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By: Patrick McCrae

Patrick McCrae is chief executive of arts and cultural consultancy ARTIQ

All 5 Articles
  • DEBATE: Is the government right to be encouraging artists and dancers to retrain in tech?

    Is the govt right to be encouraging artists and dancers to retrain in tech?

    Is the government right to be encouraging artists and dancers to retrain in tech? Leon Emirali, an entrepreneur and adviser, says YES. At some point soon, we will be left with no choice but to face up to the uncomfortable truths of this pandemic. Covid-19 is re-writing the economic rules we’ve played by for so [...]

  • The arts are not an optional extra, they are the life and soul of our nation

    If at first you don’t succeed, retrain and move into a more viable vocation. That was the advice of the chancellor this week with regards to the impossible position faced by artists, musicians and actors who have seen their livelihoods decimated since the start of the Covid crisis. ITV may have later clarified that Rishi Sunak’s [...]

  • Pride in a pandemic: Putting intersectionality top of the agenda

    The most vulnerable and marginalised members of society have faced the worst consequences of this global health crisis.  Coronavirus has highlighted the many ways in which issues related to gender and sexual identity, race, and socioeconomic circumstances all intersect. Equality is becoming one of the defining narratives of this pandemic.   People are waking up to [...]

  • Art is food for the soul, so why not hang up a Picasso in the office?

    February 10, 2020

    In recent years, we have seen businesses commit to new mental health initiatives, from training mental health first aiders to developing mindfulness apps, yoga classes at the office, plants, and bringing in pets.  Employers of all sizes are looking for ways to keep their workforce happy and motivated. And rightly so — the global cost [...]

  • A splash of colour: Art can boost workplace productivity

    September 30, 2019

    Florence Nightingale once wrote: “Little as we know about the way in which we are affected by form, by colour, and light, we do know this: that they have an actual physical effect. Variety of form and brilliancy of colour in the objects presented to patients, are actual means of recovery.”  That’s a quote from [...]

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