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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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18 March 2022 Guest posts

Arlene Goldbard on Charters, Manifestos, and Cultural Democracy (Guest post)

‘Policymakers aren’t sufficiently aware of the values and biases embedded in the way cultural policy has been made by governmental and quasi-governmental groups’ @arlenegoldbard

4 March 2022 Old Words

Music. What is it good for? (Old Words #1)

Click here to download ‘Music. What is it good for?’ (PDF) THE RISING SUN I first heard The House of the

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24 February 2022 Old Words / Thinking

Old words

Next Friday, 4 March, I’ll add a new thread of work to this website. I’ve called it ‘Old Words’ because

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18 February 2022 Thinking

Art with the experience of age

In the new episode of ‘A Culture of Possibility’, Arlene and I spoke with two old friends, David Slater and

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5 December 2021 For itself / Thinking

Some thoughts on podcasting

In January, I began an experiment in podcasting, following an invitation from Owen Kelly and Sophie Hope, who host an

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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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16 April 2021 Community arts / Guest posts / Thinking

Funding community arts – this month’s episode of ‘A Culture of Possibility’

In the fourth episode of our monthly podcast Arlene Goldbard and I talk about how community art is funded in

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  • ‘Write this down’ 23 June 2022
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  • Building Capabilities: Rethinking the social value of culture 16 June 2022
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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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