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CCC's Work
Mapping Room
Study, conducted by the Centre for Creative Communities in 2002-04, looking at collaborative practices among culture, education, community development, youth, health and social services in Europe. The initiative aimed to describe and analyse the complex picture emerging, as reflected in a shift towards policies that combine social and cultural objectives, and stimulate new forms of multidisciplinary practice. Research/Report
Creative Community Building - The Arts in Other Places: (PDF: 202 KB)Speech at the Vllams Theatre Institute in Brussels, Belgium, organised by Kunst en Democratie. Jennifer Williams talks about the role of the arts in ‘other places’; the many places that the arts, creativity and culture are working along side other sectors in society to reach people’s lives and to make a difference - Arts in the community and in an array of social and health settings. Speech
Emerging Models of Creativity at Work:
Jennifer Williams describes a new type of worker, neither social worker nor community learning professional, but someone working across professional boundaries with a creative approach to helping others develop their potential. Article
Finding the Common Threads:
This is an excerpt of the opening speech given by Jennifer Williams, CCC Director, with occasion of the second seminar part of our current project Finding the Common Threads. The seminar took place at Deutsche Bank’s London Headquarters on 21 March 2006. You have the option to download the full text of the speech and the Powerpoint presentation as PDFs.Speech
Interview with Jan-Bert van der Berg, Artlink, Scotland:
Here van der Berg discusses Artlink and its recent art in hospitals project, Fusion. The interview raises some interesting questions about the nature of collaborative practice, and discusses some of the problems connected with the arts’ role with holistic healthcare. Interview
Making Space for Creativity: the Changing Responsibilities of Arts Organisations and Artists in Contemporary Communities:
This speech by Jennifer Williams, given at the Creative City conference in Helsinki (1996) explores some of the partnerships the arts have formed which have been shown to be most effective in terms of building sustainable communities. Speech
More, Better, Different: (PDF: 409 KB)This report addresses the challenge of facilitating intercultural understanding and cultural diversity within the countries of the Council of Europe, looking in particular at the roles of cultural provision for young people. Research/Report
New Media and Urban Spaces:
Cristina Losito's article discusses the way in which new technologies are having a dramatic and pervasive effect on the structuring of society. Article
The Hybrid Worker:
Jennifer Williams describes a new type of worker, neither social worker nor community learning professional, but someone working across professional boundaries with a creative approach to helping others develop their potential.
Article - UK
The Role of Networks: (PDF: 40 KB)This 1995 speech by Jennifer Williams given with the occasion of the First World Culturelink Conference 'Dynamics of Communication and Cultural Change' stresses the need for the development of an international, cross-disciplinary network for the field of arts and education. It argues that once formed and functioning, such a network could provide rich opportunities for partnerships with other fields such as with organisations which work with youth and the elderly, organisations interested in work preparedness in the modern society, and organisations working on cross-cultural understanding and co-operation. Speech
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Community Development
Allen County Theatre Project: (PDF: 164 KB)This report summarizes the history and development of this successful Allen County Common Threads Project, an arts-based civic dialogue and community development theatre project based in Lima and Allen County Ohio, USA. Research/Report
Art In Other Places: Artists at Work in America’s Community and Social Institutions:
The book takes its name from the Arts in Other Places conference, organised by Artsreach in Los Angeles in 1986. The event, that was attended by other 100 practitioners, was to be of seminal importance in marking the emergence and the recognition of arts-based community development and those artists working in the field in the US. Book Summary
Being an Artist:
An inspiring talk by the artist Adrian Sinclair about his experience of working in the Methleys, a housing estate in Leeds. Speech
Belfast's Mount Vernon:
This case study explores the transformation of a Protestant community in Belfast known for its violent paramilitary past. Case Study
Can Do Citizens:
A review of Matthew Pike’s book, which draws upon practical experience, political philosophy, economics and policy analysis, to question what it will take to produce real and lasting change in communities. Book Summary
Communities Count; A Step-by-Step Guide to Community Sustainability Indicators:
A New Economics Foundation practical step by step guide for anyone interested in becoming involved in the process of community development through sustainability indicators. Book Summary
Communities: changing through learning:
This report came out of a working group established by the Scottish Office to provide advice on a long-term vision of community education for the region. It considers a national strategy for community based adult education, youth work and educational support for community development. Report Summary
Community, Culture and Globalisation:
