WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE COULD BE

Things I’m wondering about

Annette NugentJune 4, 2014

“I’ve learned from experience that a

painting isn’t finishedwhen you put

down your brush – that’s when it starts.

The public reaction is what supplies

meaning and value. Art comes alive in the

arguments you have about it.”

Banksy

numbers

1.9 MILLION

1.3 MILLION

confidence

children

..reduce the risk of frailty in old age

..are less likely to drop out

..get higher grades

..are 73% more likely to get a college degree

..earn more in later life

..show higher rates of self esteem

..are less likely to be overweight / depressed / smoke / have unwanted teenage pregnancies (!)

“Children who play sport….”

volunteers

“Charity board members seek greater regulation” – Irish Times, Jan 2014

“Charities hit by backlash to Rehab pay scandal” – Herald.ie, May 2014

“Archbishop Martin calls for transparency in the charity sector – Irish Times, May 2014

“Charity sector particularly vulnerable to hiring unsuitable leaders” – Geraldine Kilbride, LSE June 2014

communication

“humanity has aspired to elevation and desired to be free from alienation of and subjugation to gravity… this physical and existential dialectic, which is in a permanent oscillation between height and willful falling, drives us to explore the limits of balance.”

From “international art english”By Alix Rule & David Levine