Essays – François Matarasso

Reflecting on culture and development

For the past 18 month or so, I have been working with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

At midnight on 27 March 2020, Bob Dylan (or his office) used Twitter to announce the release of a song

Georgina Barney is captivated by farming, in theory, art and practice. Today she publishes GB Farming: An Island Journey, a book

This is the text of a talk given on 3 September 2016 in Berlin at an event to mark the fifth

Both Sides of the Coin: The Distinctive Value of Art in Health Care A text commissioned by artsandhealth.ie, an Irish arts

One lovely evening this summer, I stood waiting in the lobby of the Market Theatre in the Herefordshire town of

For much of the British media, 2014 began with a panic about the opening of the UK’s borders to people

The McMaster Review Fashions sometimes change quickly in the arts, and in arts policy too. In July 2007, the then

Art and wellbeing in old age [This is the English text of a chapter I contributed to a book on

The de-politicisation of community art in Britain, 1970-2011 The term ‘community art’ came into use in Britain at the beginning