These essays and stories illustrate the vital role that arts and culture can play in bringing about understanding and fostering social development and community development, particularly in the face of today’s challenges of the globalization process. Book Summary
Creative Community; The Art of Cultural Development:
Commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation, this book traces the history of the community cultural development movement in the United States, and analyses the theory behind it by looking at programme models, themes and ideas. Book Summary
Creative Neighbourhoods: The role of the arts in building sustainable communities:
Written by Aston Housing Consultancy and jointly funded by the Housing Corporation and Arts Council England, this practical guide looks at the relationship between the housing and arts sectors and provides advice for housing managers, local authorities and resident groups looking to plan arts projects. Book Summary
Culture Builds Community Evaluation: (PDF: 668 KB)Between 1997 and 2002, the Social Impact of the Arts Project at the University of Pennsylvania served as the evaluator for Culture Builds Community, a community arts initiative of the William Penn Foundation. This summary report provides an overview of the initiative, SIAP’s findings concerning its success at achieving its goals, and the lessons it provides for other efforts to stimulate the community cultural sector. Report
Culture Counts in Communities: A Framework for Measurement:
An outline of the guiding principles and conceptual framework developed by the Urban Institute, USA, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation. Book Summary
Developing the Role of the Arts in UK Social Policy: (PDF: 335 KB)In this discussion paper, Gould aims to provide greater clarity and background information on current strategic directions in government linked to arts and social inclusion. It is primarily targeted at stimulating discussion in Arts Council England and within the community of artists and arts organisations working in social policy arenas. Please note that this report is not to be reproduced without permission of the publisher. Report
Elders Share the Arts (ESTA):
ESTA is an arts organisation dedicated to bridging generational divides and generating a sense of community through the arts. It works to transform life stories into dramatic, literary, and visual presentations that explore social issues and neighborhood history, and seek answers to community issues and conflicts. Case Study - USA
Emerging Paradigms in Organizational Approaches to Community Building: (PDF: 43 KB)This report commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation (USA) as part of its Active Public Space: The Role of Arts and Culture in Community Development Initiative, argues that for the past decade, activists, thinkers, and philanthropists in America’s community development and cultural fields have struggled to find ways to achieve broader social and civic objectives through their work whilst researchers have been trying to find ways to assess the impacts that organizations in these respective fields have on their communities. The author goes on to give examples of a new generation of organizations that defy previously defined organizational categories and have made a significant contribution to this work and to their respective communities. Report
Facilitating a Creative Life:
Jennifer Williams discusses the changing face of the artist’s role in society, and reviews methods of facilitating opportunities for artists. Held during Artists’ Residencies and Housing Conference, Helsinki, 1994. Speech
Joining In; An Investigation into Participatory Music:
This is a fascinating study of music in all of its forms and places in the UK. It links the research of recent years that music is good for us with the importance of seeing a broad picture of music making that is encouraged by easy access and a lack of elitism. It recommends a number of specific action points with regard to facilitating music making today. Book Review
Making Space for Creativity: (PDF: 73 KB)This speech by CCC's Director explores some of the partnerships the arts have formed which have been shown to be most effective in terms of building sustainable communities: communities in which people feel valued and have a sense of security, identity, belonging and purpose. Speech
Mapping the Field: Arts-Based Community Development:
The author discusses a number of projects concerned with arts-based community development in an attempt to map a new professional field. Article
Out of the Hopeless Box:
This report examines the Creative Neighbourhoods programme, which supported six partnership projects in London, UK, aimed at young people at risk of offending and, in some areas, to combat racism. Report
Reworking Success: New Communities at the Millennium:
This book investigates ways of creating fundamental social change in the face of the overwhelming challenges facing humankind at the start of the new millennium. The author presents new criteria for success, which will enable people to become more engaged at the personal, group, and community levels. Book Summary
Santropol Roulant:
Montreal-based Santropol Roulant is a volunteer organisation which brings people and groups together across cultures and generations through its meals-on-wheels service and intergenerational programmes. Case Study - Canada
Small is Beautiful:
This classic text of humanist economics is celebrated in a 25th anniversary edition, which brings Schumaker’s ideas into focus with commentaries by contemporary thinkers who analyse the impact of his philosophy on current political and economic thought. Book Summary
The CAN Report: State of the Field of Community Cultural Development:
