The Arts stop us Killing each other
1st August 2024
Over 40 UK-based artists tell politicians how to rescue Britain’s downtrodden culture...
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We need to talk – facing difficult conversations through art
12th June 2020
We use creativity to tackle some of today's key issues and to broach difficult conversations....
Arts Lab responds to crisis with ‘Sharing the Light’ project
21st April 2020
We're adapting to address immediate need to combat isolation and anxiety, maintain connection and be positive....
The good that can come out of an upside-down world
5th April 2020
‘Reasons to believe we can emerge from the crisis with human qualities enhanced’, by Matthew Syed for the BBC....
Replacing academia with hands-on creativity
11th February 2020
Alice Clough's Arts Lab residency saw a conscious departure from academia towards immersive, experimental creative practice....
Why you need art in your life – J. Peterson
9th February 2019
‘Without beauty, there’s no call to higher being. Life is too dismal and tragic with the absence of the sublime.’...
Sohrab Ahmari on Identity, Truth & Beauty
3rd January 2019
Transcription from BBC Radio 4 interview on 3rd January 2019 ‘The art world is in crisis - an identity crisis. The vital purpose of the arts for me is the pursuit of truth...
‘How Pleasure Works’ by Paul Bloom
20th October 2018
Excerpt from Paul Bloom's ‘How Pleasure Works’ - Vintage Books 2011 ...
Having worked in business all my life, I find art gives deeper meaning
28th June 2018
STUART is a Totnes-based, self-taught artist who’s spent most of his life working in business. He took up a ‘Splash’ residency at Arts Lab for a weekend, showing his paintings...