Friday Selection Box: 6th October 2023

Annual museum survey

Really useful research with regional breakdowns and insights for the wider cultural sector.

Share your views

Two quick surveys to contribute to, one on governance and one about freelancing in the cultural sector.

Association of Chairs Governance Survey

Arts Council England & The University of Essex Cultural Freelancers Survey 2023

Adapting in Crisis: Case Studies of Resilience in the Arts

Four case studies from the US of arts organisations re-inventing themselves.  Susan loves the idea of Small Experiments with Radical Intent (SERI).

10 Principles to Live an Antifragile Life

This principle struck a chord given the many conversations we are having at the moment, ‘avoid risks that, if lost, would wipe you out completely.’ Dawn particularly likes ‘don’t get consumed by data!’

Things that are antifragile benefit from randomness, uncertainty, and variation.

The Contract Says: We’d Like the Conversation to be Bilingual

Powerful poem by Ada Limón, US Poet Laureate 

Raising the Roof

The Lightbox, Woking, has teamed up with University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in Farnham to celebrate 13 years of the ground-breaking international MFA Photography course.