How can we unlock arts and culture for all?

From the programmes we watch to the books we read, arts and culture shape how we understand ourselves and the world around us. But who gets to take part, whose stories get told, and who can afford to build a creative career? Class, education and even whether we feel we belong can all stand in the way. How can we unlock arts and culture for everyone?

Host Rich Williams is joined by Beth Johnson, Professor of Media and Communication, Abigail Harrison Moore, Professor of Art History and Museum Studies and leader at Art Teachers Connect, and Nick Barley, Director of the National Poetry Centre and former director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. They explore how better representation, support for teachers and opportunities to create can give more people the confidence and power to tell their own stories.

Impact

• Cultural impact: provides hopeful solutions to humanity's greatest challenges directly from researchers and practitioners on the front line
• Collaboration: brings together interdisciplinary experts to share insights and knowledge with the public.

Key information

• Disciplines: media and communications, art history, literature and creative writing
• Investigators: Professor Beth Johnson, Professor Abigail Harrison Moore, Nick Barley.

Keywords: arts and culture, access to art, access and inclusion, education, EDI, teaching, schools