This paper, based on a convening of 27 longtime US practitioners of community-based arts to reflect on the current state of their field, reviews changes in the field of community arts and make recommendations for its advancement.Report Summary
The Community Resilience Manual:
The Centre for Community Enterprise (CED), Canada, has developed this manual as a conceptual framework and process through which resource-dependent communities can work to strengthen local resilience. Report
Towards Asset-Based Community Cultural Development: (PDF: 121 KB)During 2002-2003, Tom Borrup, the author of this essay set off on a journey to learn more about the professions and organisations that focus on building the physical and economic dimensions of communities and to find where they intersect with the areas with which he was more familiar – the cultural, social and civic dimensions of communities. Looking for creative ways that these worlds might better connect. In this essay he reflects on some of the common ground and on a few of the more challenging areas of division found. Article
Towards a Local Culture Index: Measuring the Cultural Vitality of Communities:
This is a Comedia report tackling the precarious position the arts are in in finding suitable measures that truly reflect the value that arts contribute to the quality of life in our communities. Book Summary
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Crossing Sector Boundaries
Art in Other Places: Artists at Work in America's Community and Social Institutions:
Bill Cleveland traces the history of twenty-five arts programmes in a wide range of alternative settings including, prisons, hospitals, nursing homes for the elderly, mental institutions and youth detention systems. Book Summary
Artists and People:
Artists and People examines the formal attempt by art administrators to set up schemes for artists to work in community contexts. Book Summary
Arts and Non Arts Partnerships: (PDF: 200 KB)This report examines partnerships between the arts and non-arts sectors – such as education, health, youth development, community development. It draws on partnerships supported by the Wallace Foundation to offer lessons in: assessing the benefits of partnerships; choosing successful partnerships; identifying potential challenges; and developing strategies to maximise success. Report
Beyond Collaboration:
This speech by Jennifer Williams discusses developments in support for the arts in other countries, and the benefits to be gained from collaborative partnerships with other fields. Speech
Creating Synergistic Value: the Critical Linkages Between Learning, Creativity and Innovation: (PDF: 319 KB)This article from Leadership Compass Magazine considers learning, innovation and creativity as marketable resources, and discusses the key elements involved in managing and implementing these resources in such a way that they produce tangible outcome and exponential benefit. Essay
From Hierarchies to Networks:
Bert Mulder discusses the rapid changes taking place in our society and argues for the need to develop new organising principles with which to cope with these changes. Speech
In the Public Interest: Making Art that Makes a Difference in the USA:
This working paper forms part of the series ‘The Social Impact of Arts Programmes’, Comedia’s 4th major study of cultural policy, following research into libraries, parks and the creative city. Book Summary
Interview with Jan-Bert van der Berg, Artlink, Scotland:
Here van der Berg discusses Artlink and its recent art in hospitals project, Fusion. The interview raises some interesting questions about the nature of collaborative practice, and discusses some of the problems connected with the arts’ role with holistic healthcare. Interview
Merkur Bank:
Based in Denmark, Merkur Bank is a financial institution dedicated to making an impact on the development of society in a more sustainable way with regard to the environment and human development. It values cultural development as a highly important investment and the basis for future economic development. Case Study - EU
Partnership Matters: Current Issues in Cross-Sector Collaboration: (PDF: 279 KB)This paper published by the Copenhagen Centre examines current thinking and practice in cross-sector partnerships. It draws on original learning material from the Cross Sector Partnership Initiative, offering several propositions to guide further research and inform on-going efforts to collaborate across the sectors for development. Report
Small is Beautiful:
This classic text of humanist economics is celebrated in a 25th anniversary edition, which brings Schumaker’s ideas into focus with commentaries by contemporary thinkers who analyse the impact of his philosophy on current political and economic thought. Book Summary
The CAN Report: State of the Field of Community Cultural Development:
This paper, based on a convening of 27 longtime US practitioners of community-based arts to reflect on the current state of their field, reviews changes in the field of community arts and make recommendations for its advancement. Report Summary
The Core Arts Program, Mississippi, USA:
A description of this programme from Mississipi, USA, is a good example of effective collaborative partnerships that aim to combat social exclusion. Case Study - US
The Importance of Partnerships:
This article argues that, in the area of regeneration, it has become clear that there is a need for joined up thinking and improved cross-sectoral action to achieve a long lasting social impact. Article
The Public:
Formerly Jubilee Arts, this arts organisation has been a leader and pioneer in the field of community arts development in England for over 20 years and enjoys an international reputation for the quality of artistic product created directly with local communities and artists. Case Study - UK
