On Tuesday 26 March, Steph, Cath, Iain and Helen Jones from
Burnley Borough Council got together at The Fold on Venice Avenue, to look at the terrific response to the briefs
for the Ground UP residencies and documentation project. Fifty eight proposals
were narrowed down and shortlisting will take place in the community
with a panel of local representatives on Wednesday 24 April.
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| The Fold, Centre for Integrated Health and Wellbeing image courtesy of http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2613041 |
The prospect of shortlisting in collaboration with the community
is at once exciting and daunting. We anticipate each individual will come to the
process with different levels of knowledge and understanding of participatory
arts in practice. If people construct their understanding of something new
based around what they already know, then the kinds of arts experiences ourselves
and our community panel have had in the past will influence the way we
interpret the proposals.
This however, is where the Ground UP project demonstrates
ambition. Our aims are for everyone involved to develop their understanding
about commissioning and developing socially engaged art, so that each one of us
has gained from the experience. We’ll be using approaches that allow the panel
to support one another as they consider each idea.
See you on the other side!
