SAFEDI (Social Art for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) was a partnership between Axis, Manchester Metropolitan University and the Social Art Network. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, it supported six artist commissions testing how socially engaged art can strengthen equality, diversity and inclusion, influence cultural policy and create more equitable opportunities in the visual arts.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Social Practice Art
Social Works? Open – Issue 3 (2023)
The third issue of Social Works? Open focuses on equality, diversity and inclusion in social practice art. Edited by Lucy Wright with R. M. Sánchez-Camus, it grew from the SAFEDI project and brings together commissioned and open call contributions from artists across the UK.
Published in 2023, the third issue of Social Works? Open focuses on the role of social art and artists in achieving and advocating for equality, diversity and inclusion.
Developed through the Social Artists for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (SAFEDI) project, a partnership between Axis, Manchester Metropolitan University and Social Art Network, it explores how artists respond to barriers in access, representation and cultural policy.
The issue was edited by Lucy Wright, with R. M. Sánchez-Camus as Special Issue Co-editor.
Contributors:
Adi Lerer, Anna Francis, Emma Lilwall, Gil Mualem-Doron, Gill Crawshaw, Jarsquad, Lucy Wright, Madeleina Kay, Melisandre Marin, Rachel Marsden, Sofia Barton, SRG Bennett and Anna Macdonald, and The WAAS.
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The second issue of Social Works? Open, Axis’s journal for and about social practice art. Published in 2021 and produced with Social Art Network, this issue forms part of Axis’s growing archive of projects exploring art, society and collaboration.
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