We are delighted to announce the most recent recipients of Arts Award funding in the West Midlands.
Ledbury Poetry Festival £500
‘Discover in a Day’ as part of the Poetry Out Loud festival for schools
The New Art Gallery Walsall £500
In partnership with Park Hall Junior Academy, a ‘Discover in a Day’ where pupils visit the Gallery
Nicholson Museum & Art Gallery £500
Heritage of Leek as a centre of silk weaving and embroidery with school visits
Office for Art, Design and Technology £500
In partnership with Vivid Projects the Dot.Art project will engage young people through the lens of ‘Children as Tactical Media Participants’ (a 2001 essay) for which visiting practitioners will teach creation of interactive computer art/games and coding. Future Arts Award plans to develop a live code club and a psycho-geography camera phone project
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum £500
Two 6-week courses over summer based around textiles exhibition
‘On The Edge’ Fusion Youth Orchestra £500
Part of Next Generations’ Streetestra – a multi-art form dance and music project through school and community centre outreach
Regents Park Community Primary School £500
Extend their current Explore offer to support more pupils. Linked to The Big Sleuth project and includes visits to Ikon and BMAG and utilising on-site Forest School
Compton Verney £1,500
Partnership with Campion School, Stratford School and Round Oak school to introduce Arts Awards and support the final phase of their Start programme
NAS Church Lawton £500
Whole school engaged in Arts Award on the theme of nature with aim of building positive relationships with parents and the local community
Castle Wood School £500
The awards will be rolled out across the whole school to reward pupil participation in an art collection and exhibition taking place later in the year.
Penn Fields Special School £500
In collaboration with Wolverhampton Camera Obscura Project, the project is set in allotments next to school site. There are plans to integrate this into a wider programme of work and engage sixth form pupils
Participate Contemporary Artspace £500
The town centre hub for visual arts in Shropshire are creating a summer Art School programme aimed at school leavers, primary to secondary, and secondary to tertiary, with input from 15 artist practitioners
Motionhouse £500
Workforce Development fund recipient now planning to lead on Arts Award and plan to start by offering out to children and young people attending their summer programmes
Northfield Arts Forum £500
Up-cycling textiles and performance project and providing professional development for two staff members
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