Gwen Sewell and Rosie Wheatland, iPad painting by Mik Godley from Winter Fires (2012) I think about unravelling it, but … More
Tag: Arts and older people
‘HerStory’ – A co-created opera for World Parkinson’s Day
In May 2021, as part of our research into opera co-creation, I arranged a meeting between some of the Traction … More
Art with the experience of age
In the new episode of ‘A Culture of Possibility’, Arlene and I spoke with two old friends, David Slater and … More
‘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 … More
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 … More
Trusting the process, again
In January 2021, for the first time in my life, I wrote a long, detailed outline for a community art … More
A story that deserves telling
Yesterday I got an email from a research student called Chloé Bradwell who wanted to contact artists who had worked … More
Movimento de Expressão Fotográfica
The development of a visual aesthetic culture in all its conceptual dimensions and its accessibility to EVERYONE is fundamental to … More
‘We want to be remembered.’
‘Sometimes you’ve got to take risks for the unknown. You don’t know what you are going into but you’ve got … More
Need to know
At a conference in Sydney last week, I was able to catch up a little on current thinking in arts … More