Last week Arts Council England (ACE) announced a new three-year, application-based investment process for the arts to run from 2015. As ACE chief Alan Davey wrote for the Guardian: "We believe that a three-year approach is essential to enable organisations plan for the long term … the application process will result in some organisations not receiving funding while others may see their funding go up or down. We'll also be welcoming applications from new organisations."
It echoed ACE chair Sir Peter Bazalgette, who was quizzed about the finer details of the new investment model on Radio 4's Front Row. The new funding system, he said, will allow ACE to remove funding from organisations not performing as well as they used to, while at the same time bringing in new blood.
Since the comprehensive spending review – which saw arts funding cut from two sides: 5% directly and with a further 10% cut to local government budgets – the sector has been waiting patiently for direction from ACE on what the future holds.
Organisations will have to wait until September to hear about the ACE's funding programmes in full, but there are plenty of questions in the meantime that can be answered – about arts policy, finance and what the future holds for the sector in general.
Which is why we're delighted to have Alan Davey answering some of them from 2pm BST on Wednesday 31 July – he'll be online for an hour so please leave your questions below and we'll get him to answer as many as he can.
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