South London meeting for Artists working in Social Care

St Christopher's Hopisce is hosting a forum to bring together a broad range of artists and musicians who work in health and social care across South London or who have an interest in developing work in the area.
Although there is a special interset in end-of-life care, working in care homes and demenita, anyone using, or interested in using, the arts with any client population is welcome.
At this introductory meeting, there will be an opporunity to present your work and discuss ideas and interests. There will also be time to discuss the need for an ongoing platform to share ideas and experiences in the future.

All are welcome to attend and share your work, thoughts and ideas:

14th April between 6 and 7.30pm

St Christopher's Hospice
51-59 Lawrie Park Road
London SE26 6DZ
tel 020 8768 4500
or email info@stchristophers.org.uk
http://www.stchristophers.org.uk

Revolutions in Public Practice

This is an interesting article By Clare Bishop in Artforum regarding Creative Time's summit at the New York Public Library late last year. She problematises the format of presenting socially-engaged work in this way, as well as the kinds of work produced. But most interesting is the Talkback section (link at the bottom of the article) where people can respond to her review. One specific comment to read is Harrell Fletcher's response to her criticism of selling an expensive carpet made in India as art, to then donate the proceeds to the worker/workers who made the carpet. I'll reserve judgement on that, to just say that the exchange itself is worth reading...

Artforum Article

Talkback comments

World Public Opinion

This is a website housing statistical studies made by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland. An interesting gauge on public opinion on sociopolitical matters....

worldpublicopinion.org