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Tag: Evaluation

This is not a level playing field

Evaluation has become a dominant preoccupation in participatory art in the past generation. It’s a fascinating field, and I’ve played … More

Community art, Evaluation

Guest blog – Evaluating arts programmes in health care

Many people have written about evaluating the outcomes of participation in the arts, especially in the past 20 years as … More

Arts and health, Evaluation

Who are you writing for?

Reading yet another account of a community outreach project undertaken by an arts organisation, I could feel my heart sinking … More

Creative Writing, Evaluation

Hearts and minds

There has been a fantastic growth in community and participatory art during the past 20 years, across the world. A practice that was … More

Community art, Evaluation, Participatory art

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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