Blinkered by my privilege

For decades, longer even, cultural policy in Europe has been imagined as a conflict between two ideas. The first is … More

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 … More

This photograph of the artists working on Irish National Opera’s Out of the Ordinary project was taken on 20 August 2021, at … More

The Musicals Choir was started by Cristina Colomer, director of the Escola de Músics in Raval, for young people experiencing … More

In October, I wrote about a community opera being created in County Durham that had been stopped just weeks before … More

Intellectual property rights have rarely been an issue during my life in community art. The projects I’ve worked consciously rejected … More

In February, I participated in the kick-off meeting of TRACTION, a Horizon 2020 project researching how digital technology can support … More