John Holden
Head of Culture
John Holden is Head of Culture at Demos and a visiting Professor at City University. He has Masters Degrees in law and art history and is the author of an influential body of work on cultural value and on leadership
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Email: john.holden@demos.co.uk
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John Holden is Head of Culture at Demos and a Visiting Professor at City University. He has Masters Degrees in law and art history and his main professional interest is in the development of people and organisations in the cultural sector. He has been involved in numerous major projects across the sector, from libraries to music to heritage, and has worked with many organisations both large and small. He was a principal organiser of the influential Valuing Culture conference in June 2003, and has developed a theme of work around the topic of cultural value. John has spoken at many conferences in the UK, and also in Finland, the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. John is a member of the Management Committee of the Clore Leadership Programme, and a FRSA.
Recent publications include:
- Culture and Learning: towarts a new agenda
- Publicly funded culture and the creative industries
- Cultural Diplomacy
- Local Authorities: Change in the cultural climate?
- Cultural Value and the Crisis of Legitimacy
- Capturing Cultural Value
- Creative Reading
- Challenge and Change
- The Right to Art
e-mail john.holden@demos.co.uk