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Why all artists should do community engagement work

Vivien Conacher is a professional opera singer (mezzo-soprano), who trained at the Royal College of Music. In 2016 she founded Songhaven, a dementia-friendly concert series based in Bloomsbury. In this blog she reflects on how her involvement in the School of Advanced Study’s Bloomsbury Festival in a Box project inspired her to undertake more community engagement […]

‘Festival in a Box: archives’ exhibition

Earlier this year, Dr Michael Eades, was invited to show selected materials from his AHRC-funded research project, Bloomsbury Festival in a Box: engaging socially isolated people with dementia, at Leeds College of Art. The ‘Festival in a Box: archives’ exhibition, which runs until 30 November, draws together materials assembled during artist-led visits to the homes […]

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Why all artists should do community engagement work

‘Festival in a Box: archives’ exhibition