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16 December 2022 Thinking / Guest posts

Guest post: Arlene Goldbard on her new book

NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 24th episode of the monthly podcast, ‘A Culture of Possibility’, which

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16 September 2022 Guest posts

Guest Post – ‘A Culture of Possibility’ Episode 21

By Arlene Goldbard This post is to introduce you to the 21st episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast,

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1 July 2022 Old Words / Thinking

Old Words #5, Playful Adventures (2008-2014)

The photo above is from 2001, and shows some of the children attending dance classes at El Colegio del Cuerpo,

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5 April 2020 Thinking / This changes everything

What are we saving, and why?

This is an awful moment to be responsible for a cultural institution. Forced to close the doors overnight, you are

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12 May 2017 Asides / Experiences / Thinking

Álvaro Restrepo: ‘Education is useless’

‘If education does not strengthen us, if it does not reveal us our vocation, our inner voice, and if it

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9 July 2015 Experiences / Talks / Thinking

Dancing in a shared world

The 2015 daCi World Congress is taking place this week in Copenhagen, bringing together over 700 young dancers for an

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6 September 2014 Thinking

Rulers are unteachable

Why does art not reliably improve people? After all, the argument that it has transcendent, even spiritual value has been

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9 March 2014 Experiences / Thinking

Well-worn touchstones

As you approach the Acropolis Museum in Athens you see the Parthenon’s reflection floating in the dark glass wall of

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25 February 2014 Thinking

Why I don’t tweet

It was my younger son, who’s a digital native, who persuaded me it was a bad idea. I’d been watching

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18 November 2013 Essays / Evaluation

Quality in community art (MCV7)

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

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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

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    1. jennifer hinves on Principles of co-creation24 March 2023

      Brilliant project! Well done all the co-creators.

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

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Fx

    3. 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

    4. 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 ...

    5. 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…

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