A CENTURY OF SOLIDARITY: PROCESSIONS 2018

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged 14-18 NOW, activism, Artichoke, Belfast, Cardiff, celebration, City College Norwich, community action, craftivism, creative activism, creativity, demonstration, Edinburgh, Emmeline Pankhurst, featured, feminism, Fiona Kay Muller, imprisoned women, intergenerational, london, Mary Richardson, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, norwich, Print to the People, privilege, Processions, propaganda, solidarity, suffragettes, votes for women, women of the world festival, women's rights.

By Laura Potts

This year I was determined to make the most of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, taking place from the beginning of May. Last year I found myself reading about projects and events that had already taken place. However, this year I was aware of a project early on that was just getting underway: ‘Processions’, in association with Artichoke and 14-18 NOW. This idea saw a number of women gather together with local textile artist Fiona Kay Muller to create a banner. This banner, with all its laboured hours very much part of its fibres, would then be part of a nationwide procession in London, also taking place in Belfast, Cardiff, and Edinburgh.

NO PRAISE FOR ‘HYMN’

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Student and tagged animal welfare, art world, arts funding, capitalism, creativity, culture, Damien Hirst, elitism, ethics, featured, gentrification, hidden course costs, Houghton Hall, Hymn, market forces, Neil Powell, neoliberalism, NUA, rebellion, student artists, student debt, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, tuition fees.

By Laura Potts

In recent weeks, Damien Hirst’s anatomical sculpture Hymn (1999–2005) has been installed outside of my university, Norwich University of the Arts (NUA), where it will be on show until July 29th as part of his exhibition at Houghton Hall. Although the term ‘hymn’ refers to a form of praise, there are a number of reasons why neither Damien Hirst nor the institutions choosing to associate with his work should be praised.

INTO THE TARDIS – CHAPEL BREAK SCHOOL’S PHILOSOPHICAL CREATIVE PROGRAMME

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Student and tagged art, capitalism, Chapel Break Infant School, child development, creative education, creativity, education, ethics, featured, imagination, norwich, P4C, parenting, philosophy, school, skills, TARDIS, teachers, teaching, theatre.

by Laura Potts

The TARDIS programme at Chapel Break Infant School is an exemplary example of creative education and an inspirational learning environment. For 10 years, the programme has transformed classrooms into imaginative environments for young minds to explore and develop in. TARDIS stands for ‘Thinking Arts Reflective Dialogue Imagination Studio’. The aim of its resourceful staff is to immerse the children in philosophical and creative enquiry:

‘The learning consists of the development of a range of skills, including speaking and listening, debate and discussion, a variety of thinking skills, social skills, independence of thought and action and persistence. It builds a knowledge and experience of the visual arts beyond those that can be offered within the usual classroom setting.’

DOCUMENTING DISAPPOINTMENT – EDUCATION IN THE AUTUMN BUDGET

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged #Autumnbudget, Autumn budget 2017, Brexit, budget, campaigning, capitalism, Chancellor of the Exchequer, computer science, creative subjects, creativity, economics, EU, graduates, higher education, international students, maths, Philip Hammond, policy, politics, school funding, schools, skills, student debt sell off, student loans, students, Treasury, UCAS.

by Laura Potts

Last week saw the government’s Autumn budget released for public scrutiny. The report starts by stating that the United Kingdom has “a bright future”, with talk of an independent economy forging new relationships with the EU. This long term plan is meant to give voters the belief to take the long road with the government for a better Britain, but their sweeping statements do not at all sit in line with what I and many others would see as a ‘brighter future’. This is as true in the field of education as any other.

ALTERNATIVE ARTS EDUCATION – A BRIEF HISTORY

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Student and tagged access, Alexandre Gurita, alternative, Alternative Art College, alternative art school fair, art, artists, arts education, Black Mountain College, Catherine Despont, communal, creativity, culture, curricula, Dylan Gauthier, education, empowerment, Free Education, freedom of expression, government, history, informal teaching, John Rice, knowledge, neoliberalism, New York, passion, Pioneer Works, policy, schools, social change, teaching, tuition fees.

by Laura Potts

Education is amazing. It encourages the growth of passion for any number of subjects, and opens doors for many to enter into the field that that passion leads them towards, where their research work is often vital to the discovery of all sorts of new and exciting things.

However, the modern system that has emerged as society has ‘advanced’ does not always prioritise the curiosity and growth that education cultivates over more material concerns such as financial gain. The increases in the various fees and costs associated with higher educational institutions and the shrinking of the creative curriculum at earlier levels often means that a passion for a subject is no longer enough. But as with any monolithic trend, alternatives have sprung up down the years.

