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      • O Portland Inn Projeto – Um caso de estudo de arte participativa
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      • Movimento de Expressão Fotográfica – Um caso de estudo de arte participativa
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      • ‘Bed’, Entelechy Arts – Um caso de estudo de arte participativa
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June 23, 2022 Art in criminal justice / Opera / Portugal

‘Write this down’

It was the end of a long day. We’d run out of time and the guards needed to get us

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June 16, 2022 A Restless Art / Opera / Portugal

Building Capabilities: Rethinking the social value of culture

Today will see the third performance of O Tempo (Somos Nós) , “Time (It’s Us), this time at the Gulbenkian Concert

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June 13, 2022 A Restless Art / Cultural democracy / Lithuania / Luxembourg / Opera / Third generation

‘From little things, big things grow’

Between the Traction opera performances in the prison last week, and those that will take place in Lisbon at the

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October 31, 2021 A Restless Art / Book extracts / Cultural democracy / Ethics / Funding

The function and purposes of art

A few days ago, I happened to see a media article from a senior cultural figure in which they wrote

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October 2, 2021 A Restless Art / Cultural democracy / England / First Generation / Research

Other People’s Books: some recommendations

Over past year or two, I’ve had a series of conversations with people about books they’ve been working on. Some

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September 20, 2021 A Restless Art / Art and older people / England / Second generation / Writing

‘Wish You Were Here’ – A community art project during lockdown

In late January 2021, in the depth of winter and the midst of lockdown, a small group of people gathered

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September 12, 2021 A Restless Art / Art and older people / Art and young people / Cultural democracy / Education / Film / Music / Theatre / Third generation / Wales

Another Standard: How to judge community art

How do you judge a work of art? Even asking the question implies a series of judgements and beliefs. The

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September 6, 2021 A Restless Art / Book extracts

The difference between a professional and a non-professional artist – A Postscript

The other big difference for WBOS is that they are enacting a production created by others – by professionals. They

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September 5, 2021 Intentions / Ireland / Opera / Reflexive practice / Third generation / Where do you stand?

The difference between a professional and a non-professional artist – Part 3

In the previous post, I outlined a range of resources that professional artists can draw on in their work, including

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September 4, 2021 Intentions / Ireland / Professional artists / Where do you stand?

The difference between a professional and a non-professional artist – Part 2

What does ‘professional’ mean? Like many words, professional has changed its meaning over the course of history, adapting itself to society’s evolving

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September 3, 2021 A Restless Art / Ireland / Opera / Research / Third generation

The difference between a professional and a non-professional artist – Part 1

This photograph of the artists working on Irish National Opera’s Out of the Ordinary project was taken on 20 August 2021, at

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August 21, 2021 A Restless Art / Art and older people / Cultural democracy / cultural diversity / Dance / England / Music / Second generation / Theatre / Visual art

Better together

Last night I sat in a Dublin B&B for watching a performance unfold in Leeds Playhouse through a laptop screen. It was

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August 5, 2021 Writing

Trusting the process, again

In January 2021, for the first time in my life, I wrote a long, detailed outline for a community art

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