Blog

International Agent | Flexit - Working on EU Projects

July 30, 2019

Jonathan Goodacre

Jonathan Goodacre discusses some of the core arts funding streams to emerge from Europe and their role in driving forward recent innovations in our field.

The Learning Diaries | Research for Everyone: participatory research and evaluation

May 24, 2019

Sophie Hobson

Research Assistant, Sophie Hobson, reflects on the particularities and similarities of creating participatory research experiences that are accessible for people with autism.

The Learning Diaries | Engaging families and communities with outdoor arts

May 10, 2019

Maya Sharma, Consultant, Diversity and Inclusion, discusses new guidance from the Forestry England on how to engage families and communities with wild spaces through arts.

The Learning Diaries | Highlights from the Family Arts Campaign 2019 conference

February 21, 2019

Margot Walker

Our agents talk full-family approaches to engaging kids with disabilities and the value of intergenerational learning.

The Learning Diaries | Nothing About Us, Without Us

February 19, 2019

Kerry Massheder-Rigby

Our newest Junior Consultant, Kerry, talks toolkits and tips for best engagement practice with Deaf and disabled audiences.

The Learning Diaries | Top Tips for Commissioning Research and Evaluation

February 18, 2019

Dan Cowley

A tick list of top tips for making sure you’re getting the most for your money when putting together a brief.

International work | Visual arts audiences in Palestine

December 18, 2018

Who is the audience of the visual arts scene in Palestine? What do we know about it and how do we develop our relationship with it?

The Learning Diaries | From Participant to Partner

December 11, 2018

Ashleigh Hibbins

How organisations are rethinking their assumptions about disability.

The Learning Diaries | Connecting young people to their rural communities

December 10, 2018

A spotlight on Great Place Lakes and Dales.

The Learning Diaries | Welcoming new perspectives into your workforce

December 7, 2018

Lucie Fitton

A practical positive action recruitment resource from the British Museum.

The Learning Diaries | What can we learn about arts engagement from Europe’s youngest city?

October 23, 2018

Ashleigh Hibbins

Ashleigh reflects on Beatfreeks' 2018 Youth Trends Report and Summit and what she learnt from young people from Birmingham

The Learning Diaries | Evaluation with blind and visually impaired audiences

October 16, 2018

Maya Sharma shares her experience of evaluating an engagement project with blind and visually impaired audiences

The Audience Agency | Working Together: SSOs in Action

August 30, 2018

Anne Torreggiani

The Audience Agency CEO, Anne Torreggiani, lays out her plans for bigger better sector support and invites collaboration with fellow Sector Support Organisations.

Learning Diaries | Finding Family Audiences

August 30, 2018

Myfanwy-May Lambert

The Audience Agency and Family Arts Campaign are joining forces to help understand, embrace and engage family audiences.

The Audience Agency | Curated Collaboration

August 15, 2018

Culture 24, Collections Trust and The Audience Agency are working together to support the museums sector with a united front.

The Learning Diaries | 5 fantastic ways you can get young people to love evaluation.

July 31, 2018

Ashleigh Hibbins

Inspired by her recent work with the Wellcome Collection's youth teams, Ashleigh Hibbins walks us through her tried and tested tips to engaging young people with evaluation.

International Agent | Outdoor Arts - above and beyond audience development

July 30, 2018

Jonathan Goodacre

“Experiencing culture that is live and unique to a specific public space reminds us of the value of enjoying something together.”

The Learning Diaries | Centring Disabled Arts and Audiences

June 1, 2018

Ashleigh Hibbins

Ashleigh Hibbins and Maya Sharma share their recent learning around disabled access, audiences, artists and art.

The Learning Diaries | Audiences: Diversity and Representation

May 29, 2018

Lucie Fitton

Lucie Fitton and Gabrielle Young discuss great ideas that were generated at the recent Young people in the Arts event

The Learning Diaries | Engaging school pupils with an Autism Spectrum Disorder - Teacher Q&A

April 20, 2018

Lucie Fitton

An interview by Lucie Fitton, Head of Learning and Participation, with Lilian Cooper.

The Learning Diaries| SHIFT Digital

April 17, 2018

Maya discusses the recent evaluation of Cheshire East Council's SHIFT programme, where creative and digital activities were used to bring about inter-generational learning.

