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Tag: Arts Council England

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 … More

Arts Council England, Arts Funding, Community art, Cultural Policy

This is what we’re working to protect

Everyone knows the theatres are closed, along with cinemas, concert halls, museums and galleries. Yesterday, the 2020 Edinburgh Festivals were … More

Arts Council England, Community art

One for the historians

In my view community arts must still be regarded as an experiment—an experiment in ‘cultural democracy’ of great importance not … More

Arts Council England, Community arts history, Cultural democracy

Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

In A Restless Art (the book, not the blog) I argue that participation has become normalised in cultural policy and … More

Arts Council England

The difficulty of thinking outside of the box

Community and participatory art has long roots in Britain. Its practice owes much to ideas that were developed in the … More

Arts Council England, Cardboard Citizens, Entelechy Arts, Evaluation, London, Participatory art, Streetwise Opera

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