data and vulnerability
i mentioned in the Culture Collective post that i was up in Glasgow for an event last year (From Participation to Co-creation, run by Arts Homeless International in partnership with Creative Scotland and the Calouste…
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Coproduction at the heart of new Scottish Arts regeneration funding
COVID has simultaneously proven beyond doubt that the rich will always get richer at the continued expense of our most poor, vulnerable and oppressed, and that the public’s appetite for a more ethical, moral, socially…
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organised slackness
I wrote earlier about my breakdown/breakthrough leading to diagnoses of ‘the clusterfuck combo‘ of Autism and ADHD. I’m starting to share some of the adaptations I created through my past work in media arts, as…
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Autism + ADHD = the clusterfuck combo
I call Autism+ADHD “the clusterfuck combo”. My Autistic brain is all about truth, justice, order, logic, patterns, systems, and deep dives – my Autistic brain is curious, investigative, and wants to understand everything. My ADHD…
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breakdowns to breakthrough
My work has always been everything to me, to the extent that it became unhealthy – my work was far more important to me than my own wellbeing. Working in the arts is a deliciously…
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arts-business nuances
I frequently find that ‘traditional business’ training and support often miss a lot of nuance specific to arts business: some reflections…
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the needy versus the greedy
i wrote this as a comment in response to someone (yes, someone who happened to be wrong on the internet) arguing that they didn’t see why their hard-earned taxes should become someone else’s “stay at…
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British Arts & Culture at a critical crossroads
Tories are holding a summit with major British Museums and Heritage Institutions this week to force a ‘retain and explain’ policy, with the threat of reduced funding (and worse) if they don’t comply [1]. This…
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What makes artists changemakers?
…and why does that matter more than ever during – and beyond – COVID? During COVID and lockdown we have witnessed an explosion in both the demand for, and supply of, creative practice. Of course…