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Claire Doherty participated in this trailblazer symposium, which invited practitioners, funders and educators to hear findings of the Socially Engaged Arts Practice and New Model Visual Arts Organisations Study, presented by Lynn Froggett; Professor of Psychosocial Welfare & Director of Psychosocial Research Unit, University of Central Lancashire. The study evidenced and conceptualised the different ways in which engagement with contemporary visual arts can change individuals, communities and organisations through deep, intensive and often personalised experiences where practice is informed by robust philosophies of social engagement and a strong civic mission. The event aimed to stimulate discussion around the potential future application of the study and to begin exploring a common language through which to articulate the artistic and social value of socially engaged arts practice.
