Cultural Value and the Crisis of Legitimacy: Why culture Needs a Democratic Mandate

Addresses the culture sector's "crisis of legitimacy," which is the loss of support and public investment from government over time due to a general lack of understanding about culture's benefits. The author calls for cultural professionals to take the lead in solving the problem, and outlines the process for doing so.

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Inside, Outside, Beyond: Artistic Leadership for Contradictory Times

Recommended reading: This Bluecoat initiative articulates the need for support of existing + emerging arts leaders and sets out “a simple framework for artistic leadership in the future, one which can be used to develop ways of working, organisations and networks which can be adaptive and resilient and which can produce the kind of rich cultural value desired.” Bluecoat is Liverpool’s centre for the contemporary arts and the UK's oldest arts centre.

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