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3 June 2022 Old Words / Thinking

Old Words #4, ‘The Art of Uncertainty’ (2010)

This month’s Old Words are unusual, since they don’t get around to the arts until the last quester of the

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27 March 2022 For itself / Thinking

Light in the darkness

Last Friday evening, in the Liceu audience in Barcelona, I listened to a single cellist play a mournful melody from

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13 November 2021 For itself / policy / Thinking

Participation is everywhere. Now what?

“The vision of this Strategy, therefore, is of a country in which the creativity of everyone living here is celebrated

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31 October 2021 For itself / policy

The function and purposes of art

A few days ago, I happened to see a media article from a senior cultural figure in which they wrote

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10 February 2021 Thinking / This changes everything

Notes for What Next UK

Here are the notes I prepared to speak at this morning’s meeting of What’s Next UK Preliminary No criticism: this

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10 June 2017 Essays / Thinking

Georgina Barney – An Artist on Farming

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

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23 May 2015 Community arts / Experiences

Optimism is a valuable resource

  Jubilee Arts was a pioneering community arts project founded in 1974, in West Bromwich, an industrial town west of

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22 February 2015 Thinking

I believe in doubt, part two

I do not believe in Belief. But this is an age of faith, where one is surrounded by so many

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10 February 2015 Thinking

Why art is for grown ups

Greer:       And no matter what he confesses to, the narrator is always invulnerable. Levi:         Because he is in

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20 January 2015 For itself / Thinking

A Masterclass in Participatory Art

I was thinking about you guys yesterday. I’ve been here three times before and I think I understand a little

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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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