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Cultural Policy
Arts in Their View: A Study of youth participation in the arts:
Using interviews from 700 people aged between 14- 24, this book investigates young people’s attitudes and experiences of the arts. It summarizes the results of empirical research from five areas across the UK, demonstrating trends and offering pointers for policy makers and youth arts facilitators on art provision both within and outside the school curriculum. Report Summary
Brisbane: Creative City: (PDF: 1222 KB)This is a draft policy statement outlining the next stage in Brisbane’s steps towards integrating creativity and cultural values across the Council’s programmes. This policy document reveals the Council’s strong understanding of the role culture and creativity play in the success of contemporary cities. Report
Building on PAT 10:
This progress report, drawing on the findings of the Department of Culture Media and Sport’s Policy Action Team (PAT) 10, captures the extent to which culture and leisure has become part of the neighbourhood renewal process in England. Report Summary
Capturing Cultural Value: (PDF: 274 KB)John Holden examines how we may best capture the value of culture, proposing a wholesale reshaping of the way in which public funding of culture is undertaken. Focusing of the assumptions underlying institutional structures and funding methodologies, he highlights the need for a language capable of reflecting, recognising and capturing the full range of values expressed through culture. Report
Creating opportunities:
Published by the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS), this is a detailed guide for local authorities in England developing Local Cultural Strategies. It sets out the government guidance to be followed and general management advice to be considered when developing a strategy. Report Summary
Cultural Cooperation in Europe: What Role for Foundations?: (PDF: 2175 KB)Published by the Network for European Foundations, this study aims to identify core policy trends and features adopted by foundations in the field of international cultural cooperation. It identifies the main challenges for cultural cooperation and preliminary recommendations to the current debate on its future framework, as well as providing advice for foundations on possible policies, strategies, actions and tools. Report
Cultural Policy: A Short Guide:
A handbook for all those across Europe involved in the cultural policy-making process, in particular students of cultural management, political parties, umbrella organisations, administrators or cultural institutions and artists. Book Summary
From Words to Action; Do Meetings Matter for Cultural Policy?: (PDF: 1569 KB)This monograph discusses whether and how meetings and policy forums have an impact on the cultural sector, and makes suggestions for how to use meetings more effectively to advance policy for the arts and culture. Article
In from the Margins – A Contribution to the Debate on Culture and Development in Europe:
This is a report produced by policy makers, researchers and cultural managers for the Council of Europe as a contribution to the debate on interdepartmental structures, which the World Commission on Culture and Development initiated in 1996. Book Summary
Making it Home: Europe and the Politics of Culture:
This book is an historically insightful and poetically written argument for investing in European culture and arts. It addresses the need to create a Europe which feels like home for all its citizens, without reducing its diverse historical and cultural characteristics. Book Summary
Our Creative Diversity - A report of the World Commission for Culture and Development:
In this report the Commission explores the complex interactions between culture and development, and puts forward proposals to help the international community deal with them better. Book Summary
Research in the Arts and Cultural Industries: (PDF: 83 KB)This report is based on a two-and-a-half-day workshop, held from the 24th to the 26th of June 2001 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The topic of the workshop was Research in the Arts and Cultural Industries in the US and in Europe, with the aim of comparing the state of arts and cultural research on both sides of the Atlantic. Research/Report
Some Considerations for Third Sector Funders Interested in International Activity:
This paper discusses developments in international cultural exchange and their implications for cultural policy and funding possibilities. Article
The Fourth Pillar Of Sustainability: Culture’s Essential Role in Public Planning:
In the Fourth Pillar of Sustainability, Jon Hawkes argues that culture represents many of the intangible aspects of our values, customs and patterns of life that are often ignored in government thinking and action. Book Summary
The Politics of Culture; Policy Perspectives for Individuals, Institutions and Communities:
Extensive anthology of essays and articles written from the different perspectives of policymakers, artists and scholars. It addresses culture’s role in modern society, and analyses contemporary issues in cultural policy in the US and worldwide. Book Summary
The Role of Networks: (PDF: 40 KB)This 1995 speech by Jennifer Williams given with the occasion of the First World Culturelink Conference 'Dynamics of Communication and Cultural Change' stresses the need for the development of an international, cross-disciplinary network for the field of arts and education. It argues that once formed and functioning, such a network could provide rich opportunities for partnerships with other fields such as with organisations which work with youth and the elderly, organisations interested in work preparedness in the modern society, and organisations working on cross-cultural understanding and co-operation. Speech
