Chór POLIN
The POLIN Choir is an ambitious and sustained initiative to develop the relationship between a new museum and the community in which it stands.
Category: Music
Work in progress
In the heart of midwinter, people in Kaunas shared their community opera as a work in progress, a 40 minute celebration of
‘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
Curtain
When we met on Friday morning, there was a cheerful determination to get on with what was still to be
Things get tough
Well. Today was a challenging day. First of all, I had to dance, or at least move in roughly the
Finding our voice
The last post was about trusting the process. I didn’t expect things to happen so quickly, but a morning’s work
Community art is a high wire act
This is often the trickiest stage of a workshop – somewhere towards the end of the first half. The novelty
‘Brave people with big eyes’
The end of Welfare State Ulverston is a country town a mile or two from Morecambe Bay, in North West
‘And every single one of them is a musician of real quality.’
Teaching failure Did you learn to play a musical instrument as a child? Classical music is a pinnacle of human
Lanterns on the Cabbage Field
Ed Carroll and Vita Gelūnienė live in Kaunas (Lithuania) where they have been exploring ways of creating community art for