GENTRIFICATION AND DISAPPEARING NIGHTCLUBS

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Community and tagged business, city council, closure, creativity, drinking culture, gentrification, Hideout, hip hop, lgbtQ+, Lola Lo, music, night out, nightclub, noise complaint, noise complaints, norfolk, norwich, party, prince of wales road, rap, sexuality, subculture.

by James Anthony

In my first year of university, I had the pleasure to live on Prince of Wales Road in Norwich, one of the most dangerous roads in Norfolk and one of England’s worst drinking areas in terms of late-night violence. While it might not have been for everyone, I honestly loved the feeling of being at the heart of the city’s nightlife and counted myself week in week out as one of the thousands of club-goers descending onto the strip. For me, nightclubs are a way to relive stress, relax and enjoy yourself alongside scores of friends and strangers, and represent a sort of coming together of people of all different backgrounds to lose yourself in the dance.Continue Reading

ARTS IN THE AFTERMATH

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged Abdul Alhazred, access, artivism, arts, arts emergency, books, challenge, Chris Priestley, class, classism, conservatives, creativity, cuts, debate, education, election, government, high art, jeremy corbyn, Lost Empires, low art, manchester, money, Necronomicon, privilege, protest, reading, Shakespeare, studies, subversion, support, theresa may, Tories, value, working class.

by Richard Worth

We’ve just got through the new Tory annual tradition of having the nation vote on internal party issues and having the result batter the incumbent Prime Minister. And, whilst the result is somewhat bittersweet with comedy boob-patting socialist Jeremy Corbyn – aka ‘the future liberals want’ – tearing chunks out of the Conservative mandate, we are still left with a government formed of a crypto-nationalist, sexist, and regressive party and an actual nationalist, sexist, and regressive party.

The truth of the matter is that no one was sure what would happen before the election, or during it and now we’re on the other side it’s only fitting that British democracy remains chimerical, confusing and dare I say it, unstable (take that May!). As such I’d like, as I do every fortnight, to say a few words about the current position of the Arts.Continue Reading

OUR LEADERS ARE DRAGGING US BACK TO THE COAL AGE

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Student and tagged activism, barack obama, climate, climate change, coal, collectivism, COP 21, corporations, creative subjects, creativity, democracy, Donald Trump, Earth Day, environment, environmental literacy, environmental sustainability, environmentalism, equality, fossil free, free thought, freedom of expression, future, future generations, global warming, government, individualism, media, national interest, paris, Paris Climate Agreement, people and planet, people's climate march, Pittsburgh, progress, progressive, qualifications, selfishness, student activism, trade deals, UKYCC, USA, West, youth movements.

by Laura Potts

We expect time to encourage positive progression, as new minds surface and opportunities ripen. But recently we are seeing more of the opposite achieved by the leaders of some of the greatest western ‘powers’. Last week, the current president of the United States announced the country’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate deal. This will have seriously detrimental effects on the environment and the future of our planet.

CREATIVE & PROGRESSIVE VOICES – STUDENTS AND THE ELECTION #3

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged #GE2017, age, arts, Arts Council, arts funding, arts universities, austerity, Brexit, children, conservatives, creative subjects, creativity, economics, education policy, environment, EU referendum, exams, general election, generation gap, Green Party, higher education, international politics, labour party, Liberal Democrats, local authority cuts, music, policy, political parties, politics, scrutiny, snap election, sport, student politics, student vote, students, Students and the Election, universities, voters, voting, youth campaigns.

by Laura Potts

In the midst of multiple crises faced by students, universities and schools, the outcome of the snap general election will be a major indicator of the future of the UK education sector. Each week until the vote we are featuring perspectives from our regular contributors and guests on what the election could mean for students.

The snap election. The vote looming over the future. We in the UK have the privilege of affecting the result. As students, young people and members of a fast changing world, voting in a western country like ours means more than just influencing your own future. Electing certain policies through parties can drastically alter how Britain relates to the rest of the world. How the next generation develop, what they value, and the state of the planet they will live on are all on the line. It is crucially important, therefore, for us each to familiarise ourselves with each party’s policies and plans. Not only is it vital to consider how these policies will affect broader issues such as the environment or foreign relations, it is also vital to be sure that the party you vote for stands to protect what you value in your country.

IS CREATIVITY DYING?

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Student and tagged art, Brexit, capitalism, college, creativity, cuts, degree, education, Europe, fine art, funding, government, international students, NUA, school, tuition fees, UCAS, World Economic Forum.

by Laura Potts

As a fine art student, I spend my time surrounded by others engaged in creative practices or on creative career paths. However, as I’ve progressed through the first year of my degree I’ve noticed a major stigma attached to these paths. Even within my own arts university there is a perception that fine art students are less ‘realistic’ than those on other creative courses in the university, like graphic design or fashion. This perception, usually held by people who haven’t taken the time to ask fine art students and other creatives about our work, has spread widely through society. Modern artists do not warrant the same level of interest and respect as the great painter-philosophers of previous centuries.

creativity

A CENTURY OF SOLIDARITY: PROCESSIONS 2018

NO PRAISE FOR ‘HYMN’

INTO THE TARDIS – CHAPEL BREAK SCHOOL’S PHILOSOPHICAL CREATIVE PROGRAMME

DOCUMENTING DISAPPOINTMENT – EDUCATION IN THE AUTUMN BUDGET

GENTRIFICATION AND DISAPPEARING NIGHTCLUBS

ARTS IN THE AFTERMATH

OUR LEADERS ARE DRAGGING US BACK TO THE COAL AGE

CREATIVE & PROGRESSIVE VOICES – STUDENTS AND THE ELECTION #3

IS CREATIVITY DYING?

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