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November 13, 2020 England / Music / Northern Ireland / Opera / Research / Scotland / Wales

Understanding community music – can you help?

About five years ago, a group of musicians and academics set up an international research platform to foster understanding of the social

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October 6, 2018 A Restless Art / Cultural democracy / Democratisation of culture / England / First Generation / Funding / Quotes / Scotland / Wales

One for the historians

In my view community arts must still be regarded as an experiment—an experiment in ‘cultural democracy’ of great importance not

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September 25, 2018 A Restless Art / Cultural democracy / England / First Generation / Northern Ireland / Research / Scotland / Wales

(Other people) thinking about cultural democracy

This is a quick post to let people know that Alison Jeffers’ and Gerri Moriarty’s book about the first 20

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September 4, 2018 A Restless Art / Applied art / Architecture / Art forms / Case studies / Circus / Comics / Craft / Cultural democracy / Dance / England / Film / Music / Opera / Photography / Scotland / Theatre / Third generation / Traditional art / Visual art / Wales / Writing

‘It’s given us permission to play, to take part, to engage.’

‘A Fun Palace is not a fete. It’s not about coming along and having a lovely time. It’s not audience

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July 30, 2018 A Restless Art / Education / England / First Generation / Reflexive practice / Research / Scotland / Second generation / Third generation / Wales / Writing

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

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May 29, 2018 Case studies / England / Northern Ireland / Professional artists / Scotland / Second generation / Theatre / Visual art / Wales

‘I hope it was a slight jolt for the public.’

We’re here Choked by this #Somme100 commemoration. At a time when being British makes little sense, just beautiful. #wearehere Tweet

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June 28, 2017 A Restless Art / England / Music / Scotland / Theatre / Wales

Rural touring and cultural democracy

Rural touring is not a participatory art, but it is participatory culture. Why the distinction? Because in rural touring participation

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April 29, 2017 A Restless Art / Guest contributions / Wales

Guest post: Arts and older people in Wales

David Cutler, the Director of the Baring Foundation (of which I’m a trustee) has been reflecting on the strength of

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December 2, 2016 A Restless Art / Projects / Wales

Participatory arts, older people and living with dementia – Guest blog

Since 2010, the Baring Foundation has focused on improving older people’s quality of life through opportunities to participate in the arts. The

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September 9, 2016 A Restless Art / England / Photography / Theatre / Wales

Sharing control in participatory art

Participatory art is normally spoken about in terms of how people are changed by being involved. There are problems (at

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