Of the City: The Future

Of the CityGuest User9 October 2018Regeneration, Artist-led, Urbanism

Of the City: Community & Culture

Of the City, Alternative CivicsGuest User19 September 2018Rural, Urbanism, Cities, Artist, Mental health, Built Environment, CommunitiesComment

Of the City: What's Happening in the Arts?

Of the City - Birmingham: What’s Happening in the Arts?

Alternative Civics, Of the CityMAIA2 August 2018Comment

The Sunday Round - 13

Artists, cities, society, infrastructure, citizenship and more.
A round up of opportunities and the things we've seen, read or been interested in this week.

This week: artists and ethics, World Press Photo exploitation, the myth of poverty, the real financial conditions of working as an artist and more. Plus, SIX new opportunities (jobs, commissions and residencies).

Alternative CivicsMAIA29 July 2018SundayRound

The Sunday Round - 12

Artists, cities, society, infrastructure, citizenship and more.
A round up of opportunities and the things we've seen, read or been interested in this week

This week: SIX new opportunities, graffiti and copyright, courage and artistry as an antidote to hate and fear, gentrification and more.

Alternative CivicsMAIA22 July 2018SundayRound, Opportunities

The Sunday Round - 11

Artists, cities, society, infrastructure, citizenship and more.
A round up of opportunities and the things we've seen, read or been interested in this week

This week: 4 open call commissions, why people from social housing should build cities, Stormzy launches a publishing imprint, the need for critics of colour, how Theaster Gates addresses 'Blackness' through art and city building and more.

Alternative CivicsMAIA8 July 2018SundayRound

The Sunday Round - 10

Artists, cities, society, infrastructure, citizenship and more.
A round up of opportunities and the things we've seen, read or been interested in this week

This week: Scotland makes culture central to policy-making, an advocacy strategy for visual artists, how a poem removed nitrogen oxide from the environment and more.

Alternative CivicsMAIA2 July 2018SundayRound

The Sunday Round - 9

Artists, cities, society, infrastructure, citizenship and more.
A round up of the opportunities and things we've seen, read or been interested in this week.

This week: an award winning musician building a new city, design inspiration for Art Hotel, why civil society is dependent on space, the realities of gender inequality and working motherhood in the arts and more.

Alternative CivicsMAIA24 June 2018SundayRound

The Sunday Round - 8

Artists, cities, society, infrastructure, citizenship and more.
A round up of the opportunities and things we've seen, read or been interested in this week.

This week: new opportunities, artist pensions and a legal dispute, practical strategies for improving urban landscapes and widening the dialogue around the role of artists within the built environment.

The Sunday Round - 7

Artists, cities, society, infrastructure, citizenship and more.
A round up of the opportunities and things we've seen, read or been interested in this week.

This week:

Alternative CivicsMAIA10 June 2018SundayRound

The Sunday Round - 6

Artists, cities, society, infrastructure, citizenship and more.
A round up of opportunities and the things we've seen, read or been interested in this week.

This week: "art libraries", the West End - Broadway pay gap, artist residencies as a think-tank, future design & more.

Alternative CivicsMAIA13 May 2018SundayRound

02: The Language of Us.

“I left The Language of Us with a sense of positivity in newfound knowledge that there are architects in this city, and beyond, that do hold residents' perspectives dear to them…”

Alternative CivicsInès Elsa Dalal11 May 2018Centrala GalleryArchitecture, Community designComment

The Sunday Round - 5

Artists, cities, society, infrastructure, citizenship and more.
A round up of the opportunities and things we've seen, read or been interested in this week.

This week: conditions of black cultural production, technology to uncover (in)justice, building your own art world, playwright-focused production models & more.

Alternative CivicsMAIA29 April 2018SundayRound

The Sunday Round - 4

Artists, cities, society, infrastructure, citizenship and more.
A round up of the things we've seen, read or been interested in this week.

This week: how artist residencies could better serve, how African architects are investing in the next generation, the relationship between class, taste and inequality and more.

Alternative CivicsMAIA22 April 2018SundayRoundComment

The Sunday Round - 3

Artists, cities, society, infrastructure, citizenship and more.
A round up of the things we've seen, read or been interested in this week.

This week: the relationship between justice, young people and public spaces, if nonprofits were brutally honest with their funders, activism and radical curators and more.

Alternative CivicsMAIA15 April 2018SundayRound

The Sunday Round - 2

Artists, creativity, future, economics, cities, society, infrastructure, citizenship, sustainability.
A round up of the things we've seen, read or been interested in this week.

Alternative CivicsMAIA8 April 2018SundayRound

The Sunday Round - 1

Artists, cities, society, infrastructure, citizenship and more.
A round up of the things we've seen, read or been interested in this week.

Alternative CivicsMAIA1 April 2018SundayRoundComment

01: The New Artist Economy - Imbue

"I wanted space to think more outside of the box and move away from the traditional commercial gallery model, in which they take 50%, just because it’s the way it’s been done for years." - Imbue

MAIA15 March 2018

01: The New Artist Economy - Paula Varjack

"Transparency is so important. We’re worried to speak about our rates for concern that we’re charging more or less, which is exactly why we need to talk publicly about it. It can only make things better for us as artists and those who are booking us." - Paula Varjack

Alternative CivicsMAIA15 March 2018Artist, Economics, Money

01: The New Artist Economy - The Spark Factory

"If the Fringe isn’t going to create the opportunities that it once did, and isn’t going to work for a broader spectrum of people, the fringe network isn’t going to change itself. It needs to be much more grassroots and artist-led." - Jessica Cheetham

Alternative CivicsMAIA15 March 2018Artist, Economics, CitiesComment