Towards Cultural Citizenship: Tools for Cultural Policy and Development:
Written in collaboration with world wide researchers and specialists, this publication is a Swedish contribution to the Stockholm Action Plan, a UNESCO initiative aimed at presenting principles and policy objectives for strengthening the knowledge base for culture and human development. Book Summary
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Leadership
Activists Speak Out:
In Activists Speak Out, a group of 15 American activists from all backgrounds, walks of life and points of view, speak out about how and why they struggle for change. Their causes and strategies vary– in the areas of civil rights, gay and lesbian rights, the environment, women's issues, health, youth, education, labour, freedom of expression, and the arts. Book Summary
Common Sense and Common Ground: Survival Skills for Artists Working in Communities and Social Institutions:
Bill Cleveland addresses methods and routes for artists working in the community to adopt. The aim of the essay is to contribute to the learning process involved in this growing professional field. Article
Future Search:
This book, which draws on the Future Search method of large group planning, is a guide for people seeking sustainable action on common ground in organisation and communities. Book Summary
Leadership Development: Educating Self Aware Leaders: (PDF: 142 KB)This article from Leadership Compass Magazine discusses leadership development for all organisational levels, and the need for designing creative processes and innovative leaderships strategies.Article
Making Connections: A Challenge to Leadership: (PDF: 129 KB)This keynote speech by Peter Renshaw, given at the Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane discusses the current challenges for professional music training institutions. Speech
The New State of Leadership Practice for an Emerging Era: (PDF: 127 KB)This article from Leadership Compass Magazine discusses the need for a new type of leadership that is equipped to deal with the “the shift from hierarchical organisations to a networked, highly interconnected reality”. Article
The Professions- Grounds for Hope in Scotland: (PDF: 139 KB)This speech by Professor Bart McGettrick reflects the social contexts and social effects of the professions in Scotland. Speech
The Spirit of Leadership; Liberating the Leader in Each of Us:
Open Space founder, Harrison Owen calls for a new kind of leader, one who flows with rather than fights against change. In doing so, he also presents the radical notion that spirit is the most important ingredient of any organisation. Book Summary
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The Role of New Technologies
Beyond Productivity: Information Technology, Innovation and Creativity:
This is an executive summary of this book which argues that that creativity plays a crucial role in culture and in our social and educational worlds, and that presents the findings of a project that set out to study the links between information technology and creativity. Book Summary
Culture, Technology and Creativity in the Late Twentieth Century:
This is the second volume in a series on the way the media and technology have transformed our understanding of art. This collection of essays by a variety of authors explores the interrelation between technology and creativity in the late Twentieth Century. Book Summary
Flowers Are Red:
This is a transcribed speech by Maggie Pollard from the 1999 Common Threads conference in Glasgow. It discusses the creative use of ICT at Richmond Park school. Speech
Grammars of Creation:
In Grammars of Creation, George Steiner seeks to articulate our experience of the present condition, by exploring the complex relations between ‘creation’ and ‘invention’ in literature and science, music and mathematics. The author explains how radically the electronic media are changing the ways in which we communicate and generate meaning. Book Summary
New Media and Urban Spaces:
Cristina Losito's article discusses the way in which new technologies are having a dramatic and pervasive effect on the structuring of society. Article
Northern Visions:
Northern Visions is a media arts centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which offers training and resources in digital video, television and new media. Case Study – UK
The City in the Information Society: a Development Perspective:
This article argues for a bringing together of technological, social and political domains into a coherent whole that allows all spheres and sectors to harness the potential of ICT, in order to better the quality of living in a society. Article
Young People, Creativity and New Technologies: The Challenge of Digital Arts:
A series of case studies that document the use of ‘digital arts’ and Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) across the school and community arts curriculum as well as in the lives of young people. Book Summary
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Urban and Rural Development
Brisbane: Creative City Policy: (PDF: 1222 KB)This is a draft policy statement outlining the next stage in Brisbane’s steps towards integrating creativity and cultural values across the Council’s programmes. This policy document reveals the Council’s strong understanding of the role culture and creativity play in the success of contemporary cities. Report
Building on PAT 10:
This progress report, drawing on the findings of the Department of Culture Media and Sport’s Policy Action Team (PAT) 10, captures the extent to which culture and leisure has become part of the neighbourhood renewal process in England. Report Summary
