Tag Archives: Arts Council England

Shifting Sands

Posted on January 1, 2012 by lindaessig

Happy New Year!  I started Creative Infrastructure one year ago yesterday to enter an ongoing conversation about the infrastructure for art, the arts, artistic creativity, and arts education.  Public policy is one element of that infrastructure, and an area of … Continue reading →

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Publicly Financed Film Wins Best Picture Oscar!

Posted on February 27, 2011 by lindaessig

By the time you read this, you will likely already know that “The King’s Speech” won the Oscar for Best Picture.  What you may not know is that the film was, in part, publicly funded through the UK Film Council. … Continue reading →

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Half Full or Half Empty

Posted on January 21, 2011 by lindaessig

  NEA research director Suyin Iyengar posted an interesting report today.  It’s really a “report on a report” by the Arts Council England about online engagement with arts and culture.  The report indicates that 53% of people online “used the … Continue reading →

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