"A Culture of Possibility Podcast #61, Eugene van Erven on a Life in Community-based Arts." Amazing stories from the man who wrote the book on peoples' theater around the world, & join us in Rotterdam in March for the International Community Arts Festival. tinyurl.com/bdd7yu2x #culturaldemocracy
“Culture of Possibility Podcast #59, François Matarasso & me on Change & Forgiveness." How is cancel culture manifesting now? How is belief in change central to community-based arts & cultural democracy? Join for ideas on how to navigate a difficult landscape. tinyurl.com/yzaab8d7 #culturaldemocracy
A Culture of Possibility Podcast #58, Laura Raicovich on Fall of Freedom. Nationwide wave of creative resistance November 21-22 includes 100s of events calling on artists "to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation." tinyurl.com/52h6etse #culturaldemocracy
"A Culture of Possibility Podcast #56, Part 3 in the Censorship Series: Arlene Goldbard & François Matarasso." It isn't always the heavy hand of the state or the masked bureaucracy banning a book or censoring a mural. Censorship affects ideas as much as art. tinyurl.com/mrkhpf74 #culturaldemocracy
Applications are open for the Arts for America Fellowship from our recent client @MoreLikeUs 🎨✨ Supporting artists in college strengthening democracy through creativity.
Deadline: ~3 weeks → morelikeus.org/artsforamerica
#CulturalDemocracy #ArtAndCivicLife #ArtsForChange
Operasinger on stage in front of a huge statue of a cat
Opera, tech & community — the EU-funded TRACTION project showed how co-creation can spark cultural democracy. A unique experiment across art, tech & inclusion, featured as one of 40 landmark EU research projects. Full story here👉https://edu.nl/npbcb
🎭👥💻 #EUfunded #CulturalDemocracy #DigitalInclusion
📚 Between 1931 and 1936, thousands of villages received books, art, and science thanks to the Pedagogical Missions.
A powerful lesson in equality, culture, and educational justice that still inspires today.
👉 tever.es/en/the-legac...
#PopularEducation #CulturalDemocracy #HistoricalMemory
"Culture of Possibility Podcast #54, Jeff Chang on MAGA Censorship of Can't Stop Won't Stop." MAGA EOs shut down educational freedom for 67,000 students on military bases, part of MAGA cultural policy of white supremacy & ignorance. What does it all mean? tinyurl.com/3me7h5k9 #culturaldemocracy
Back for their 3rd Fun Palace, Charlton House & Library is bursting with creativity and connection this October!
This is what #CulturalDemocracy looks like 🙌
Get more details here 🔗 funpalaces.co.uk/fun-palace/charlton-house-library-fun-palace-3
#FunPalaces
Just published "Culture of Possibility Podcast #53, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso on Money." Support for community-based work has never been lavish, but now it's dire. How do we hold that? What can be done? Tune in to find out. tinyurl.com/mud3tkm7 #culturaldemocracy
What happens when we stop thinking of culture as an industry and start seeing it as part of the shared foundations of everyday life—like education or public health? How might this change the way we support community and participatory arts? #CulturalDemocracy #podcast
On Episode 48 of A Culture of Possibility, Arlene Goldbard and Owen Kelly discuss the State of Culture report written by and for Culture Action Europe. They try to decipher a language they find confusing and conclude there's another way to go about it. tinyurl.com/3p54ymuy #culturaldemocracy
Does this contribute to low access expectations to arts? Are more economically secure people able to engage more positively? #culturaldemocracy
In Culture of Possibility #46, Arlene Goldbard and Libby Lenkinski talk about Israeli and Palestinian artists working under extreme conditions, balancing risk and free expression, driving change in partnership with Albi.org. bit.ly/4ftLhba #culturaldemocracy
In Culture of Possibility #44, François Matarasso and I talk with William Frodé de la Fôret, Art Director, Cork Community Art Link in Ireland. He's worked for 30 years with this community-based group engaging with art & public space, creating community through art. bit.ly/4erSuaO #culturaldemocracy
On episode 43 of A Culture of Possibility, François Matarasso & I talk with France Trépanier & Chris Creighton-Kelly, based in British Columbia. They direct Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires, placing Indigenous arts at the centre of the Canadian arts system. tinyurl.com/uyde6n3e #culturaldemocracy
In Culture of Possibility #41, Arlene Goldbard & François Matarasso talk with Nati Linares of art.coop about her experience with the solidarity economy for artists, and her work in the music industry and with the New Economy Coalition that helped to shape her ideas. bit.ly/3RzFnvf #culturaldemocracy
In Culture of Possibility #40, François Matarasso & I talk with UK-based applied theater practitioner, professor, & writer James Thompson about making theater in prisons, war zones, care facilities, & connecting with the love that animates the most powerful work. bit.ly/3WETi6C #culturaldemocracy
In Culture of Possibility #39, François Matarasso & I talk about facing the future freshly, shifting from the old idea of planning as a blueprint to one focusing on readiness; and living into this question: what freedom do I still possess & how can I exercise it? bit.ly/49Kjy2h #culturaldemocracy
Book cover-Cultural Democracy Now by Owen Kelly
Next read, catching up on some ideas related to my Masters course. How do new technologies help/hurt cultural democracy? #culturaldemocracy
Culture of Possibility #38, Sebastian Ruth, founder & ED of Community MusicWorks in Providence, RI, describes their free music education as "a pathway for people finding themselves in the world, not just a way of reinscribing the patterns that already exist." tinyurl.com/bder6e3p #culturaldemocracy
On Culture of Possibility podcast 36, Owen Kelly & I talk about spirituality & cultural democracy. In our collective work of making culture, many things are true; many realities are converging; many mysteries are becoming evident. Join us in radical amazement. #culturaldemocracy tinyurl.com/yb6aj2ts
On Culture of Possibility podcast #35, Judith Marcuse, choreographer, activist, founder of the International Centre of Art for Social Change (ICASC) talks cultural policy in Canada, partnerships, ICASC's research, why it’s going into hibernation. tinyurl.com/mry9jdvs #miaaw.net #culturaldemocracy
On Culture of Possibility podcast #33, François Matarasso I realize that having talked a great deal about #culturaldemocracy, we have yet to dive into the second half of that topic. Many people take democracy for granted, but what is it really? tinyurl.com/yrn6yvse
