Understanding community music – can you help?
About five years ago, a group of musicians and academics set up an international research platform to foster understanding of the social
Category: Art forms
Whose (community) opera is it anyway?
Intellectual property rights have rarely been an issue during my life in community art. The projects I’ve worked consciously rejected
Holding onto community
Suddenly it’s October, and Fun Palaces weekend is here. Since its invention in 2014, the Fun Palaces idea has burst
Which murals are worth saving?
Murals were a cornerstone of the early community art movement. Between the 1960s and 1990s, hundreds were painted, mostly outdoors,
Community opera in a pandemic
In February, I participated in the kick-off meeting of TRACTION, a Horizon 2020 project researching how digital technology can support
Talking about the ethics of participatory art
When I invited Arlene Goldbard to take up this virtual residency, it seemed a simple idea, and so it has
What did you do in the pandemic, daddy?
On Tuesday, I’d planned to go to Leeds to meet Alan Lane of Slung Low, and learn at first hand
It’s still A Dead Good Life
At the beginning of the year, The Lawnmowers premièred the movie that we’ve been working on. I wrote about how
The power of art
Last night, Streetwise Opera replayed the film of their 2016 production, The Passion, on YouTube, for a world in the grip
This is what we’re working to protect
Everyone knows the theatres are closed, along with cinemas, concert halls, museums and galleries. Yesterday, the 2020 Edinburgh Festivals were
