Diversity

ACE threatens funding cuts over lack of diversity

Report shows BAME and disabled people still under represented across arts

Cultural venues among those recognised in disabled access awards

Barbican, Beamish and Culloden Battlefield all featured in Euan’s Guide initiative

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Trust and shared understanding about the value of cultural diversity is vital

One wintry day towards the end of my secondment at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG), I was in The Past is Now, an exhibition that explored Birmingham’s role within the British empire, when I spotted a petite woman quietly studying the exhibition. As she turned around, I realised that it was Rita McLean, the …

The answer to diversifying museums is already there, outside our doors

Birmingham Museums has been working hard to diversify its staff, programming and audiences. We have had successes in increasing the representation of the people of Birmingham and their stories within our programmes and collections.  Our workforce has had black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) managers, senior managers and trustees. We have won awards and recognition …

Arts council aims to build picture of class inequality in the culture sector

NPOs asked to collect data on socio-economic background of staff

Book | Among Others: Blackness at MoMA

This book highlights that blackness is no longer the elephant in the room, says Chiedza Mhondoro

New Museum School celebrates second year of trainees

The 2018-19 cohort graduate into the art and heritage sector 

Slow progress in increasing diversity of charity trustees

Museums and galleries are among the charities that are trying to diversify their trustees in order to better reflect the communities that they serve

Steve McQueen hopes Year 3 artwork will inspire schoolchildren across London

More than 76,000 Year 3 children from 1,504 primary schools took part