Community art – A Restless Art

A bao a qu (Catalonia)

A Bao A Qu is a small Catalan organisation, founded in 2004 by friends passionate about sharing their love of cinema,

Valleys Kids shows how close community art and community development can be, especially when work is rooted and sustained. The

In the heart of midwinter, people in Kaunas shared their community opera as a work in progress, a 40 minute celebration of

When I began thinking about this project, several years ago, I was determined to avoid the marshlands of jargon. Participatory

The end of Welfare State Ulverston is a country town a mile or two from Morecambe Bay, in North West

Someone recently suggested to me that I should speak of ‘Art in the Community’ because community art seemed to be

Almost imperceptibly participatory art is becoming an ordinary dimension of social programmes. It has happened quietly over two or three

‘Yes. No idea. I don’t know. Who knows? Yes.’ Since I heard about Fun Palaces a few months ago, I’ve

The value of participatory art in informal education has long been recognised. People who take part in such projects can gain

Time is an important factor in differentiating in participatory and community art. The shorter the project, the less potential for