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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.

AAMC International Engagement Programme

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This programme is a collaboration between Art Fund and the US-based Association of Art Museum Curators Foundation, to enable UK curators to travel, network and deepen international relationships through creating opportunities for genuine exchange and learning.

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Local/Digital: Discovering Creative Communities

Watch this webinar from Art Fund exploring how museums are adapting to closures and restrictions, and reaching audiences in fascinating new ways.

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Case studies

Building a network for queer heritage

National Trust

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.

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Reaching audiences digitally during the Covid-19 crisis

Ditchling Museum of Arts + Craft

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.

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How an international visual arts festival went digital

Glasgow International

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.

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More learning resources for arts professionals

Museum Next

MuseumNext brings together a passionate community of museum leaders, makers and innovators to ask ‘what’s next for museums?' Discover and share new ideas with hundreds of free articles on marketing, digital, social impact and more from across the museum world, as well as an affordable bite-size YouTube strategy for museums course.

Remix

Explore the future of culture, technology and entrepreneurship with REMIX Academy - a new digital learning repository for the creative industries. Access 10+ hours of free hands-on webinars on topics from monetising content and utilising low-cost technologies, to rethinking the user experience from the ground up.

Arts Marketing Association

The AMA help people who work in arts and culture to reach more audiences through training and networking opportunities. They are currently offering a number of free live and recorded webinars and resources to help you during this time. Training topics include creating a marketing plan, social media analytics and getting to know your online audiences.

Museums + Heritage

The Museums + Heritage Show is the UK's largest free-to-attend annual trade exhibition to learn from and be inspired by sector experts and other heritage professionals. You can view recordings of the talks at the 2020 show and explore a number of other resources at Museums + Heritage Advisor.

AIM

AIM’s national conference in 2022 - Making it happen - will explore the vision for independent museums as they recover from the challenges of the pandemic. You can also explore various other resources online to support your organisation.

Museums Association

Explore the Museums Association website for a number of relevant articles and resources. From museum practice to the Museums Journal, you’ll find both member-only as well as free-to-all content and training opportunities. Their 2022 annual conference in Edinburgh will explore how museums can create better places to live and work.

The Audience Agency

The Audience Agency is a mission-led charity to enable cultural organisations to use their national data to increase their relevance, reach and resilience. The work as a partner with Art Fund with Art Tickets, which allows all Art Tickets users to access the Audience Finder platform. Their mission is a belief that arts, culture and heritage have the power to improve the quality of people’s lives, to create meaning and community, to promote empathy and learning. The more citizens are involved in shaping culture and taking part, the greater the power.

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