The recently released Pocketbook on Cultural Statistics boasts an impressive array of numbers and figures on the cultural economy and activities in the EU-27. An important caveat should be made: it is not a comprehensive survey with clear methodological markers but rather an aggregation of available statistics coming from different sources.

A guide to assessing the significance of cultural heritage objects and collections

Museum Methods is produced by Museums Australia Inc.

Creativity permeates our daily lives from the moment we wake up in the morning to the time we retire in the evening. In modern 20th century society, this creativity and invention follows us throughout our day as we make our way to work, during our shopping sprees, at the groceries, and in the evenings as we catch the latest blockbuster movie at our favorite cinema.

New York December 4, 2007 A new study by the Research Center for Arts and Culture (RCAC) at Teachers College Columbia University finds that aging artists offer a great deal as a model for society, especially as the workforce changes to accommodate multiple careers and baby boomers enter the retirement generation.

Excerpts from Community Cultural Planning Handbook: A guide for community leaders

WATERLOO, Jan 10 Jamie Grant, General Manager of the Centre in the Square, has been awarded the 2007 ACE Award for his outstanding contributions to cultural management in Canada. The award will be officially presented at the Associations annual general meeting on Thursday January 17th at the Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto.

Founded in 1996, RESEO is an umbrella organisation for those working in opera education. RESEO is once again planning a major weekend celebration of opera early this year.

The European Diploma in Cultural Project Management is a training and learning experience fostering cultural diversity and interregional exchanges as a way of giving culture a stronger place within Europe.

The London Journal of Tourism, Sport and Creative Industries (LJTSCI) is a new on-line journal that seeks to publish articles on a variety of related topics encapsulating London's diversity and the nature of its local-global interactions. The journal addresses a broad subject field. While under the banner of tourism, sport and the creative industries it also includes, but is not restricted to, events, the arts including music and dance - heritage, hospitality, advertising & communications, music media & entertainment.

This week sees the launch of a brand new ArtsProfessional website, after a year-long programme of development by an in-house team. The new website marks the latest stage in the magazines burgeoning online development.

Suddenly cities are all the rage. After several decades of preoccupation with globalization and free trade, attention is shifting to cities as the new spawning grounds for innovative, dynamic and creative activity.

Between September 06 and September 09 a new innovative Music Masters programme will be developed by five higher education institutions in different European countries and two in the USA. This one-year programme is designed to meet contemporary demands of the international music practice and therefore combines studying at ones home institution with studying at a partner institution abroad. The Masters programme is initiated by the Lectorate Lifelong Learning in Music of the Prins Claus Conservatoire in Groningen, The Netherlands.

Though the Netherlands aren't such a large country as the UK or Germany, a lot of arts management faculties has been established. The reason therefore lays not only in the rich cultural scene that needs management professionals, but also in the high number of foreign students. Courses like in Utrecht or Rotterdam are offered partially in English, so it became much easier for foreigners to meet their decision to choose a Dutch university for their graduate studies.

A short introduction about fundraising possibilities in the Dutch performing arts