Blogs from artists, participants and art centres written during the project, which give insight into the highs and lows of individual Here and Now projects.
Company Chameleon’s dance artists worked with young people from Trinity High School to create two new pieces of choreography. Young people explored dance and movement during the project, which inspired the creation of their own dance performances. Company Chameleon’s Co-Artistic Director, Kevin Edward Turner said: “This project gives the young people involved, the opportunity to […]
From their individual creative spaces, artists from 154 Collective created an exhibition celebrating what’s great about being connected, collective and part of a community. Their work was displayed in the Lauriston Gallery at Waterside from Monday 17 May to Saturday 31 July 2021. As you stepped into the gallery at Waterside Arts you came across […]
Through Nickie Miles-Wildin and Maddy Costa’s creative ice breakers the group built a repour and developed their confidence, ensuring that they felt comfortable enough to be honest about what they did and didn’t enjoy about HOME’s programme. Each week the group reviewed HOME Manchester’s programming, considering it from the perspective of a disabled and neurodivergent […]
The Company investigated the ins and outs of social movements though a series of online workshops, equipped themselves with the tools they needed to re-imagine the future. Social movements are fast-moving, ever-evolving spaces. Much like those movements, The Starter Kit grew and changed throughout the time Contact Young Company worked on it. The project culminated […]
Street is a collection of real stories from the people of Cumbria, retold in a walk-through multi-media installation – reimagined into a series of short films during the Covid-19 lockdown. Take a stroll through our miniature street, peer in through the windows and see and hear a multitude of stories of Cumbrian life played out. […]
Platform was a temporary public artwork, inspired by the shapes and structures that the children made in a workshop with the artists. Resembling a scaled-up model of their designs, this playful sculpture created a physical platform to bring some of Bluecoat’s artistic activities out of the building for families to enjoy during the summer of […]