Richard Ings Email & Phone Number

Richard Ings has worked in the cultural sector as a funder, evaluator, researcher, writer, editor, teacher and consultant for over 30 years. See more below for examples of his publications as an independent consultant in arts and education.Having worked for two regional arts associations, he went freelance in 1991, working for a wide range of clients, including Arts Council England, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The National Youth Agency, CapeUK, Youth Clubs UK, Artswork, the Isle of Wight Children’s Fund, Lewisham Education Arts Network, NESTA, Creative Partnerships London North and a number of producing arts companies, including the National Youth Theatre, Clod Ensemble, Protein Dance, the Roundhouse, the Grassmarket Project, LIFT, People’s Palace Projects and Glyndebourne Productions. Richard rejoined the Arts Council in 2012 as a Combined Arts Relationship Manager in the London office. He is Research Champion for London and is now scoping the Arts Council's support for arts and health & wellbeing and arts in the criminal justice system, past, present and potential.The common threads in much of this work are Richard’s interest in participatory practice in the arts and his involvement in evaluating, promoting and disseminating good practice - and his belief that everyone should have access to the risks and pleasures of high quality creative activity.Six of Richard's past publications are attached here: Creating Chances - artists working in Pupil Referral Units (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation) From the Favela to our Manor - Afroreggae's first visit to the UK (Queen Mary, University of London) The Inventive Answer - on creativity and the teenager (NESTA) Taking a Journey - hearing young people's views on the Isle of Wight (Children's Fund) Conversations about an Elephant - Artichoke's first ever project (LIFT) Writing is Primary - teachers as writers, an action research project (Esmee Fairbairn Foundation)

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