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Placing audiences at the centre

06.08.18

Justine Themen from the Coventry City of Culture team reflects on themes from People Place Power and the inextricable link between genuinely engaging communities and artistic excellence  

All our Tomorrows

Sharing the controls: inclusive leadership, inclusive audiences

16.07.18

Moira Sinclair, CEO of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and contributor to a panel on inclusive leadership at our People Place Power conference, on how smarter ideas can emerge from people with lived experience

Moira Sinclair

"Just because you’re the demographic who gets the gig, does not mean you’ve got all the answers"

16.07.18

Asma Shah, founder of You Make It, writes about the difference between exclusive and inclusive leadership following her talk at our conference

Image courtesy of You Make It

"We are engaged on what might prove to be one of the most significant cultural journeys of our time"

16.07.18

Sir Nicholas Serota, Chair of Arts Council England, writes about the significance of the Creative People and Places programme and why the Arts Council is committing a new round of investment.

WordPlay a mass participation dance project with Southpaw Dance Company in South Tyneside. The Cultural Spring

"I feel the only way I can express my feelings and experiences is through a dance theatre piece"

16.07.18

Sharlene Carter is a dance teacher, choreographer and producer living and working in Barking and Dagenham. After speaking at our People Place Power conference, she tells us about developing her first full-length dance piece addressing stigmatisation around disability. 

My piece - Sharlene Carter

How I came to embrace the pixel

15.07.18

Jason Wilsher-Mills on becoming a digital artist and helping to give people a voice

Conference workshop with Jason Wilsher-Mills

"Change is not always a battle, it can be joyful, persuasive and silly"

22.06.18

Hounslow resident Niina Moliere-Palapa writes about her experience of coming to the People Place Power conference with CPP Hounslow

People from Creative People and Places Hounslow at the People Place Power conference

"If this project was a stick of rock, regardless of where you cut into it, you’d find co-production running through it"

22.06.18

Hannah Robertshaw, Programmes Director at Yorkshire Dance reflects on the themes of the People Place Power conference

Lucy Suggate’s Swarm Sculptures taken at Yorkshire Dance’s Juncture 2016

A packed programme for People Place Power

11.06.18

Over 250 people are coming to People Place Power, our national conference in Wolverhampton this week.

People Place Power visual

Creating persistent encounters

23.05.18

Karen Smith talks about her think piece for Creative People and Places exploring the relationship between the programme and social capital

Detail from A Social Change Instrument by Nicole Mollett

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