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Why my pub won’t be closing its doors….
Why my pub won’t be closing its doors On a Friday night, eight years ago, I was home drinking wine, sitting on the sofa ‘chatting’ to friends via Facebook. Someone, it might have been me, it might not, said ‘this … Continue reading
Is Westworld more feminist than it looks?
I’ve only just caught up with Westworld, I had put off watching it based on my experience of the original movie, which I didn’t like. It turns out I loved Westworld the TV show! I was at a meeting recently … Continue reading
Counter Culture White Paper
I have set up a small project to create a ‘Counter Culture White Paper’ partly in response to the recent DCMS White Paper but also as a way of bringing together all the thinking that has been happening in various … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, counter culture, culture, culture white paper, diversity
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Has Old Vic lost her way?
On Tuesday this week, as part of International Women’s Day celebrations, I was street-canvassing for the Women’s Equality Party in Waterloo. We had decided to wait outside the Old Vic for the audience from their Gender Debate to exit – … Continue reading
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The shadow street
As part of the work I am doing for my Artist in Residence project, I have been inspired by conversations with my neighbours – and the loan of some old maps by one of them, to look into the past … Continue reading
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Tagged 1911, Artist in Residence, courtenay street, housing, Lambeth, overcrowding
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An experiment at home
Throughout 2015 I looked at adverts for Artist in Residence schemes. I even applied for a few. Most of them were in schools and the briefs seemed to make the artist themselves the focus of the project. They would work … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Artist in Residence, autonomy of the artist, collage, courtenay street, drawing, engagement, funding, kennington, people, se11, south east london, validation
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Towards a Progressive Arts Policy – cultural contracts
This week gone by has been another big week for talking about the arts and where we are headed. I was unable to attend the RSA/Arts Council event on their proposal for a Cultural Contract. I did however watch the … Continue reading
Things I’d like to see (part 1): Real diversity in the arts
I’ve been thinking a lot, a lot, a lot about this. And, you know me, talking about it quite a bit. The thing about diversity is – it’s quite diverse and there are going to be certain barriers that are … Continue reading
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Tagged all my sons, arts, critics, diversity, education, hamlet, maxine peake, royal exchange manchester, theatre royal plymouth
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Ask the Artist
Last night I went to the first Provocation to come out of the Warwick Commission on the Future of Cultural Value – it was titled ‘Are cuts to funding the greatest threat to culture?’ Now the Commission are quite clear … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Davey, artist, arts, arts council, Goldsmiths, Robert Peston, Value of Culture, Warwick Commission, Warwick University
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