Community Programs in the Arts (COMPAS):
This widely used resource for artist residencies and community-building through the art engages approximately 400,000 people in the arts in Minnesota towns each year. The organisation's Minnesota Rural Arts Initiative programme set out to build the community and redefine leadership development. Case Study - USA
Creating opportunities:
Published by the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS), this is a detailed guide for local authorities in England developing Local Cultural Strategies. It sets out the government guidance to be followed and general management advice to be considered when developing a strategy. Report Summary
Creative Cities, Urban Development and the Information Society:
Creative Cities is a collection of essays, together with key presentations given at the Creative City conference, held in Helsinki in 1996. The book analyses strategies and effects of cultural innovations and cultural industries on urban development, within the context of the information society. Book Summary
Creative Neighbourhoods: The role of the arts in building sustainable communities:
Written by Aston Housing Consultancy and jointly funded by the Housing Corporation and Arts Council England, this practical guide looks at the relationship between the housing and arts sectors and provides advice for housing managers, local authorities and resident groups looking to plan arts projects. Book Summary
Creative Spaces: a Toolkit for Participatory Urban Design:
This booklet was launched by the Architecture Foundation, in conjunction with the publication of the Urban White Paper (2000), with the aim to set out an agenda for creativity in participatory urban design. Creative Spaces aims to present inclusive, holistic and creative approaches to involving communities in urban design. Book Summary
Culture at the Heart of Regeneration: (PDF: 783 KB)Published by the UK's Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS), this consultation document aims to build on the evidence and strengthen the use of culture in regeneration projects. The report looks at the regenerative effects of large cultural buildings as well as smaller community initiatives, assesses the economic and social benefits of cultural regeneration, and poses a series of questions designed to engage a wide range of stakeholders. See below for a PDF of the Summary of Responses to this report. Report
Culture at the Heart of Regeneration: Summary of Responses: (PDF: 164 KB)Summary paper of over 100 responses to the DCMS report Culture at the Heart of Regeneration, which examined the use of culture in regeneration projects. Report
Fewer than Six: A Study of Creativity and Regeneration in Yorkshire and the Humber:
Commissioned by Yorkshire Arts for a non-arts audience, this report has been promoted by both Arts Council England and the Scottish Executive as a key text on culture in regeneration. The study explores the context and delivery of cultural projects within Yorkshire and the Humber between October 2001 and March 2002. Report
Imagination and Regeneration:
This study reviews how the debate on culture and cities has developed world-wide over the last decade. It seeks to help readers identify and understand the cultural potential of their cities, then to exploit and maximize their cultural resources in order to manage and implement a cultural strategy. Report
Making Space for Creativity: the Changing Responsibilities of Arts Organisations and Artists in Contemporary Communities:
This speech by Jennifer Williams, given at the Creative City conference in Helsinki (1996) explores some of the partnerships the arts have formed which have been shown to be most effective in terms of building sustainable communities. Speech
Pomegranate Centre:
Washington-based Pomegranate Center is a non-profit community design and development organisation integrating social, artistic and environmental perspectives into the creation of meaningful community spaces and inclusive community-based planning. Case Study - USA
St. Jude's Future Environment Project: Making Fish:
Developed at St. Jude's Primary School in Glasgow, this child-based project about a real built environment problem engaged pupils to work with artists and designers to develop ideas about improving their school environment. Case Study - UK
The Arts in Urban Renaissance:
This publication from Arts Council England, South East provides a snapshot of the vital role the arts play in revitalising urban communities. It draws on debates from the ‘Urban Renaissance - Action in the South East’ conference in January 2000, which focused on the major urban renewal and regeneration projects planned for the region. Report
The Contribution of Culture to Regeneration in the UK: (PDF: 607 KB)This paper was commissioned by the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) to inform the preparation of a policy document on the contribution of cultural activity to regeneration. It reviews evidence-based literature on the impact of culture on social, economic and environmental regeneration in the UK, presents examples of best practice in the design and delivery of projects and in the measurement of impacts, and gives recommendations based on these findings. Report
The Creative City: a Toolkit for Urban Innovators:
Charles Landry highlights the need for a creative approach to urban development, one which is based on the exploitation of local cultural resources and the centrality of imagination. Book Summary
Turning Point:
This article by Phil Wood, Comedia, is a personal account of how a local authority arts officer got involved in urban regeneration. Article
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