholder image

Sponsors announced: Doncaster Music Hub Big Sings 2024

ETO already visits Sheffield,placeholder image

English Touring Opera announces it is relocating to Sheffield

Alan Lane at the Slung Low Theatre Company in Holbeck. PIC: Tony Johnsonplaceholder image

Why I fear Dame Mary Archer is speaking to the wrong people - Alan Lane

The Point, home of darts - Doncaster's creative health charityplaceholder image

New green funding for The Point in Doncaster

Henry Moore's Two Large Forms at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Picture Bruce Rollinsonplaceholder image

Investing in Yorkshire's culture brings benefits worth celebrating: Pete Massey

Artist from street performance group Dogs of Doom during the Freedom Festival in Hull. Picture date: Sunday September 3, 2023. PA Photo. Running from August 30th to September 3rd, Freedom Festival is one of the leading arts festivals in the North of England. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wireplaceholder image

Freedom Festival plans 'to grow beyond Hull'

Northern Ballet headquarters at Quarry Hill in Leedsplaceholder image

The Northern Ballet in Leeds could end live music and will 'reassess touring'

Northern Ballet dancers performing in The Great Gatsby. Photo Johan Perssonplaceholder image

Northern Ballet’s decision to cut live music described as 'cultural vandalism'

The moment Bradford found out that it had been awarded 'City of Culture 2025' in Centenary Square. PIC: Bruce Rollinsonplaceholder image

Bradford 2025 will show that it is a district of doers - Bex Williams

People in Bradford celebrate after finding out it had been crowned UK City of Culture 2025. Picture by Bruce Rollinson.placeholder image

Bradford 2025: Cost of UK City of Culture celebration revealed

Darren Henley is chief executive of Arts Council England.placeholder image

Why we're investing £5m of new funding into Bradford 2025 - Darren Henley

Yorkshire is a cultural powerhouse in this country. The names on book spines in libraries, those attached to artworks in galleries, and those below headshots in theatre programmes show the talent of this county’s sons and daughters. It is perhaps no surprise then Yorkshire can boast of, not one, but two UK City of Culture winners.

Darren Henley

Pete Massey from the Arts Council, Dan Bates and Shanaz Gulzar from Bradford 2025 and Culture Minister Stuart Andrewplaceholder image

Bradford awarded £10 million to help put on City of Culture performances

Joseph Middleton, pianist and director of Leeds Lieder, performing with Dame Sarah Connolly in April 2021. Picture: Justin Sleeplaceholder image

Leeds Lieder returns with an impressive line-up of world-class performers

Utopia Theatre is based in Sheffield. Photo: Tim Goode/PA Wireplaceholder image

Why Utopia Theatre is committed to opening up the arts to African audiences

Flamingos at The Bird Garden at Harewood Houseplaceholder image

Harewood House confirms closure date for Bird Garden after 53 years

L to R, Darren Henley (CEO of Arts Council England), Sir Peter Bazalgette (former chair of ITV plc, chair of Creative Industries Council), Robin Cramp (Business Development Manager at Production Park and XPLOR)placeholder image

'You are taking Yorkshire to the rest of the world'

Bird keeper Aby Crake with a pink macaw at the bird garden at Harewood Houseplaceholder image

Harewood House in Yorkshire announces closure of Bird Garden attraction

Paul Fleming of Equity.placeholder image

Art needs more than the 'lipstick on the pig of austerity' - Paul Fleming

Members of the English National Opera take part in rehearsals. PIC: Ian West/PA Wireplaceholder image

Moving the ENO to Manchester is an ill-conceived idea - Stuart Murphy

The moment Bradford foud out that it had been awarded 'City of Culture 2025' in Centenary Square. PIC: Bruce Rollinsonplaceholder image

Investment in creative organisations can make a difference - Darren Henley

11 Million Reasons to Dance. Photo: Sean Goldthorpeplaceholder image

Arts Council England funds a ‘breathtaking’ amount to new organisations

Jonny Best, Artistic Director of Yorkshire Silent Film Festival. Image: Robin Zahlerplaceholder image

Silent film festival to share the drama and intrigue of the silent era

The world-famous Brighouse and Rastrick Band is set to perform a new score as the first ever all-brass soundtrack for a silent film at the upcoming Yorkshire Silent Film Festival.

ruby kitchen

The Power of Performance: This Is Usplaceholder image

Ad Feature Rugby League World Cup: Cultural Festival volunteer performers wanted

James Capperplaceholder image

Rotherham families have their chance to make mark on sculpture

Co-director Helen Meller at Lumb Bank in Heptonstall, Hebden Bridgeplaceholder image

Building owned by Ted Hughes to be turned into 'beacon for Northern voices'

