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One for the historians
In my view community arts must still be regarded as an experiment—an experiment in ‘cultural democracy’ of great importance not only for the immediate stimulus and enjoyment it can provide, but because its long-term results—or lack of results—will throw light on the question ‘arts for whom?’ which is vital for the future of our society.…
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Relieved of duty
Today, I turn sixty. Such anniversaries are foreseeable, and this one’s long presence on my personal horizon was a reason for writing A Restless Art. It is also why I made so many mistakes in the process, and it has shaped the final book. So here’s a little explanation of how my age, at once…
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‘Ja sam Muzej’ (Bosnia Herzegovina)
“I am the Museum” is a civil society and media action aimed to mobilize a massive citizens engagement to save a museum in a difficult political and economic context and finally influence the policy change at a state level. The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina has one of the largest and most important museum…
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(Other people) thinking about cultural democracy
This is a quick post to let people know that Alison Jeffers’ and Gerri Moriarty’s book about the first 20 years of community art in Britain is now available as a free download. Culture, Democracy and the Right to Make Art, The British Community Arts Movement is an edited volume with valuable chapters not only by the…
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Thinking about cultural democracy, part one
Cultural democracy is an idea that emerged in the mid 1970s, in response to the challenge of the cultural revolution of the 1960s. In June 1976, the Council of Europe held a conference of Ministers of Culture in Oslo so that they could ‘compare problems of cultural policy in relation to their shared acceptance of…
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François Matarasso 