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The Space works to combine digital and art

Welcome to The Space

We support arts organisations and artists to develop work and reach audiences online.

News on The Space’s sector support activities for the cultural organisations we work with, as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
Arts Council England announce £160 million Response Package for people and organisations in the cultural sector
Culture to Couch: arts you can experience at home

Welcome to The Space

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The Space helps artists and organisations make great art and reach new audiences digitally.

We commission projects, develop skills and find audiences.

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Culture to your couch: arts you can experience at home

Bringing arts content into homes - watch these performances online

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2020 Commissioning Round Open

Apply for a Low-Cost R&D commission

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Culture in Quarantine

Culture in Quarantine fund to produce new creative media works

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Contracting for Digital Rights

Digital rights expert Ben Green explains the current digital rights landscape

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Live streaming for the arts: lo-fi and low cost options

A guide to low-tech and low-cost ways to live stream arts events

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The Space's Digital Rights Toolkit

What is required for publishing work digitally?

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How to start a Podcast

Thinking of podcasting? Here's the how to....

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Digital Culture Compass Launched

Providing arts, culture and heritage organisations with a tool to reflect on and develop their own digital capacity

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The Space's Online Audiences Toolkit

Download our audience toolkit to help you to develop your audiences online

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Access our resources and guides to help you find new audiences, use new production methods and manage projects effectively.

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Producers’ advice following their first digital rights experiences

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Top tips for negotiating stage to screen projects

Sound advice for those trying to take projects from stage to screen

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5 SOLDIERS live stream - Rosie Kay Dance Company - Image Brian Slater

Reaching outside traditional arts audiences

Attracting new audiences - Rosie Kay Dance Company explains how

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A lexicon for digital rights

Working to set out some common terminology or a ‘lexicon’ of different digital uses and rights

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Creation and legacy in the digital era

Choreographer and Dancer Akram Khan explains how digital can help the creative process

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SEO and the arts: get your arts event or project found online

How to make your website and content rank highly in Google and other search engines

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My audience is global

How digital tools can create global opportunities for arts and cultural organisations

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From one audience to many communities!

'Defining, refining and discovering who you engage in digital media' an insight by Jay Owens

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Producers advice - streaming a live spoken word event

How on earth do you clear rights for a live improvised show?

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