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Why do we talk about ‘the arts’?
If you listen to people talk about arts and culture in the UK, whether they are journalists, or people who run arts...
Chaotic, cruel and unknowable
In 2016 the challenges facing society can appear chaotic, cruel and unknowable. To understand and make positive change we...
How arts organisations can teach us to build a...
On 27 July What Next? and the Inquiry held a roundtable discussion where young arts people were asked to explain what roles...
What is, and what should be the civic role of arts...
Prof. Simeon Yates from the Institute of Cultural Capital, the Inquiry Research partner, writes about developing a definition...
Defining civic role in the UK and US
To kick start the current Inquiry into the Civic Role of Arts Organisations, King’s College London was commissioned to a...
Could the Inquiry unearth a new way of approaching...
We have been very heartened that a couple of people from the arts sector have written to us about diversity since we...
Artist Commissions
As part of the Inquiry, What Next? and Locality have commissioned three artists to create work with underserved communities...
Deep Dive location studies
We are pleased to announce we will be working with What Next? Chapters in Sunderland, Basingstoke, Nottingham,Yarmouth and...
Help us build a picture of the civic role of arts...
We want to know what you think the civic role of arts organisations should be.
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