François Matarasso

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  • A Restless Art, TL; DR

    Too long; didn’t read? Fair enough: so here’s a quick summary of the ground covered in the book: 80.000 words reduced to about 1,350

  • A bao a qu (Catalonia)

    A Bao A Qu is a small Catalan organisation, founded in 2004 by friends passionate about sharing their love of cinema, art and contemporary thinking. They created ‘Cinema in Curs’ (Cinema in Class), a programme for primary and secondary school students and their teachers, that takes place during school hours. The year-long course involves creative workshops,…

  • Valleys Kids

    Valleys Kids shows how close community art and community development can be, especially when work is rooted and sustained. The organisation began life in 1977 as Penygraig Community Project and has grown to be an important resource for several post-industrial towns north of Cardiff. Its programme spans youth work, training, family support and local regeneration,…

  • Publication day

    Thank you to all the artists, professional and non-professional, who have shared this journey and trusted me with your work. Thank you to those who have helped in so many ways, making connections and opening doors. Thank you to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for your support and confidence. Thank you to the friends and family…

  • Understanding participatory and community art (Part 3)

    Community art is the creation of art as a human right, by professional and non-professional artists, co-operating as equals, for purposes and to standards they set together, and whose processes, products and outcomes cannot be known in advance.

  • Understanding participatory and community art (Part 2)

    Participatory art The term participatory art is used in the arts, policy and academia to signify a very wide range of activities. This is confusing and it causes problems if people think they mean the same thing when they actually have different ideas, beliefs and assumptions. So here is a simple definition: Participatory art is…