Thoughts

Longer read articles exploring our work with artists, communities and socially engaged art

On a hillside covered in a snow several groups of men are gathered. In the background we can see a factory with tall smoking chimneys. In the foreground a man in a black woolly hat and white vest is jogging towards the camera holding a set of keys. Behind him a small group of men in overalls and helmets are facing another group of men in winter coats who are holding fire extinguishers. A man dressed all in black is standing behind them with his arm raised.

How to nurture a social arts eco system

Harvey Dimond reflects on their experience of our recent series of Artist Professional Development workshops.

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With For About: Art & Democracy - An illustrated round up

In May 2019, on European Parliament election day, artists, practitioners, educators, researchers and arts producers from across Europe and the USA, joined us at Ravenhead Social Club (the last Pilkington Social Club) in St Helens for our fourth annual With For About conference: Art & Democracy.

A group of men stand on a hillside, one is wearing a white vest, dark shorts and black beanie and is surrounded by a puff of smoke. Another throws a wreath towards a group of men in blue overalls and white hard hats.

Reflections - artist Stephen King on the stories behind the making of Where Things Are Different

It's January. It's cold, dark and wet. We're casting our minds back to this time last year when we huddled by the banks of the Sankey Canal to witness the opening of Where Things Are Different.

Reimagining the 'Arts Centre'

We invited writer Lyn Gardner to experience TORCH and find out more about our work in St Helens. In her article she explores how, by working together, we can turn every wall into a canvas and every space a stage.