The Insights Alliance (Baker Richards, Indigo and One Further) present the findings of the second wave of Missing Audiences research. Missing Audiences was created to find out more about how audiences are feeling about attending cultural events and venues following the pandemic.

The Insights Alliance (Baker Richards, Indigo and One Further) look back on 18 months of data gathered directly from cultural audiences – the fluctuations in confidence levels, the key dividing issues and the lessons we’ve learnt along the way.

Creative People and Places in Lockdown: responses and learning is a short series of  five case studies that explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on CPP projects and how they responded. Each of the five case studies explores a different theme. In the fifth case study Kathryn Welch reflects on some of the themes ... Read more

The May 2021 findings from the Culture Restart research by the Insights Alliance, a partnership between Baker Richards, Indigo and One Further. The research supports cultural organisations at all stages of reopening, and will track customer sentiment over six months, giving organisations instant access to audience insight and building a national picture for the benefit of the whole sector.

Research from the Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s Cultural Sector Network, RAISE: Arts, Culture & Heritage, The University of Sheffield’s Management School and the University of Kent highlights how arts and cultural fundraisers were impacted by and managed the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

A new study released by TRG Arts and UK arts data specialists Purple Seven, Green Shoots in April 2021?, is based on data collected from the COVID-19 Sector Benchmark, an initiative led by TRG Arts and Purple Seven, which has grown into the largest global arts and cultural consumer dataset in the industry. Data from venues in ... Read more

Like most arts organisations in the UK, the Covid-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on the activities of Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT). However, the team at BOAT have shown remarkable resilience in implementing changes and learnings into their work throughout the past year, in order to safely welcome families back to their open ... Read more

Kizzie Burkett, Account Manager at the international arts and live entertainment marketing agency AKA outlines 17 productive and real actions you can take now to enable you to put your best foot forwards before reopening.

In 2019, the Family Arts Campaign began a three-year Local Family Arts Network Ambassador programme with the aim of supporting Network capacity and collaboration towards increasing engagement with diverse families. Three case studies examine how three of these Ambassador-led Networks explored ways of reaching families in need during the Covid-19 pandemic by creating physical arts ... Read more

The digital agency Substrakt organised a roundtable to reflect on the different ways organisations have responded during the Covid-19 pandemic. They gathered a range of industry professionals from various organisations across the UK, USA and Canada to share their own experiences using digital in new ways, on the new ideas generated, and on the things ... Read more

Hannah Mason, Head of Social Entrepreneur Support, Creative United talks to Jen Chapman Head of Marketing and Sales, Storyhouse about launching a new membership scheme during a pandemic. One of a series of AMAculturehive podcasts commissioned for The Learning Lounge, AMA Arts Marketing Festival 2020.

Hannah Mason, Head of Social Entrepreneur Support, Creative United talks to Strategic Advisor Ron Evans about using the pandemic as a catalyst for creativity. One of a series of AMAculturehive podcasts commissioned for The Learning Lounge, AMA Arts Marketing Festival 2020.

A report by the Australian arts consultant Morwenna Collett in collaboration with the Insights Alliance – Indigo Ltd, Baker Richards and One Further – reveals that disabled audiences may be among the last to start booking for and returning to in-person cultural experiences.

Katy Raines, Indigo looks at health and safety, access, financial, social and brand reassurances that you must give audiences in order to build confidence to return.

The March 2021 findings from the Culture Restart research by the Insights Alliance, a partnership between Baker Richards, Indigo and One Further. The research supports cultural organisations at all stages of reopening, and will track customer sentiment over six months, giving organisations instant access to audience insight and building a national picture for the benefit of the whole sector.

A new study of performing arts organisations in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. by TRG Arts and U.K. arts data specialists Purple Seven shows a decline in philanthropic revenue in 2020 on both sides of the Atlantic. David Brownlee and Eric Nelson examine the findings.

TRG Arts’ analysis of performing arts box office data at the one-year anniversary of the Covid-19 shutdown reveals catastrophic impact on both sides of the Atlantic. David Brownlee, Managing Director, Purple Seven, takes us through the findings.

When the pandemic caused theatres to close The Donmar Warehouse used creative ways to continue telling stories, embrace the restrictions and stay true to their vision.

In April 2020, initiated by Fuel Theatre in London, some 150 sponsor organisations signed an open letter announcing a new national Freelance Task Force, which promised its members solidarity, representation, connections and some financial support. This evaluation includes practical  and strategic recommendations to inform the way forward.

Engagement with heritage can have a hugely positive impact on our physical, social and mental wellbeing. Based on their learning and experience during their successful project ‘Lost and Found’,  Wessex Archaeology have created a guide to help you prepare and deliver a digital heritage wellbeing project.