How participation won, and why it matters
When I argued – as I still do – that people benefit from participating in art, it is because of its potential for learning, emancipation and empowerment. Experience changes us. Powerful experiences, such as those that come from creating art with other people, can change us deeply. But that change is something we do for ourselves: it is not done to us
In the heart of midwinter, people in Kaunas shared their community opera as a work in progress, a 40 minute celebration of
Sometimes you miss the obvious thing, even when you’ve been looking at it for years. Yesterday, as I walked along
‘A Fun Palace is not a fete. It’s not about coming along and having a lovely time. It’s not audience
Bridget Lambert has spent the summer painting a tribute to Dolores O’Riordan with children in rural Limerick. The singer, who
‘What are our motives? How do we make sure this isn’t just about us as artists and what we want?
When we met on Friday morning, there was a cheerful determination to get on with what was still to be
Well. Today was a challenging day. First of all, I had to dance, or at least move in roughly the
The last post was about trusting the process. I didn’t expect things to happen so quickly, but a morning’s work
The five day community arts summer school in Kaunas got off to a prompt start at 9am this morning. Twenty
