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Prof Amanda Ravetz - Social Artists for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (SAFEDI)

Principal Investigator: Prof Amanda Ravetz (Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University)
Project Partners: Axis, Social Art Network (SAN)
Research Team Members: Dr Patrick Campbell, Dr Cesar Cornejo; Dr Anna Macdonald; Dr Kai Syng Tan (MMU artist scholars and mentee researchers). Sally Fort (Evaluator)

A painting made by co-author Cath Walsh as part of ‘enSHRINE’ artist Lady Kitt’s SAFEDI commission
A painting made by co-author Cath Walsh as part of ‘enSHRINE’ artist Lady Kitt’s SAFEDI commission
Image credit: Jules Lister

The fellowship explored the co-creation of EDI policies with under-represented communities and cultural partner organisations via a nationwide social art programme. Six social artists/artist groups worked with six audience-communities affected by exclusion, in close partnership with visual arts and community organisations of varying sizes and scales. The artists, supported by the core research team, used practice as research to include the voices and experiences of groups of participants who are not listened to in debates about visual art. Four academics from MMU worked alongside the artists to help create connections between artistic scholarship and professional arts practice. National arts organisation Axis and Social Art Network led the artist recruitment and work dissemination in the arts sector. The evaluator adopted an embedded evaluation process to collect data from artists, partners, participants and research team to determine the findings, value and impact of the research.

Project Film

Watch the film about this project below, made by biggerhouse films. There are two versions: an audio-described version and a BSL (British Sign Language) version.

BSL Version

Audio Described Version

Download the transcription file.

Please see full credit in the expandable section below.

EDI Fellow: Prof Amanda Ravetz, Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University
Project Lead Artist: Dr. R.M. Sanchez-Camus, Axis/SAN partnership lead
Commissions Co-ordinator: Daniela Liberati
Project Partners: Axis, Social Art Network (SAN)
Research Team Members: Dr Patrick Campbell, Dr Cesar Cornejo; Dr Anna Macdonald; Dr Kai Syng Tan (MMU artist scholars and mentee researchers). Sally Fort (Evaluator)
Commissioned Members: Lady Kitt, Yuen Fong Ling, Lily Lavorato, JarSquad, Shama Khanna, Women's Art Activation System

Commissioned Projects
Building Warmth: Artist, Lily Lavorato with Project Assistant, Carys Fieldson.
Partner organisation: East Street Arts

Queer Diasporic Futurity by Flatness: Artist, Shama Khanna, Contributors, Rasheeqa Ahmad, Daniella Valz Gen, not/nowhere, Decolonising Economics (with Evan Ifekoya, Amardeep Singh Dhillon and June Bellebono), Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Adam Farah and Aditi Jaganathan. Book design by Design Print Bind
Partner organisation: not/nowhere artist workers’ cooperative

The Human Memorial: Artist, Yuen Fong Ling. Collaborators, Nathan Geering; participants: Samara Casewell, Marcus Smith, Rebecca Solomon, Darwin Taylor, and Sam Underwood Doherty
Partner organisation: Sheffield City Council

SAFEDI enSHRINE: Artist, Lady Kitt. Collaborators, Cath Walsh, Deborah Nash, Kev Howard, Steph Robson, Cathy Garner, Colly Metcalfe, Andy, Nicki, Paula, Sofia Barton, Sarah Li, Lady Kitt and Dan Russell
Partner organisation: Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

Assemblies and Other Adventures: Artist, JarSquad
Partner organisation: JarSquad and Nudge Community Builders

The Milky Way: Artist, The Women’s’ Art Activation System (WAAS). Sharon Bennet and Sarah Dixon
Partner location: National Gallery

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