Become part of the new team of board members at take a part, uk Take a Part, the UK’s leading socially engaged art (SEA) organisation, dedicated to supporting, furthering and sustaining SEA practice, community co-creation and community embedding placemaking in the UK, are seeking to expand their board. Take a Part are clear, robust, and dynamic in…
In this online seminar series, Community Theatre practitioners from around the world have been telling their stories, and participants have been learning lessons from across our borders. For this seminar, attendees will hear from two practitioners who are migrants themselves, and now work predominantly with other migrants. Through sharing stories, strategies, and successes we hope…
Open call for a LECTURER IN DANCE: UNIT LEADER (MA DANCE: PARTICIPATION, COMMUNITIES, ACTIVISM) at london contemporary dance school An exciting opportunity for a professional with an extensive community/activist dance practice in a country of the Global South to join the postgraduate faculty at London Contemporary Dance School. London Contemporary Dance School’s student body has a wide…
For Culture of Possibility #40, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso interview James Thompson, Professor of Applied and Social Theatre at the University of Manchester, who facilitated a lecture series as part of ICAF 2023. James Thompson was the founder In Place of War, a project researching and developing arts programs in war zones and has…
Excavate have been working with communities across the East Midlands and beyond to create largely performance based work that explores questions of place, culture and heritage. Throughout that time they have worked with thousands of people in many different locations to create often very ambitious work with large casts of local people. Over the last…
Adrian Jackson, MBE is an English theatre director, playwright, teacher and trainer. He was the founding director and executive director of the theatrical company Cardboard Citizens, founded in 1991, in which the majority of the members were homeless, refugees or asylum seekers, participating in the cycle of Nosaltres organised by the Teatre Lliure. In addition…
Parrabbola tells stories and makes plays. From tiny rural communities to major international festivals, they work with people within their own localities using creativity to help them engage with, learn about and celebrate the places where they live. It is both reflective and celebratory. Parrabbola have made work about miners in Yorkshire and female pirates…
We are continuing our ICAF Tip series, this time with a reading recommendation; James Thompson’s “Care Aesthetics. For Artful Care and Careful Art”, published this year by Routledge. “What if the work of a nurse, physio, or homecare worker was designated an art, so that the qualities of the experiences they create became understood as aesthetic qualities? What…
Professor Tim Prentki (Winchester, UK) is well known as an applied performance and cofounder of the theatre and development programme at Winchester University, subjects about which he has published many books. He approaches applied art from multiple perspectives (politics, education) with a strong foundation in the humanities. He is well aware that over the past few…
Junction Arts vision is to create a better future for everyone through the arts. Established in 1976 we have been at the forefront of rural participatory arts activity for over 40 yrs. We believe passionately in the positive impact the arts can have on people and places. We co-create projects and events with local people,…