Artists had the opportunity to take part in a 12-week training course between July and September 2023. The course was an opportunity to develop the skills and confidence to manage participatory arts projects. The 12 artists who took part in the training programme each received a £500 bursary and had the chance to pitch for a paid commission of up to £5000 to make a public artwork with the community in the Creative Central:NCL area.
Running, the training helped artists gain key skills in creative production, enterprise development, working in regeneration areas and public art. The artists produced plans across the workshops for a participatory arts project to create a public artwork and pitched their ideas to get them funded.
The Artists’ Agency commissions for Creative Central: NCL were awarded to Rachael Brien to realise her project, Newborn Parents,Eden Chapman-Maurice for her project Clay in the City , Sofia Barton and Lindsay Nicholson for their project Younity and Daniel Goodman and Haley for their project NE1 4 NE1.
These projects are now well underway you can find out more about them here: Newborn Parents, Younity, NE1 4 NE1, Clay in the City.
Participatory Arts Masterclass for Dance Artists
Image from performance of one of Helix Arts most longstanding participatory dance projects Falling on Your Feet Photo by TyneSight Photography
In this free bespoke masterclass at Dance City our expertise was shared around participatory arts. In a masterclass format of learning and doing. The masterclass provided an introduction to the different aspects of participatory arts including working with different communities and in different settings/ contexts eg. criminal justice, education, youth, health and community.
Topics the Masterclass covered
● Understanding the basic principles of participatory arts
● The role of the artist
● Explore contexts
● Examples of good practice
● Planning and purpose
● Practical application of participatory arts workshop
● Setting specific understanding and considerations
Who got involved?
This programme is for artists and creatives. Artists’ Agency Newcastle is part of Creative Central: NCL and funded by North of the Tyne Combined Authority so to get involved in the programme you should be based in the Newcastle, North Tyneside or Northumberland local authority area
