Spaces of Transformation in Arts Education

This report is a record of Spaces of Transformation in Arts Education (SPOTing), a three year professional development, peer learning and knowledge exchange programme between eight cultural centre partners from across Europe.

This report serves as a comprehensive account of 'Spaces of Transformation in Arts Education' (SPOTing), a transformative three-year initiative encompassing professional development, peer learning, and knowledge exchange. It brought together eight cultural center partners from diverse corners of Europe. The document starts by contextualising the origins and main aim of the SPOTing programme and then sets out its key methodological principles, adapted from participatory action research (PAR) frameworks. Finally the report concludes with recommendations which include what the SPOTing partners have identified is needed to support this approach, raising questions about the ethics, desirability and sustainability of quantitative output focused arts and culture funding.