Blog: What is the role of art at a time of social transformation? — Imaginate https://www.imaginate.org.uk/news/blog-what-is-the-role-of-art-at-a-time-of-social-transformation-09062020
Artists Geraldine Heaney and Hannah Venet reflect on opportunities to change our education system following the current crisis. Theatres, museums and galleries are all closed. Community centres have been repurposed to meet immediate survival needs. Hospitality is doing its best to survive on take-aways. Play parks are covered in red tape. Is it time to reimagine art and its role in education? Can we move beyond the traditional spaces ‘where art happens’ and into the community?
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