It’s Fun Palaces weekend
When I was a young and earnest community artist, I bridled at the word fun. The art we made wasn’t
How participation won, and why it matters
When I was a young and earnest community artist, I bridled at the word fun. The art we made wasn’t
Someone asked what plan I’d prepared before the project and there was some surprise when I said that I didn’t have one, just an idea.
The books have arrived, and I’m making 12 parcels of authors’ copies and more for people who’ve helped along the
For several weeks, I’ve been facilitating creative writing workshops in Leicester. The project, commissioned by Writing East Midlands with the
I only saw The Public from a distance, from the other side of the Midlands, but I liked what I
ICAF (the International Community Arts Festival in Rotterdam) has just published a photo book of the 2017 edition, and an
In my view community arts must still be regarded as an experiment—an experiment in ‘cultural democracy’ of great importance not
This is a quick post to let people know that Alison Jeffers’ and Gerri Moriarty’s book about the first 20
‘A Fun Palace is not a fete. It’s not about coming along and having a lovely time. It’s not audience
There are very few books about community art in Britain, despite its 50 year history. The key texts are: 1978, Artists