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Category: A Culture of Possibility

December 5, 2021 A Culture of Possibility / First Generation / Podcasts / Second generation / Third generation

Some thoughts on podcasting

In January, I began an experiment in podcasting, following an invitation from Owen Kelly and Sophie Hope, who host an

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November 19, 2021 A Culture of Possibility

A Culture of Possibility Podcast #11: Meeting the Moment with Jan Cohen-Cruz and Rad Pereira 

A guest post from Arlene Goldbard This post is to introduce you to the 11th episode of François Matarasso’s and

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April 16, 2021 A Culture of Possibility / A Restless Art / Funding / Guest contributions / Podcasts

Funding community arts – a new episode of ‘A Culture of Possibility’ podcast

In the fourth episode of our monthly podcast Arlene Goldbard and I talk about how community art is funded in

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March 19, 2021 A Culture of Possibility / A Restless Art / Dance / Projects / Theatre / Third generation

A Culture of Possibility #3: Clare Reynolds on Restoke’s Work in Staffordshire

This post, written by Arlene, introduces the third episode of “A Culture of Possibility,” our monthly podcast, in which we

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February 20, 2021 A Culture of Possibility / A Restless Art / Cultural democracy / Podcasts / Third generation / USA / Visual art

A Culture of Possibility #2: The community murals of Amber Hansen and Reyna Hernandez

Amber Hansen and Reyna Hernandez live in Vermillion, South Dakota, a small city of about 10,000 people in the American Mid-West. Both women came

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