Regular visitors to this site (and its retiring companions) will know that I have spent much of the past three … More
Category: social change
There is another way
A guest post by Richard Willacy, General Director, Birmingham Opera Company I’m arriving at a foyer buzzing with excitement; youth, … More
A Culture of Possibility Podcast #25 – Jasmina Ibrahimovic
NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 25th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture … More
There is always an alternative. Always.
On Tuesday, I facilitated a talk for the Scottish Culture Collective by my friend Heba El Cheikh. She spoke about her work as a … More
Signal Fires
In another time, I was asked by Fuel Theatre to write the introduction for a book called Signal Fires, collecting … More
Still thinking about co-creation
In March, I posted a question on Twitter about co-creation. What do artists mean by ‘co-creation’? I’m writing about the … More
‘What I’ve Been Looking For’
The Musicals Choir was started by Cristina Colomer, director of the Escola de Músics in Raval, for young people experiencing … More
Participation, cultural rights and the 2020 Rome Charter
Yesterday was the opening day of an international conference, focusing on the 2020 Rome Charter that was published in the summer. Along … More
Art for social change – or social justice?
In 1990s Britain the term community art began to be replaced by participatory arts, which many people hoped didn’t carry ‘the baggage of … More
Arts and homelessness during Covid-19
‘Stay home’ is good advice, but it depends on having a home to stay in. Across the world, millions of … More