(1) Theatre of Change Workshop Activist Summer Camp 2017
Short Review Communities in transition and community arts: Making new connections June 17/18 2017
Image: P. Clancy
Introduction The Activist Camp built bridges between 35 activists and artists working in diversity of ways at community level. There is a cohort of about 150 people invited drawn from two lines of activity although the invitation is always open to newcomers. First there were previous editions of the Activist Camp initiated in 2015 by Claiming Our Future. Second there are the biannual gatherings which have been convened by Blue Drum, most recently, the Legacy Event in Galway last October, in association with the Institute for Lifecourse and Society at NUI Galway. Each strand seeks to move from conversation towards practice sites that test the power of community art, culture and activism for social transformation.
Images: S. Colclough
Good weather created the perfect tone for the welcoming workshop of this year‟s Camp led by Theatre of Change, Galway. Prompted by questions about community arts, participants were invited to move outside their own ideas and concerns and to listen and be attentive to each other. From individual to group actions a set of body sculptures and forms were used to express community arts as connection, bridge, barrier and the place of self esteem therein.
Image: P. Geraghty
(2) Without help, without permission- François Matarasso. The fine weather continued to beat down during the question and more questions session with a
Draft 2 text by E. Carroll – please feel free to suggest ne format, make additions / correct mistakes! Final version end of July!