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Category: Community arts

5 June 2022 Community arts / Experiences / Regular Marvels / Thinking

The meaning of risk in community art

Three days ago, anticipating the first performance of the Leiria prison opera, I wrote that I didn’t expect to see

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2 June 2022 Community arts / Regular Marvels

This is special

In the dusty hall of a disused prison workshop, 30 people shuffle into a big circle. Silence falls. They draw

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24 May 2022 Community arts / 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

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20 May 2022 Community arts

The view from East Lawrence

Dave Loewenstein, community murals and living democracy Browsing the artwork in Dave Loewenstein’s online shop, I was delighted by this

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15 May 2022 Community arts / For itself / Thinking

Friendship and the community artist

When I talk about community art practice with younger or less experienced artists, I often warn against offering friendship to

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10 April 2022 Community arts / Thinking / This changes everything

‘If not pure, then at least useful.’

Read this book. It is probably the most important book about art that will be published this year. Or about

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2 October 2021 Community arts / For itself / Thinking

Other People’s Books: some recommendations

Over past year or two, I’ve had a series of conversations with people about books they’ve been working on. Some

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5 August 2021 Community arts / Experiences / Regular Marvels

Trusting the process, again

In January 2021, for the first time in my life, I wrote a long, detailed outline for a community art

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30 July 2021 Community arts / For itself / Thinking

Inexperience is fine – give it space

I have a lot of conversations with, or about, young artists—people rather new to participatory work, even if they have

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21 May 2021 Community arts / Thinking

Denise Griffin Johnson and cultural organising in West Baltimore (USA)

A Culture of Possibility, the podcast I co-host with Arlene Goldbard, connects experiences of community art in Europe and the

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  • Guest post: Arlene Goldbard on her new book16 December 2022
  • Old Words #10 – ‘Approximate Visions’2 December 2022
  • There exists a genuine mystery at the heart28 November 2022
  • Radical Hope: Carol Bebelle on Belonging, Becoming, and Healing18 November 2022
  • A museum is a strange place13 November 2022
  • Watch the making of ‘La Gata Perduda’6 November 2022
  • Old Words #9 – ‘Another Angle of Vision’4 November 2022
  • A time of endings28 October 2022
  • Culture and community development in Bulgaria21 October 2022
  • Old Words #8: Music and Social Change7 October 2022

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    1. François Matarasso on Radical Hope: Carol Bebelle on Belonging, Becoming, and Healing21 November 2022

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Fx

    2. fionahope on Radical Hope: Carol Bebelle on Belonging, Becoming, and Healing20 November 2022

      Thank you Francoise for this inspiring talk of Carol's Fiona and Mark xxxx

    3. anthonysargent0 on Watch the making of ‘La Gata Perduda’6 November 2022

      What a beautifully made film - it really captures the dynamic of this kind of intense journey ...

    4. Rebecca Manson Jones on A time of endings31 October 2022

      Thank you for all the work you share here. Wishing you well. Pondering the Twitter deletion. Haven’t been there much…

    5. François Matarasso on A time of endings28 October 2022

      Yes, of course - no change of plan 🙂

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