As part of Fun Palaces’ campaign for the widest possible participation in all forms of arts and science, we have again run our WriteScience writing competition. We asked that writers meet with a scientist –…
Top 5 Free Things You Can Do to Publicise Your Fun Palace
You’ve been brave. You’ve taken on the challenge of making a Fun Palace. You’ve signed up to put community at the heart of culture and culture at the heart of your community – great. At…
Post-Brexit : Bringing communities together the Fun Palaces way
“I built my life on the rock of change.” (Joan Littlewood) However you feel about the outcome of last week’s referendum, one thing is sure, we are all in change. Here at Fun Palaces, we…
Stella Duffy, Co-Director of Fun Palaces, awarded an OBE
I’m delighted (and very surprised) to have been awarded an OBE for Services to the Arts in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List this weekend. I got my Equity card in 1981, my first novel was…
Stella Duffy awarded an OBE for services to the Arts
Fun Palaces Co-Director Stella Duffy will receive an OBE for services to the Arts in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2016. STELLA DUFFY TO RECEIVE OBE IN QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST FOR SERVICES TO THE…
Write Science – Where Science and Fiction Unite Fun Palaces are about arts and sciences, crafts and technologies, community and culture; we believe in everyone an artist, everyone a scientist. Last year we created a…
Find out how anyone, anywhere can make a Fun Palace, where everyone is an artist and everyone a scientist. We are so pleased to announce that we are partnering with the Wellcome Trust this year to bring…
Are you interested in making a Fun Palace but a bit scared of stepping up to actually do it? Have you noticed a great location for a Fun Palace but don’t know how to approach…
Dear Fun Palaces Makers 2015 You are brilliant. In a time of ‘austerity’ – whether you believe in that idea or not – you have created local, community, participative events in villages, towns, cities across…
Earlier this year we announced WriteScience, got the word out with huge thanks to our literary and performance partners Apples and Snakes, New Writing South, Writing East Midlands, Writing West Midlands, Writers’ Centre Norwich, Literature…
By Carine Osmont, Farnham Fun Palace Maker Alexandre and I attended the Fun Palaces catch-up in London on Thursday. It was a fantastic evening and the overwhelming message was: Fun Palaces are open, friendly and…
aka, an academic, an economist and an artist walk into a bar … Last night, at Camden People’s Theatre, I convened a conversation with young artist and fundraiser Dana Segal, economist Hasan Bakhshi, and academic…
The game of the Fun Palace in the Library with the Community
Fun Palaces’ colleague – and partner in Lambeth Libraries Fun Palaces – Matt Finch has written a great piece for CILIP (Chartered Institute of Libraries and Information Professionals) – about the work he’s been doing…
Write Science – The Poetry of Science Fun Palaces are about arts and sciences, community and culture; we believe in everyone an artist, everyone a scientist. We are partnering with literary and performance organisations, and…
We’re very excited to announce that, thanks to great support from the Wellcome Trust, Fun Palaces HQ are hitting the road for a series of workshops. We’ll be in Manchester on the 2nd of July,…
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