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Projects+support+research for creatives, campaigners, communities around arts & culture for social, systemic & political change. #ArtsForSocialChange #Artivism Arts for Social Change Feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6d2sjqfqwjzccjabks36v2cm/feed/aaad
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1 week to nominate for @smkcampaigners.bsky.social National Campaigner Awards 2025.
10 categories to choose from. Last year the #CreativeChangemaker category launched, for creative interventions that led to social change. 
Deadline this Fri 28 Feb 👉 smk.org.uk/what-we-do/c... #ArtsforSocialChange

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🎨✨ Art isn’t just a mirror—it’s a megaphone. From street murals to music that moves mountains, the arts inspire action & amplify voices for change. Charities, policymakers, creatives—how can we unite to make art a catalyst for real positive change?👇 #ArtsForChange #CreativeAction #SocialJustice

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

As UK grapples with effects of a turbulent decade & global catastrophes, @1854.photography Portrait of Britain shows everyday tales, resilience, achievement, & moments of care- a counter-narrative to bleak headlines Amazing & beautiful images, on signs & billboards across UK. #ArtForChange

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Arts and culture is good for our health & wellbeing - and now there is evidence of what it's worth - £8bn/year in the UK in quality of life improvements and productivity, highlights new study from DCMS. www.theguardian.com/society/2024... #CreativeHealth #ArtsforSocialChange

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

It's official: engaging with arts and culture benefits health & wellbeing (which has been evidenced lots) - AND now this has been quantified as generating £8bn/year in quality of life improvements and productivity, highlights new DCMS study. www.theguardian.com/society/2024... #CreativeHealth

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

Book alert, coming in Feb! Excited to have co-written a chapter in this book from Bloomsbury, alongside Malaika Cunningham and Sarah Woods. Chapter subtitle: "Theatre of the Oppressed and Disrupting the Tone of Voice within Deliberative Democracy." (hi Bluesky! Still learning how this site works..)

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

In just under 4 hours, you've helped us raise an amazing £17,570 towards our £32,000 @biggive.bsky.social goal! We're grateful to all donating or sharing our #ChristmasChallenge. Your generosity is a reminder of how much our work means to many #StandWithStreetwise donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

I spoke with filmmaker and academic Juman Quneis about what it's like living in the West Bank whilst Gaza is being attacked, and about the importance of art as a means of resistance. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/a...

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Great piece about the power of arts & creativity in improving wellbeing, supporting healthcare, and wider social and financial benefits in creative place making- in @artsprofessional.co.uk from Tom Holley at the brill ACAVA in North Kensington #ArtsForSocialChange 👇

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

'If you employ people with lived experience or fund orgs that do, think carefully about how to ensure they’re given same opportunities & respect as any other professional’ Really important research from @itsgroundswell.bsky.social on lived experience roles & stigma 👇👇 #LivedExperience #Coproduction

submitted 111 days ago • 1 comment

Cleaner oceans = Thriving Marine Life. Research and studies have shown that collaborative community art is an effective tool for engaging diverse audiences to talk about difficult topics such as climate change. #artactivisim #activism #climatechange #

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

This weeks heartbreaking BBCNews report that schoolchildren from struggling families are pretending to eat out of empty lunchboxes to save their embarrassment at having no food is exactly why we should all join @bigissue in calling for a POVERTY ZERO LAW👇

submitted 112 days ago • 23 comments

Showcasing my artwork shedding light on police violence and brutality – a visual narrative demanding change. #Artivism #EndPoliceBrutality 'bear witness' - Elijah Mckenzie-Jackson

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

New #ArtsForSocialChange feed here. A work in progress bringing together arts for social & systemic change, artivism, creative campaigning, social justice and more. Come follow if interested... bsky.app/profile/did:...

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

Hope. Voice. Survival. Community. Solidarity. Systemic Change. Over the last few weeks, I’ve had the privilege of attending several events that have highlighted the importance & potential of arts and creativity for individual wellbeing, community, solidarity, and social and systemic change 1/ 6

submitted 112 days ago • 1 comment

This is going to be a thread where I keep Organizational/Activist resources I come across in the wild. If you want you can QRT this post with your own resources & I'll add them later. (Just so I don't have hundreds of people spamming links) www.lifeisasacredtext.com/organize/ #organizing

submitted 115 days ago • 3 comments

This is amazing news. A huge shout and credit to @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social @markdavyd.bsky.social and the team 👏👏

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments