…is a long-term project of arts sessions, classes, workshops and art installations across the East Marsh. It is a three year community arts festival which brings people together in small arts and craft groups to foster community-based development through crowd-funding, creativity, collaboration, democracy and sustainability.
Starting with what the community wants, the ‘Get Together and…’ tagline expresses the diversity of activities on offer, e.g., Get Together and… #Cook, #Sew, #Sing, #Make a Film, #Put on a Play, #Make Music, #Dance, #Street Art… The idea is to encourage East Marshians to try things out, give things a go, but is really asking what do you want to do?
‘Arts in the Community’ Resources
Revolutionary East Marsh Arts Kollektive (REMAKe) Sun & Moon Community Arts Festival
Panic! Social Class, Taste and Inequalities in the Creative Industries (2018) – the first sociological study on social mobility in the cultural industries, part of a research project led by sociologists from the Universities of Edinburgh and Sheffield that investigates inequalities in the cultural workforce.
Turning engagement patterns upside down (2019) Sarah Boiling considers how arts and culture can reach a broader audience that more accurately reflects local communities.
Place Based Social Action 