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Category: Projects

Posts about arts projects and creative practice

March 17, 2018 A Restless Art / Case studies / Croatia / Ethics / Projects / Third generation / Visual art / Where do you stand?

Between light and dark

People are standing on the wooded slopes of Dotrščina park, their faces turned up towards the late September sunshine. Some

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February 20, 2018 First Generation / Projects

Understanding the resilience of community art

Working in community art often feels precarious, certainly in comparison to more institutionalised areas of the arts sector. Funding tends

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February 6, 2018 A Restless Art / Disability art / England / Projects / Theatre

Who is changed by participatory art?

‘I think people with learning difficulties have had quite a bad deal in life and I think this is finally

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May 5, 2017 France / Music / Projects / Second generation

Lycéens à La Dynamo

(Scroll down for the English text) L’élection présidentielle française, dont le second tour aura lieu le 7 mai, remplit en

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December 2, 2016 A Restless Art / Projects / Wales

Participatory arts, older people and living with dementia – Guest blog

Since 2010, the Baring Foundation has focused on improving older people’s quality of life through opportunities to participate in the arts. The

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June 6, 2016 A Restless Art / Case studies / Egypt / Film / Morocco / Music / Projects / Spain / Theatre / Third generation / Tunisia

Hands across the dangerous sea

One of the best things about a restless art has been seeing just how much great community art is happening across and beyond

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November 23, 2015 A Restless Art / Dance / Greece / Projects / Theatre / Visual art

Hope in dark days: participatory art in Greece

The crisis in Greece has slipped from the front pages as others, even more urgent, force themselves on Europe’s consciousness.

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October 21, 2015 Case studies / England / Film / First Generation / Photography / Projects

‘Integrate life and work and friendship’

Integrate life and work and friendship. Don’t tie yourself to institutions. Live cheaply and you’ll remain free. And then, do

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September 29, 2015 Ethics / Film / First Generation / Projects

An unspoken contract

‘For me It’s an inquiry into an aspect of life that I don’t know about [that] I’m curious about it.

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September 28, 2015 Projects / Theatre

The Lawnmowers

The Lawnmowers are a theatre company run by and for people with learning disabilities. Founded in 1986 by Them Wifies,

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