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25 October 2019 Experiences / Research

People at work

A few years ago – before Brexit erased all other political conversation – Multistory worked with Magnum Photos on an

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3 March 2016 Essays / Thinking

Both Sides of the Coin

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

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22 July 2014 Thinking

‘When will I be loved?’

I’ve been made blue, I’ve been lied to When will I be loved? I’ve been turned down, I’ve been pushed

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24 March 2014 Evaluation

The value of everyday evaluation

‘We all began with the best of intentions, and then ran slap into reality. Very quickly, it was evident that

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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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13 July 2013 Experiences / Thinking

A question of evaluation (MCV5)

It ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it It had been a wonderful performance, the culmination

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7 July 2013 Research / Thinking

Regular Marvels, in Theory (RMT)

Originally posted on Regular Marvels:
One reason for creating Regular Marvels is to look for better ways of writing about people’s experience…

Plumber and Community leader, Prshovce Rural Communities Culture
21 April 2013 Evaluation / Research

Portraying the change

How can you describe a cultural programme that has extended over 14 years, 9 countries and 3,000 projects? How do

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8 November 2012 Talks

Arts outreach programmes: self-development or social instruction?

On 7 November, I took part in a symposium about cultural mediation in Basel, organised by Pro Helvetia with Migros.

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26 October 2012 Evaluation

Arts and Health evaluation (MCV5)

Learning about evaluation Fifteen years ago, at the end of Use or Ornament?, I rather naively raised the possibility of

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François Matarasso

François Matarasso

I'm a community artist, writer and researcher, working in Europe. My latest book, 'A Restless Art' (London 2019), is about the history, theory and practice of participatory art.

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