The Art of Invitation team shows you how to engage different communities to become involved in creative projects; bringing people together to make social, cultural and ecological change happen.
Art of Invitation: Activating Ourselves and our Communities through Creative Engagement in Challenging Times

Anne-Marie Culhane, Ruth Ben Tovim and Lucy Neal
Anne-Marie Culhane, Ruth Ben Tovim and Lucy Neal
The Art of Invitation team shows you how to engage different communities to become involved in creative projects; bringing people together to make social, cultural and ecological change happen
At a Glance
- Explore strategies of collective engagement and agency for change
- Explore the relationship between imagination and transformation
- Learn how to use artistic approaches to engage communities in active participation
About This Course
This course was so rich and powerful. It was a gorgeous, plentiful delight on all levels. The facilitators and teachers were quite remarkable and this week was without doubt the most powerful educative experience I have ever had.’ - Past Course Participant
Our facilitators are all artists who have developed groundbreaking approaches to inviting people to share a collective creative responses to systemic challenges facing their communities
The week includes inspirational case studies, specialist workshops, practical group work, 1:1 mentoring to develop your own practice and time to reflect on your work.
We will explore the importance of careful and creative project design as an integral part of the course and we will allocate time with you to exploring new ideas or to developing ideas you are already working on.
Who is this for?
The Art of Invitation is open for anyone looking to engage people collectively in responding creatively to social, cultural and ecological challenges. The course appeals to people from a range of backgrounds from social enterprises, community and co-operative workers to grassroots activists, artists and campaigners as well as researchers, teach-ers, academics and management consultants.
What will you gain?
We can help you develop new skills to foster and influence the process of change. We show you how to turn ideas into creative ways to engage your community. You will come away with fresh insights to resource your current projects and launch new ones.
What will you be asked to think about?
• How can we bring people together who are diverse in age, experience and background?
• How do we reach out to new groups and invite people to join in?
• What issues concern our community? What skills do they people already have?
• How do participants create ownership of their work?
Feedback from previous participants:
‘This course was so rich and powerful, It was a gorgeous, plentiful delight on all levels. The facilitators and teachers were quite remarkable and this week was without doubt the most powerful educative experience I have ever had.’
“Excellent/amazing course, carefully and skilfully crafted and hosted.”
“The course exceeded all expectations. The range of tutors created a very rich content yet with lots of space for us to contribute and have that contribution valued”
This course is delivered in Association with the MA in Ecological Design Thinking