@CoCreateSoton@publicartonline thinking about @Beam_ArtsUK@BOlawoye report on power structures in public art commissioning - funding, artist recruitment and procurement systems, decision making. Needing some flex and wider involvement.
@publicartonline at @CoCreateSoton highlighting wide ranging issues with some #publicart commissioning approaches including need for greater diversity + signs of change in recent commissions.
Can we really cocreate public space or just elements within, when design projects are prescribed? How do we collaborate and incentivise community long term guardianship? @cultureand_@publicartonline@CoCreateSoton
Our #HowCanWeThrive conference is informed by notions of care and principles underpinning alternative economies. We want to explore how creative practices can build collectivity through sharing resources, values and opportunities in equitable ways. @upprojects@JHansardGallery
📡Grace Lau: Portraits In a Chinese Studio
Artist Talk & Reception
⏲️Saturday 23 September, 3–5pm
FREE, booking required
>>Book your place by emailing [email protected] by Friday 22 September.
The selection of the portraits taken in Southampton earlier this year as part of Grace Lau’s Portraits In a Chinese Studio is now on show at @JHansardGallery until 28 Oct.
#CoCreatingSoton#CCPS
>>>https://t.co/Yc9e6sABGU
🌈 Join us for a mesmerizing night at the 'Midnight Swamp Gala' 🎥
📅 Friday, 25th August
⏰ 10:30 PM – Midnight
📍 John Hansard Gallery
🆓 Open to the public
❗️You must be over 18+
On the eve of @Soton_Pride, the digital drag of Tentacular Spectaculars’ queer cryptids coming!