the annual Activist Camp which was held in Glencree, Co Wicklow on June 17/18, 2017. The Activist Camp had 35 activists and artists working in diversity of ways at community level. It drew from a cohort of about 200 people who are actively engaged in community culture work across the island. The activist camp involved a Theatre of Change (Galway) Workshop.
Annual Report Blue Print 2015-2019 work is determined by its current strategic plan that was published in 2015. Despite cuts in funding it continues to develop its community culture work and advocates for cultural rights.
Activities Activist Camp 2017 Photo: S. Colclough Prompted by questions about community arts, participants were invited to move outside their own ideas and concerns and to listen and be attentive to each other. From individual to group actions a set of body sculptures and forms were used to express community arts as connection, bridge and barrier. Activist Camp 2017 Photo: P. Clancy Community Culture Strategy. As part of the legacy of the Claiming Our Future, a civil society initiative that emerged during austerity, Blue Drum took on the organising of
Franรงois Matarasso gave a keynote address about the historical context, the background to his own personal quest for quality versus participation and vice versa. More importantly he communicated his own openness and curiosity about community art practice today. The full interview is available