Is there a community arts movement once more?
ICAF (the International Community Arts Festival in Rotterdam) has just published a photo book of the 2017 edition, and an
Category: Ideas
One for the historians
In my view community arts must still be regarded as an experiment—an experiment in ‘cultural democracy’ of great importance not
Relieved of duty
Today, I turn sixty. Such anniversaries are foreseeable, and this one’s long presence on my personal horizon was a reason
‘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
(Other people) thinking about cultural democracy
This is a quick post to let people know that Alison Jeffers’ and Gerri Moriarty’s book about the first 20
Restless Research: Confessions of a Confused Community Art Scholar
If you’ve read some of the material published on this site, I hope you’ll understand why I describe participatory
‘Just our imagination’
Bridget Lambert has spent the summer painting a tribute to Dolores O’Riordan with children in rural Limerick. The singer, who
On volunteering: who gets paid (cont.)
A few days ago, I wrote a post about who does, could or should get paid for their time in
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
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on
In A Restless Art (the book, not the blog) I argue that participation has become normalised in cultural policy and
