EXPERIMENT 2

Lisa Crowne is a visual artist with a social practice exploring what it means to be ‘useful’ and/or the ‘usefulness’ of art in societal change. Lisa uses a range of tools in order to do this, including production, curation, administrative, management, educational, developmental, conversational and collaborative approaches. Lisa develops relationships with artists, activist groups, communities, and campaigns to produce exhibition programmes, educational programmes, and events which facilitate important conversations on issues impacting our lives locally and mirrored nationally. She explores ways to leverage A4 Sounds’ position as an artist space to intervene in society through big and small actions. This work has been guided by a question ‘If we are to push for an equal society, what form should art take?’

Lisa holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Community Arts Education from NCAD and a BA Hons in Textile Design from GMIT, where she focused on printed textiles and fine art installation. Lisa has curated and produced numerous A4 exhibitions both nationally and internationally and is the lead producer of A4 Sounds’ arts programme We Only Want the Earth 2020-2022. Lisa was awarded the Arts Participation Bursary Award 2020, Professional Development Award 2020 and Agility Award 2021 to support her ongoing research into arts production and socially engaged art practice.