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
How participation won, and why it matters
On Tuesday, I facilitated a talk for the Scottish Culture Collective by my friend Heba El Cheikh. She spoke about her work as a
TL;DR? No. In the 1980s, when the first generation of community artists had been around for long enough to feel
It was the end of a long day. We’d run out of time and the guards needed to get us
A guest post by Stella Duffy, theatre maker, novelist and Fun Palaces champion Joan was a working class actor and
Yesterday I talked with students taking a community art module at the University of Utrecht. They were an unusually diverse
Would you prefer to spend the next six months working on a project that would be artistically fulfilling but little
Art belongs to everybody and nobody. Art belongs to all time and no time. Art belongs to those who create
I’ve often heard that high artistic standards are unattainable, or even unimportant in socially engaged work. Nothing could be further
Past, present and future always feel specially present in Berlin. This city is at the centre of Europe’s recent history. Everywhere
We have many verbs for the craft actions performed by artists: drawing, writing, playing, acting, dancing, painting, singing and so
Community artists are often accused of instrumentalising art. We can be said to instrumentalise something when we use it to
‘Make good art’ Three years ago, Neil Gaiman delivered a commencement address to students at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts.
On 24 December 2015, the Beatles allowed their music to be streamed online for the first time. The most frequently