Here are some brief notes on what was discussed at the session on how to involve professional artists in community activity.
- People who do art for a living – who are experienced – have relevant skills
- Inspiration and motivation
- Well known artists need to have opportunities
- Developmental relationship
- Familiar places, unfamiliar artists
- Links to what exists and sustainability
- Community spaces – some are available
- Use creatives who are already coming into the county, eg to the Uni or other arts venues
- BBC are interested in site specific work
- Archives interested in being involved and have lots of artefacts that are of relevance to local people – good way of engaging them?
- Film projects in specific communities, eg Polish and Bosnian in Boston
- Support for the area’s emerging artists and encouraging them to stay
- Buddying between professional artists and those just starting out or needing help
- What can we offer artists? Need to value what we have and that there are creative ways of applying
- Example of taking communities to see other places and projects, eg Barcelona
