Friendship and the community artist
When I talk about community art practice with younger or less experienced artists, I often warn against offering friendship to
How participation won, and why it matters
When I talk about community art practice with younger or less experienced artists, I often warn against offering friendship to
BBC Radio has just broadcast a programme entitled ‘Everyone is an Artist’. It’s part of Archive on 4, a series
Many professional artists believe that working with non-professionals leads to an unavoidable decline in quality. That conviction is so integral
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
It’s unusual nowadays to hear anyone in the arts speak against cultural participation. The directors of museums, galleries, orchestras and theatres –
In 1990s Britain the term community art began to be replaced by participatory arts, which many people hoped didn’t carry ‘the baggage of
Community art performance by Olho.Te, (Madeira) In A Restless Art I describe participatory art – the vast field that has spread from
A couple of weeks ago, I published a text on the ethics of participatory art by Arlene Goldbard on A
For as long as I can remember, the accusation of instrumentalising art has been flung at community artists, as a