What do you expect?
Many professional artists believe that working with non-professionals leads to an unavoidable decline in quality. That conviction is so integral
How participation won, and why it matters
Many professional artists believe that working with non-professionals leads to an unavoidable decline in quality. That conviction is so integral
A guest post from Arlene Goldbard This post is to introduce you to the 11th episode of François Matarasso’s and
A few days ago, I happened to see a media article from a senior cultural figure in which they wrote
Over past year or two, I’ve had a series of conversations with people about books they’ve been working on. Some
In late January 2021, in the depth of winter and the midst of lockdown, a small group of people gathered
How do you judge a work of art? Even asking the question implies a series of judgements and beliefs. The
In the previous post, I outlined a range of resources that professional artists can draw on in their work, including
What does ‘professional’ mean? Like many words, professional has changed its meaning over the course of history, adapting itself to society’s evolving
This photograph of the artists working on Irish National Opera’s Out of the Ordinary project was taken on 20 August 2021, at
Last night I sat in a Dublin B&B for watching a performance unfold in Leeds Playhouse through a laptop screen. It was