community arts: from yarn-bombing to mural making

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

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