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.
1. Artists are human too: why residencies need to reflect economic and social realities
https://www.a-n.co.uk/news/artists-human-residencies-need-reflect-economic-social-realities?utm_sq=fq59cx5it0&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=artsfundraising&utm_content=arts+innovation+%26+initiatives
2. How Will Creatives & Citizens Design the Future?
http://www.maiagroup.co/blog/2018/3/6/alternative-civics-future
3. Panic! Social Class, Taste and Inequalities in the Creative Industries
http://createlondon.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Panic-Paper-2018-FINAL-17.4.18.pdf
4. A defense of art in troubled times
https://www.artbasel.com/news/a-defense-of-art-in-troubled-times
5. The next generation of African architects and designers | Christian Benimana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itLUXZnLRn8
Opportunities:
Arts Retreat 2018 - Living Life to the Fullest: https://livinglifetothefullest.org/2018/04/20/arts-retreat-2018/ - an arts retreat for young people aged 8-18, living with a life-limiting or life-threatening impairment.
Loop Fund: http://www.thisisloop.com - three grants of £5,000 for UK filmmakers (film of any type, especially those that struggle to find funding elsewhere)
95% of the Universe is Missing - Science Gallery London: https://opencall.sciencegallery.com/95-universe-missing - open call to explore themes related to contemporary physics and dark matter
Developing Your Creative Practice - Arts Council England: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/DYCP - for individual artists and creative practitioners