I have been covering shifts at work and have missed posting, but I have been reading.
Jeremy Deller is a fave artist. See here, here, and here.
He did a performance piece with Brass Bands doing rave hits here and made great video about Rave Culture here.
This article about Deller working in prison with art making caught my interest.
Two quotes in it said a lot about how the arts can be beneficial simply through engagement, making art with other people. Simple engagement is all it needs.
The art room in prisons [..] is the only space you go into where things seem a little bit calmer and people are getting on with something.
Jeremy Deller
We’re looking at it for what it is – not who’s made it or what they’ve done.
John Costi
Moving Space 