File photo dated 15/10/2021 of Culture Secretary Nadine Dorriesplaceholder image

Extra £75million for arts and culture outside London, Ministers announce

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries today sets out her plan to distribute arts funding more equally around Britain to end a North-South funding divide.placeholder image

Arts: My plan to end North-South funding divide – Nadine Dorries

Janet Sewell in the long coridoor leading to the Cold War Underground bunker at Holmpton near Hull she was an ADO at RAF Holmpton from 1959-1973 Picture: Gary Longbottomplaceholder image

Exhibition reveals forgotten story of women who watched skies in Cold War

Light Night Leeds. Picture: Tony Johnson.placeholder image

Arts funding makes a real difference to Yorkshire venues - Sarah Maxfield

The 1066 Battle of Stamford Bridge Heritage Society was awarded £4,180 by Humber Museums Partnership.placeholder image

Battle of Stamford Bridge Heritage Society scoops funding for pop-up museum proj...

Mina Hayati community engagement officer pictured with a miner's lunchbox by the empty display cabinets in the back of the van of the Moving Museum. Picture Tony Johnsonplaceholder image

Exploring untold history of Doncaster's hidden heritage with moving museum

Paul Fleming, general secretary of Equityplaceholder image

Yorkshire 'losing out because of East-West divide in culture funding'

York Mystery Plays. Picture: Gerard Binks.placeholder image

New York culture strategy up to 2025 hopes to unlock benefits of the arts for al...

The money will help the North York Moors Historical Railway Trust maintain skilled staff and care for the historic locomotives in its collectionplaceholder image

Railway trust to get almost £2m in funding to save historic locomotives

Harkin is among three Yorkshire-based artists to benefit from grants from the PRS Foundation.placeholder image

Grants boost for Yorkshire musicians from PRS Foundation

Around 16p was received per person of Arts Council England Project Grants in Selby last year - among the least in England. Picture: Gary Longbottom.placeholder image

Wide disparity in Yorkshire communities receiving Arts Council England grants

National Poetry Day takes place on an annual basis, celebrating and embracing poetry in all its forms, encouraging others to do the same (Photo: Shutterstock)placeholder image

Here’s when National Poetry Day 2020 will take place - and how to get involved

Arts Council England chief executive Darren Henley, who has said that "an investment in culture is an investment in our high streets".placeholder image

Arts sector's adjustment to new reality is 'inspiring' - Yvette Huddleston

Arts have the power to 'revitalise' high streets, the report said. Picture: JPiMediaplaceholder image

Key role of arts' to in 'revitalising' Yorkshire's high streets

Hull City of Culture 2017placeholder image

Arts Council urged to spend same on culture in the North as it does in London

The Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth, near Keighleyplaceholder image

Bronte Parsonage Museum confirm they are in consultation over staff redundancies

Pictured, willow weaver, Leilah Vyner of Dragon Willow with her living willow sculptures installed in at Sands Recreation Ground in Holmfirth as part of the Holmfirth Arts festival. Photo credit: Tony Johnson/JPIMediaResellplaceholder image

Striking sculptures spring up in West Yorkshire as part of iconic arts festival

Grand Opera House, York. The region's cultural industries face uncertain times. Picture: James Hardisty.placeholder image

Government's Culture Recovery Board 'looks like Notting Hill dinner guest list'

Northern Ballet at the Leeds Grand Theatre. Picture: Tony Johnson.placeholder image

Yorkshire's arts 'not a luxury' in recovery from pandemic, says Jo Stevens MP

Max May, CEO of Rural Arts in Thirsk. Pic: Gary Longbottomplaceholder image

Yorkshire charity's plan to keep rural areas connected and creative in lockdown

An architect's visualisation of the redeveloped Opera North estate, showing the Howard Assembly Room, new restaurant, box office and atrium on the left and the Howard Opera Centre on the right. Credit: Opera North.placeholder image

How Leeds cultural gem Opera North is 'revitalising a neglected part of New Brig...

Alan Lane head of Slung Low Theatre Company, Bath Road, Leeds.30th July 2018 ..Picture by Simon Hulmeplaceholder image

How Leeds scheme shows bringing culture to the masses is within reach: Alan Lane

Abigail Prudames as Marilla with Northern Ballet dancers in David Nixon's The Little Mermaid. Photo Emma Kauldhar.placeholder image

How a north-south funding gap makes it hard for Leeds' North Ballet to keep in s...

Abigail Prudames as Marilla with Northern Ballet dancers in David Nixon's The Little Mermaid. Photo Emma Kauldhar.placeholder image

How a north-south funding gap makes it hard for Leeds' Northern Ballet to keep i...

The boy band One Direction made their name on The X Factor.placeholder image

The X Factor requires this change of tune from Simon Cowell to help talented you...

News you can trust since 1754
Follow us
©National World Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.Cookie SettingsTerms and ConditionsPrivacy notice