The Seven Colours Festival: Young People and Civic Participation in the Arts

Rogers, Amanda; Say, Tola

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The Seven Colours Festival: Young People and Civic Participation in the Arts

Amanda Rogers

, Tola Say

Swansea University Author: Amanda Rogers

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Based on our previous research (Rogers et al 2021) we noticed a difference between how artists think the arts relate to society, and how young people imagine this relationship. Young people wanted to see (and connected most strongly to) art works that more immediately engaged with the pressing socia...

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