The Heritage Innovation Fund is supporting 17 organisations to make the sector more sustainable, inclusive, and fit for the future. One of the organisations is the Arts Marketing Association.  Jocelyn Burnham, AI For Culture, discusses her journey through the project and the development of a community-driven knowledge solution fuelled by a co-creation approach.

In this episode of Ticketsolve‘s Arts and Everything In Between podcast, Lucy Costelloe sits down with Gail Jones, Communications Manager at the Crescent Arts Centre, to explore what it means for arts organisations to adopt a fail-fast mentality.  Gail shares Crescent’s strategies for innovation, community engagement, and how they navigate the complexities of arts management ... Read more

To meet a complex and rapidly changing environment, we need to respond differently. We must make innovation routine. This playbook is full of real-world examples that explore embracing creative approaches to meet longstanding challenges. A Tessitura resource.

Flo Carr, Associate Director, Indigo speaks to Tamalie Newbery, CEO of Brooklands Museum about how much can be achieved through meaningful partnership between organisations with shared values.

The Arts Marketing Association (AMA) was one of 35 organisations awarded a Heritage Innovation Fund grant supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Paul Blundell, the AMA’s Head of Digital Research & Development, takes us through key moments in his diary as he explores challenges and pioneering solutions for making the heritage workforce fit for the future.  ... Read more

The concept of the Metaverse has been buzzing around for some time now. With AR and VR technologies quickly developing, what does the Metaverse mean, and how it is evolving today? Two blogs from Danny Skahill and Miles Dorsey from marketing consultancy HdK bring us up-to-speed.  

Discover how Black Country Living Museum’s determination to offer compelling and educational experiences drives innovation.

A case study exploring how Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History transformed its business model in response to a crisis.

Discover how Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust is future proofing the story of the Industrial Revolution by trying new things, being flexible and taking calculated risks.

A case study exploring the business model of Western Australian Museum, as it moves into the delivery phase of the largest museum building project in the Southern Hemisphere.

This US-based case study looks at the collaborative work of three organizations – Levine Museum of the New South, the Atlanta History Center, and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute – and their shared innovation project, Latino New South. Latino New South was a project incubated through EmcArts.org’s Innovation Labs for Museums programme. It is an ... Read more

This is an in-depth US-based case study documenting the successes of COCABiz: a programme of the Center for Creative Arts that supports the business community in St. Louis, Missouri with integration of artistic practices. COCABiz was a project incubated in EmcArts.org’s Innovation Labs for the Performing Arts programme in 2009, and has since grown into ... Read more

Introducing the first iteration of The Space, a BBC and Arts Council England partnership project, which provided a digital platform to distribute art. Such projects have the potential to change the way that audiences engage with culture. This presentation helped marketers understand what it meant, how best to prepare organisations and how to move forward ... Read more

In hard times most arts organisations need to generate new revenue streams through better financial management and more imaginative exploitation of cultural assets. This detailed report examines the political economy of the arts and culture. Its conclusion is that with the wealth of creative talent and entrepreneurial traditions the UK should be capable of turning ... Read more

The arts have a broader role to play in business in areas such as corporate creativity and human resource strategy. This research charts the development of the relationship between business and the arts examines and proposes new possibilities for how the arts and business might work together.

Digital technology is changing artistic practices and the partnerships that arts organisations form. This guide presents a number of experimental and innovative examples of digital technology which have been adopted by the cultural sector. The case studies feature implications for all arts-business partnerships in terms of audience and consumer engagement.

This guide was developed by the US nonprofit National Arts Marketing Project – a programme of Americans for the Arts, and is full of innovative case studies and fresh, bold ideas to boost audience development and revenue. Inviting naked cyclists into a museum to find new audiences? Bringing art to the local laundromat to promote ... Read more

The Culture Hack Toolkit is a handy and comprehensive guide to producing your own digital prototyping programme. The toolkit includes information on what motivates people to take part, what questions you should ask before you begin planning, and how participating in a Culture Hack event can support legacy projects and longterm organisational change alongside examples ... Read more

At DOK, Holland’s ‘Library Concept Center’ in Delft, exploring new innovation is at the core of what they do. In this article Doklab founder and director Erik Boekesteijn introduces the DOK library and the innovative work at Doklab. DOK can best be described as a media center that combines three unique collections: music and film, literature, and art; and is ... Read more

The Rijksmuseum made a decision to open their collection to a wider audience via the web. The museum embarked on digitising its collection in 2006. In 2010 the opportunity arose to build a new website with the digitised collection at its heart, accessible for the whole world. This concise case study looks at the process ... Read more