Inexperience is fine – give it space
I have a lot of conversations with, or about, young artists—people rather new to participatory work, even if they have
Carla Schiavone on the genesis of the 2020 Rome Charter
The first anniversary of the 2020 Rome Charter is marked today by an event in Rome, under the auspices of
The 2020 Rome Charter and why it matters
Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to
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
A question of identity
Like most people with a mixed heritage, I expect, I’ve had to think a good deal about identity—my own and
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
In a New Light – European theatre in lockdown
Theatre faces an existential crisis: doors closed, auditoriums empty, stages silent. That much is obvious. But theatre, like all the
On not hanging around
Since the pandemic, and this lockdown life, I’ve been asked to speak in many webinars, for a wide range of
Talking with playwrights about theatre
This photo was taken in Vienna, after a long and fascinating walk around Rotes Wien, the living fabric of 20th
Artistic Possibilists: Pandemic Responses #3
This is the third in a series about how arts and cultural institutions have responded to the pandemic. It draws
Mohan Rana: Cartographer of the Space Between
A few months ago, I had a call from Mohan Rana. His calls tend to come out of the blue:
