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
Category: Reflexive practice
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
‘‘I didn’t realise I had so much to say until we began this conversation.’
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What’s in a name?
When I began thinking about this project, several years ago, I was determined to avoid the marshlands of jargon. Participatory
The complexities of socially-engaged art practice
‘What are our motives? How do we make sure this isn’t just about us as artists and what we want?
Curtain
When we met on Friday morning, there was a cheerful determination to get on with what was still to be
Things get tough
Well. Today was a challenging day. First of all, I had to dance, or at least move in roughly the
Finding our voice
The last post was about trusting the process. I didn’t expect things to happen so quickly, but a morning’s work
Community art is a high wire act
This is often the trickiest stage of a workshop – somewhere towards the end of the first half. The novelty
The Cabbage Field: First impressions
The Cabbage Field is part of a former barracks in Šančiai, a suburb of Kaunas (Lithuania). The site was established by
