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Fighting Talk -the story of the Craigmillar Film Society

Posted on April 8, 2016 by

There are days when even the most enthusiastic arts activist can feel uninspired. If you’re having one of those days – even if you’re not having one of those days – I’d recommend spending 15 minutes watching this great film … Continue reading →

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The art of hospitality

Posted on February 23, 2016 by

Over the last year Alison has been working on a research project with three refugee organisations in Bristol – Bristol Hospitality Network, Dignity of Asylum Seekers and Barton Hill Walled Garden. Alison, Emily Cuming from the University of Leeds and … Continue reading →

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The Right to Make Art

Posted on December 9, 2015 by

  We’re really pleased to post this short film, ‘The Right to Make Art’   – thanks very much to Annie Woodson, the film-maker, who has made sense of our complex brief to her and edited  hours of footage of the … Continue reading →

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Participation and community plays

Posted on November 3, 2015 by

Part of the reason for setting up this blog was to post about academic research to an audience who might not otherwise read it – academic books are expensive and articles are often only accessible to those in academic institutions … Continue reading →

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Making Change Happen

Posted on July 14, 2015 by

Well, I had a brilliant (if exhausting!) day on July 9th, at the University of Manchester. I once told my mother that I wanted to change the world. With typical common sense, she pointed out that there was an awful … Continue reading →

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Is community arts practice still relevant?

Posted on June 19, 2015 by

On Thursday, July 9th, 2015, we’ll be exploring this question in an intriguing way. With the help of a small grant from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, we’ve created an event which brings together community artists who began working in the … Continue reading →

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It was thirty years ago…

Posted on December 8, 2014 by

It was thirty years ago… In November 2014 Cartwheel Arts in Rochdale celebrated thirty years of its existence as a community arts organisation. Cartwheel Community Arts (as it was then) was set up in 1984 through a collaborative partnership between … Continue reading →

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