In September, the RSA Japan Fellows Network ran: Ruskin Calling: Educating Hands, Heads & Hearts In The Age Of AI; a hands-on event exploring the kind of education that will prepare us for changing times. Here, event organiser ...
The Citizen Power Peterborough project, Arts and Social Change, was about strengthening networks and deepening attachment to the place through participation in the arts.
This project explored the role of arts and imagination in creating new connections between people and where they live in order to strengthen participation in community life in Peterborough.
The Knitting together Arts and Social Change report gives some context to this programme and explores how the arts can open up new ways of working which impact upon social capital, the identity of a place and our attachment to it and encourage active citizenship.
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The RSA is developing a partnership with Museum Detox, a network for BAME professionals in the Museum and Heritage Sector, to encourage their members to join the RSA Fellowship.
The Arts and Social Change Evaluation closes this strand of the 3 year Citizen Power Peterborough programme of work across the city.
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How can arts make an impact upon the identity of a place, social capital whilst encouraging active citizenship.
The Arts and Social Change Evaluation closes this strand of the 3 year Citizen Power Peterborough programme of work across the city.
This background paper on Leading a City Differently offers a summary outline for those considering creative practice as an approach to reshaping relationships between key institutions, people, and services.
Dialogue in Action was the final project in the Arts and Social Change strand of the Citizen Power programme and fed into the Innovation Forum programme with city leaders.
Events
RSA Rawthmells: How dancers make and express change
Fellow Event
Thursday 13th June 2019 at 18:30
Rawthmells Coffeehouse (RSA House), London
How can dance highlight challenges facing society and create positive social change? Join six movement artists for an evening of performance and conversation curated by Carole Edrich FRSA, to understand their work and the ...
RSA Rawthmells: Art with... homelessness
Fellow Event
Wednesday 5th June 2019 at 19:00
Rawthmells Coffeehouse (RSA House), London
What role does art play in combatting the homelessness crisis facing society today? Join speakers from the Big Issue, Accumulate and a PHD student from The Royal College of Art in a conversation facilitated by artist Degard ...
RSA Rawthmells: Art with... cybersecurity
Fellow Event
Tuesday 2nd July 2019 at 19:00
Rawthmells Coffeehouse (RSA House), London
How can abstract painting inform cybersecurity, and why should it? Join speakers from The National Cyber Security Centre and the Royal College of Art in a conversation facilitated by artist Degard FRSA for Rawthmells, The ...
Project Team
Jocelyn Cunningham
Founder, Arts & Society
Jocelyn founded a social enterprise called Arts and Society in 2013, after her role as Director of Arts and Society at the RSA in which she led the Arts and Social Change programme within the Citizen Power in Peterborough, amongst other programmes.