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Check out this article featuring my work on Exception to the Rule with The Front Porch Arts Collective! https://lnkd.in/eMq7y72N

"In peacebuilding, the performing arts serve as embodied metaphors on multiple levels. Not only do they metaphorically speak into our inner lives creating spaces of imagination, but they also move us into experiencing and interacting with one another." Read more in this piece, "The Art of Peacebuilding in a Divided World" from Fuller Studio: https://buff.ly/4acUySy

We are unveiling the Soul on Stage: A Journey through Emotions, Expression, and Artistry. Witness the magic as our performing arts students bring stories to life with passion and creativity. #StageMasters #ArtisticExpression #PerformingArtsExcellence"

At the suggestion of LinkedIn algorithms I am turning this comment into a post and coming out here about how much i am struggling to survive as an artist. I am on the hunt for a 3 day a week properly paid job - as an account manager / consultant / project manager - so i can actually breathe again - and finish my phd: I am seeking a corporate job (if anyone knows of one here please get in touch!). I'm poorer now than I was at 23. The university system used to offer support to artists as lecturers but that is also now a rare thing - most of us are runnning from uni to uni, teaching bits here and there, with no pay over the holidays. I literally don't see any way it is going to improve. Especially for artists (like me) who rarely sell object based works it feels increasingly impossible to scrape together even the basic living. My tax returns are utterly depressing. The paperwork you have to do for each tiny job is yet more unpaid labour. After 22 years of making and curating and teaching art you'd think I may have cracked it by now - but no. And then there are feelings of shame / failure alongside the stress of not knowing how to get through the month. There needs to be much much more transparency on what artists are being paid for things. Sharing events/exhibitions/workshops on Instagram (or here) looks like success. But if there were a fee included as part of that post's info we would see a different story. I did have one well paid gig last week. But everything else is piecemeal. It's utterly depresssing for the arts in this country and for all who benefit and enjoy it. Any leads on any jobs please get in touch! Based in London or Felixstowe/Suffolk or remote.

Exposure to art, culture, nature and heritage broadens children's horizons and encourages them to think outside of their immediate circumstances, but the number of students given the opportunity to pursue these interests to GCSE and A-level is dropping significantly year-on-year. Since 2010, participation in arts subjects at GCSE level has dropped by 47%. There are challenges for schools facilitating meaningful access, especially through trips and visitors into school (including financial, time constraints, low staffing levels). On a personal note, I would love to see schools risk assessing for school trips / visitors into school not just by looking at the potential risks of doing *a thing*, but at the potential (though often less immediate) risks of NOT doing it.

🎭❤️💬 A bit more detail about my upcoming #MDEE24 session.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

How could we enable #opportunities and #empower young people to #dream, to #create and to follow their #passion? Too often organizations only consider (or can be reached) by people from privileged #backgrounds and #socialclasses. This is a #systemic issue and viscous cicle that further stretches the gaps… But it doesn’t have to be this way. Take a look at the example below from the acting world and let’s create ways for any #talent to thrive 🚀 #DiversityEquityInclusion #Empowerment #Innovation

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Authentic voice and representation matters not just to those being given their voice but also to everyone so that we can learn correctly and value correctly.