Collaborative working in complexity
The voluntary and public sectors are awash with talk of ‘systems change’ and ‘complexity’. New initiatives, new funds, new structures are all requiring people to work across organisational and sectoral boundaries to tackle complex challenges.
The Future Charity Chair
Launch of a major research project looking at the evolving and challenging role of the charity chair. You can also register to receive a copy of the report when it is published.
Pre-bunking and debunking
An interesting guide on how to engage with conspiracy theories from an archaeological perspective
What if you make a big pile of imperfect things?
A great talk by Sarah Leavitt. We love her notion of working with joyful persistence.
Art Without Heroes at the William Morris Gallery
‘Art Without Heroes: Mingei’ is the largest ever exhibition in the UK dedicated to Mingei, the influential folk-craft movement that developed in Japan in the 1920s and 1930s.
Look Again launch party
Dawn will be in Newhaven tomorrow – do say hello if you are visiting the Look Again launch.
This June, in the coastal town of Newhaven, East Sussex, there will be a month of events, workshops, walks and community gatherings programmed to accompany 15 specially commissioned artworks that will be installed across the town.
Sorry I’m Not Sorry, Lauren Joy Kennett
Shamelessly sharing the current show from Aspex. Do take time to visit if you can.
Aspex Portsmouth and Photoworks are pleased to present Lauren Joy Kennett’s (LJK) first solo show and the debut of her newest body of work Sorry I’m Not Sorry. Commissioned as part of the In Focus programme, this new body of work explores the artists’ experience of living with undiagnosed autism.
Questions, questions..
How might we make senior roles in the cultural sector more appealing and rewarding, given tight finances and growing challenges?
What will it take for the sector to invest seriously in training and development? Because, if we don’t, the outlook is grim.
How to we work collectively to create a sense of renewal and hope for the future?