Read our Director Sho Shibata’s latest article for Arts Professional about turning celebration into belonging and how impact requires long-term planning. Drawing on interviews with Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games organisers, he explores how collaboration can help establish authentic connection with local communities. Read the article here
Sector Strategy for Joy and Belonging
After reflecting on important outdoor arts milestones, the article then points to the outdoor arts sector strategy, Wherever You Are, Whoever You Are, The Arts Are Yours: A Strategy for Joy and Belonging created for, with and by the Outdoor Arts Sector. The strategy is a framework for the future of the outdoor arts sector, built on long-term stability and growth.
Image credit: FLOCK by Bex Anson, is a participatory dance work commissioned for the games, exploring how people ‘gather, gaze and share public space together’. Photo: Katherine Anne Rose
