Artists, creative professionals, property developers, planners, architects and others invested in the built environment gather to discuss what it means to ‘shape’ place in a rapidly-changing city. Siana Bangura reflects on the Developers’ Dinner.
Read MoreFrom consulting on industry-wide environmental activism, to illustrating the ways inequality has been systematically designed, here are five projects and organisations working at the intersection of culture, design, art and the environment.
Read MoreHospitality is being reimagined around the world with arts and culture at the centre. Here are 5 culture-led residence projects inspiring our plans for an artist-led hotel and cultural hub in Birmingham, UK.
Read MoreCall out for 3 x artists interested in socially-engaged practice.
Read MoreA list of projects that reflect the direction for the future we hope for; one where we might reimagine the creative and cultural industries, how they operate and who they involve.
Read More“Now that I have graduated with a 1st class degree; my life has only just begun. I look back at my University experience as a mock exam for my career as a woman of colour in the arts and media industry. “
Read MoreFive community-driven Culture projects, supporting both artistic development and opportunities for the public.
Read More“Through these different perspectives the artist can offer back her findings to others, who can use this offering to enhance their understanding of the world and to add their own critique. It sounds maybe a bit hierarchical, but it’s essentially a service that you provide a community, like any other job or role.”
Read More“An artist-friendly city is one that acknowledges the value of all artists; that acknowledges the personal livelihoods of those within artistic professions and understands artists as intrinsic assets in the places they live and work.”
Read More“We cannot afford to adapt and adjust to a system that was never designed for us to have an equitable stake in the first place.”
Some reflections, following IETM - Spring Plenary Meeting “Other Centres: Paths, Perspectives, Practices”.
Read More'Artists and arts professionals are a critical asset. They can play a fundamental role in the reimagining and futureproofing of our towns and cities. How might they work stronger within communities to develop new systems for economic and civic health? What can we reimagine, learn and exchange together to create the ecosystem we want to be in?"
Read MoreNot having core or long-term funding has never affected our ambition, activism or pragmatism. And it’s not about to start.
Image: The Loft Birmingham, Studio Danmole
Read MoreHow a theatre co-operative is "hacking the Fringe" and developing a new financial model for participation and development.
Read More"We did not want this space to exist solely to rehash age-old problems we know exist, but rather space to explore the possibilities of coming together, across sectors and experience."
Read MoreThe PROPOSAL brings together a community of arts supporters who collectively crowdfund and crowdsource support for the prototypes, ideas and plans of artists/producers working locally.
Read MoreThe PROPOSAL Shortlist - July 2017
Image: Seecum Cheung - A Dutch Window (2017).
Source: Patrick Dandy for Grand Union
Introducing The PROPOSAL, a brand new event from MAIA in partnership with Grand Union, that sets out to crowdfund new artistic works and projects. This is an open call for artists and creative producers to present ideas, make useful connections and be in with a shot at winning some seed cash.
Read More"The artist interrogates, prosecutes and prophesises. If we aren’t bringing our whole political and spiritual selves to our work, we are not sculpting a new earth. We just playing in the dirt."
- Alysia Harris
Read More"The bigger picture is about purposefulness, communicating something intentional, addressing some condition and meeting it with a platform for engaging the city."
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