community arts: from yarn-bombing to mural making
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THE ROLE OF ‘ART’ IN THE COMMUNITY
OF THE COMMUNITY, BY THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE
COMMUNITY
Bringing a community together
The arts are seen to play an important role in bringing members of a local community
together.
They can help to build a sense of community pride and promote intergenerational
understanding.
The arts could be useful in helping disenfranchised people to have a voice and feel
proud of their local community.Arts Council UK
Keeping rural communities alive
Arts activities in rural communities can help maintain the vibrancy of rural life.
Having high-quality arts activities ‘on yourdoorstep’ can help to remove some of the barriers to engaging with the arts that people in rural areas face and will also encourage people to spend time
and money locally.Arts Council UK
PARTICIPATE-COLLABORATE-CREATE
ART CAN BE USED TO EXPRESS OUR: FEELINGS, SHARED VIEWPOINTS,IDEAS and VISIONS
The knitters of Maryland prison USA
Pompom making for yarn-bombing at Eden
Lantern making in Newham
Making carnival masks Brixton
Flags designed and made for the Peckham Big Lunch 2012
Tyres, compost and plants brighten up the street in Dover
‘Art’ can be created anywhere!
People can learn new skills
Art is a social activity
Art can also be calming as well as creative
There are no barriers to participation
Art allows participants to try something new
Small things matter……..
Art can be made anywhere by anyone.
Reclaim your ‘space’ but do no harm
Find your inner child and play
Small actions can grow. Royal de Luxe started in 1979 by Jean-Luc Courcoult in Nantes France.
‘There is a growing body of evidence to support the claim that place-shaping is
central to the process of tackling the roots of poverty and supporting resilient
communities. It can act as a collective community asset to alleviate poverty, a source of investment and as a focus for
participation and community-driven interventions that transform
neighbourhoods’.Poverty in the UK, commissioned by the
Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Prospect magazine, Maria Adebowale
HAVE FUN