This is special
In the dusty hall of a disused prison workshop, 30 people shuffle into a big circle. Silence falls. They draw
Tag: Art work with people
Building a bridge
Suddenly, we are there. In the next six months, a series of performances will test everything we have imagined, planned, organised and created. There are dates. There will be audiences
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
Chór POLIN
The POLIN Choir is an ambitious and sustained initiative to develop the relationship between a new museum and the community in which it stands.
Work in progress
In the heart of midwinter, people in Kaunas shared their community opera as a work in progress, a 40 minute celebration of
‘Brave people with big eyes’
The end of Welfare State Ulverston is a country town a mile or two from Morecambe Bay, in North West
Murals, craft and community art in the 1980s
My early steps in community art In 1982, I got a job as a community arts worker on a council
The Lawnmowers
The Lawnmowers are a theatre company run by and for people with learning disabilities. Founded in 1986 by Them Wifies,
Introducing ‘A Restless Art’
What is community art and where is it going? Whether you call it community art, participatory art or something else
A Restless Art 