Professional development
Explore free training opportunities, online learning events and other sector resources to support our arts professional community to build skills, share new ideas and make connections for the future.
Explore free training opportunities, online learning events and other sector resources to support our arts professional community to build skills, share new ideas and make connections for the future.
Published by the National Museum Directors’ Council with support from DCMS and the Museums and Galleries Working Group, these guidelines are intended to help those in the museum sector in England understand how to work safely during the Covid-19 pandemic.
A new formal membership network providing peer support for people in the UK working with LGBTQ+ collections and histories, developed by a collective body of organisations, led by the National Trust.
In response to the Covid-19 crisis, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft turned to Art Fund for a small project grant to help realise #CreateToRelate – an online programme of talks, workshops and events led by artists, craftspeople and art historians aimed at audiences unable to visit during lockdown.
Glasgow International is the largest annual festival for contemporary visual art in Scotland. Each edition welcomes around 250,000 visits to exhibitions at venues across the city. In response to the Covid-19 crisis, Glasgow International took the difficult decision to postpone the festival five weeks before it was scheduled to open.
Read our reports into key areas of concern within the museum sector, for insights and practical advice you can use in your own organisation.
16 June 2020
Following our recent research into the impact of the pandemic on the cultural sector, Art Fund’s revised funding programme will provide support and resources to museums and galleries across the UK as they look to navigate an uncertain future.
28 May 2020
Summary of recent research offers insights into how the pandemic has impacted museums and galleries, what museums need, and how Art Fund support can be adapted over the coming weeks and months.
15 May 2020
Art Fund’s survey on the challenges facing museums and galleries as a result of Covid-19 was designed to ensure that our funding could be adapted over the coming weeks and months to offer support where it is needed most. Our director of programme and policy, Sarah Philp, shares a summary of the key findings.
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