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September 12, 2021 A Restless Art / Art and older people / Art and young people / Cultural democracy / Education / Film / Music / Theatre / Third generation / Wales

Another Standard: How to judge community art

How do you judge a work of art? Even asking the question implies a series of judgements and beliefs. The

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October 3, 2020 A Restless Art / Applied art / Architecture / Circus / Comics / Craft / Cultural democracy / Dance / Film / Music / Opera / Photography / Sound art / Theatre / Third generation / Traditional art / Visual art / Writing

Holding onto community

Suddenly it’s October, and Fun Palaces weekend is here. Since its invention in 2014, the Fun Palaces idea has burst

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April 15, 2020 Cultural democracy / Disability art / England / Film / First Generation / Projects / Second generation / Theatre

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

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October 17, 2019 A Restless Art / Art in criminal justice / Film / Northern Ireland / Projects / Theatre / Third generation / Where do you stand?

None of this is easy

A couple of days ago, I gave a lecture about art in criminal justice contexts. It’s not a field in

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March 24, 2019 A Restless Art / Cultural democracy / Film / Portugal / Projects / Third generation

‘Cidade’, Terratreme

The Portuguese edition of A Restless Art will be published on 9 May 2019, and we are making final corrections

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January 29, 2019 Film / Photography / Projects / Spain

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,

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September 4, 2018 A Restless Art / Applied art / Architecture / Art forms / Case studies / Circus / Comics / Craft / Cultural democracy / Dance / England / Film / Music / Opera / Photography / Scotland / Theatre / Third generation / Traditional art / Visual art / Wales / Writing

‘It’s given us permission to play, to take part, to engage.’

‘A Fun Palace is not a fete. It’s not about coming along and having a lovely time. It’s not audience

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December 13, 2017 A Restless Art / England / Film / First Generation

London Community Video Archive

More insights from the past: the London Community Video Archive is a fantastic showcase of the work being made in the

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October 20, 2016 A Restless Art / Applied art / Case studies / England / Film / Theatre

Moments of Joy

Almost imperceptibly participatory art is becoming an ordinary dimension of social programmes. It has happened quietly over two or three

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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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