Trusting the process
We thought we were making a play, when we started this process a couple of years ago. Instead, we’ll present
Resource: ‘The Art of Dialogue Cookbook’
The ideas vary in style, duration and resources, from a short workshop to projects lasting several months There’s are lots of nourishing stuff, some you might want to adapt and replicate, some that could just spark new ideas in your own work
Community art is improvisation
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.
I Remember: Leicester
The books have arrived, and I’m making 12 parcels of authors’ copies and more for people who’ve helped along the
Let’s talk about money
In the past ten days, I have visited two exceptional community art projects: ACERT in Tondela (Portugal) and Cork Community
Now available: ‘Uma Arte Irrequieta’
Download Uma Arte Irrequieta, Reflexões sobre o triunfo e importância da prática participativa It is not an accident that A
Uma Arte Irequietta
The Portuguese edition of A Restless Art will be published by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian this week, with events in
Searching for light in the participatory museum
For the past three months, I’ve been following a Museums Association initiative called Partnerships with Purpose. It builds on 10 years of
Lying fallow
Someone asked me yesterday what I was doing now that the book was finished. ‘Resting,’ I replied, and then, since
‘Cidade’, Terratreme
The Portuguese edition of A Restless Art will be published on 9 May 2019, and we are making final corrections
Questions I can’t answer
It’s messy, difficult, compromised—but at its best community art can be joyously emancipatory. It shows us that we will only find pathways to a better place if we work together. We need each other. And we need to keep asking questions we can’t answer.