The Learning Diaries | How far can we frame the participatory work in museums as research?

February 2, 2018

Maya reflects on a recent workshop hosted by the Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage at Leeds University

Lucie Fitton

Lucie Fitton writes about her experience as Course Leader for the British Council’s Cultural Skills International Museums Academy in Greece.

The Learning Diaries | Spread the Word

October 18, 2017

Engaging young people with libraries and spoken word...

The Learning Diaries | A look back at 2016

December 13, 2016

Katie Windsor takes a look back at 2016 through pictures...

The Learning Diaries | International Cultural Learning

December 12, 2016

Top Tips for delivering international cultural learning projects...

Top Tips | Audience Finder

November 25, 2016

Three parts of Audience Finder you may not have explored...

Top Tips | Survey Data Collection

October 27, 2016

Read our advice on how to make your survey collection easier

The Learning Diaries | From Participant to Attender

October 19, 2016

Supporting participants to become independent attenders...

The Learning Diaries | Engaging Visually Impaired Audiences

October 12, 2016

Lucie Fitton

Tips for effective ways to engage visually impaired audiences with theatre...

The Learning Diaries | Increasing audiences for disability arts

August 12, 2016

How to create and increase diverse audiences for disability arts...

The Learning Diaries | Getting Audience Feedback

August 9, 2016

Top tips for engaging participants and volunteers in getting audience feedback...

Top Tips | Audience Spectrum

July 28, 2016

How to use Audience Spectrum in Audience Finder in your everyday work.

The Learning Diaries | Developing school audiences

June 15, 2016

Dispelling some of the obscurity around engaging school audiences

The Learning Diaries | Supporting Young People's Learning

June 10, 2016

How much do arts in unusual spaces enhance young people's engagement?

The Learning Diaries | Get the most from co-produced content

June 3, 2016

Lucie Fitton

How much do visitors engage with co-produced content?

The Learning Diaries | Collaborating with artists through research

April 6, 2016

Lucie Fitton

How collaborating with artists can add value to research and evaluation...

International Agent | Flexit - Working on EU Projects

The Learning Diaries | Research for Everyone: participatory research and evaluation

The Learning Diaries | Engaging families and communities with outdoor arts

The Learning Diaries | Highlights from the Family Arts Campaign 2019 conference

The Learning Diaries | Nothing About Us, Without Us

The Learning Diaries | Top Tips for Commissioning Research and Evaluation

International work | Visual arts audiences in Palestine

The Learning Diaries | From Participant to Partner

The Learning Diaries | Connecting young people to their rural communities

The Learning Diaries | Welcoming new perspectives into your workforce

The Learning Diaries | What can we learn about arts engagement from Europe’s youngest city?

The Learning Diaries | Evaluation with blind and visually impaired audiences

The Audience Agency | Working Together: SSOs in Action

Learning Diaries | Finding Family Audiences

The Audience Agency | Curated Collaboration

The Learning Diaries | 5 fantastic ways you can get young people to love evaluation.

International Agent | Outdoor Arts - above and beyond audience development

The Learning Diaries | Centring Disabled Arts and Audiences

The Learning Diaries | Audiences: Diversity and Representation

The Learning Diaries | Engaging school pupils with an Autism Spectrum Disorder - Teacher Q&A

The Learning Diaries| SHIFT Digital

The Learning Diaries | How far can we frame the participatory work in museums as research?

The Learning Diaries | The wider appeal of culturally specific programming?

2018 arts and culture predictions

Learning Diaries | Rethinking Diversity

Learning Diaries | Community Engagement - it's all Greek to me

The Learning Diaries | Spread the Word

The Learning Diaries | A look back at 2016

The Learning Diaries | International Cultural Learning

Top Tips | Audience Finder

Top Tips | Survey Data Collection

The Learning Diaries | From Participant to Attender

The Learning Diaries | Engaging Visually Impaired Audiences

The Learning Diaries | Increasing audiences for disability arts

The Learning Diaries | Getting Audience Feedback

Top Tips | Audience Spectrum

The Learning Diaries | Developing school audiences

The Learning Diaries | Supporting Young People's Learning

The Learning Diaries | Get the most from co-produced content

The Learning Diaries | Collaborating with artists through research