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December 10, 2021 A Restless Art / Democratisation of culture / Education / Featured / Opera / Spain

Blinkered by my privilege

For decades, longer even, cultural policy in Europe has been imagined as a conflict between two ideas. The first is

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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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March 30, 2020 A Restless Art / Cultural democracy / cultural diversity / Education / Projects / Spain / Theatre / Visual art

When we were in the streets

With everything that is happening to us, I’ve rather neglected this site recently, writing elsewhere about community opera and how

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October 14, 2019 A Restless Art / Cultural democracy / Democratisation of culture / Education / England / Europe / social change / Theatre / Visual art

Anne Peaker Memorial Lecture

Tomorrow evening at the Young Vic Theatre in London, I will give the 10th Annual Anne Peaker Memorial lecture, on

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September 26, 2018 A Restless Art / Bosnia Herzegovina / Education / Ethics / Photography / Projects / Third generation / Writing

‘Ja sam Muzej’ (Bosnia Herzegovina)

“I am the Museum” is a civil society and media action aimed to mobilize a massive citizens engagement to save

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July 30, 2018 A Restless Art / Education / England / First Generation / Reflexive practice / Research / Scotland / Second generation / Third generation / Wales / Writing

Why are there so few books about community art?

There are very few books about community art in Britain, despite its 50 year history. The key texts are: 1978, Artists

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November 27, 2016 A Restless Art / Education / Music / Scotland

Traditional music, young people and community in the Scottish Highlands

‘The fèis is very important to me because I am not very musical. I don’t play any instruments or sing,

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October 4, 2016 A Restless Art / Applied art / Craft / Education / England / Third generation / Visual art

2 – A Fun Palace reimagined in Farnham

Farnham is a handsome market town in Surrey, an ancient place with a castle, Roman roads and hill forts. It

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August 25, 2016 A Restless Art / Education / Skills

The difference between teaching and learning: Participatory art and the skills agenda

The value of participatory art in informal education has long been recognised. People who take part in such projects can gain

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