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Category: Education

A Culture of Possibility Podcast #25 – Jasmina Ibrahimovic 

NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 25th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture … More

Can you teach community art?

TL;DR? No. In the 1980s, when the first generation of community artists had been around for long enough to feel … More

Community art, learning

Blinkered by my privilege

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

cultural democratisation, Traction

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 … More

Community art, Community theatre, National Theatre Wales, NTW TEAM

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 … More

Parades, Street 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 … More

Art in Prisons

‘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 … More

Activism, Museum, Photography

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 … More

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, … More

music education, traditional culture, young people

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 … More

Fun Palaces, Participatory art

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