Cultural democracy and the European Parliament
Today, I got to speak at the European Parliament, at a conference organised by the Progressive Alliance of Socialists &
Category: Where do you stand?
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
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
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
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
Who gets paid – and why?
Like a lot of freelance artists, what I get paid ranges from a lot to nothing, according to the commissioner’s
‘‘I didn’t realise I had so much to say until we began this conversation.’
Click here to download this case study in English (PDF 22MB) Clique aqui para descarregar este caso de estudo em
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?
Between light and dark
People are standing on the wooded slopes of Dotrščina park, their faces turned up towards the late September sunshine. Some
Art outside the art world
In A Native Hill (1968) the American poet Wendell Berry writes about his decision to root his art where he
