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Door to Door (Charnwood Arts)
Door to Door is the first phase of a community arts project which involved a team of professional community photographers and volunteers in visiting all 430 houses in the Ratcliffe Road and Burder Street area of Loughborough. The project idea, originally a brainchild of Loughborough based Rosebery Arts was last carried out around 15 years ago in Station Street in the town.
Photographers Claire Luvaghlia, Vanita Rao, Andrew Smith (from the Jamaican Liquid Light exchange programme) and Kevin Ryan worked with local residents, Charnwood Arts volunteers and the Charnwood Borough Council local re-generation offcer to repeat this early project on an even larger scale.
Working over two weekends from a base at the Ark Business Centre our intrepid band of photographers caused a lot of interest and merriment around the area as minor 'events' happened in the streets in response to our knocks on doors. We had poetry in the streets, tarantulas and even got neighbours out and talking to each other.
The project is part of an ongoing initiative called 'Connecting Communities' which is aimed at addressing and investigating social cohesion in the Charnwood Area. The project aims to result in an exhibition at Charnwood Museum in November - 'Door to Door' and subtitled - Front Door - First Impressions'.
The idea is to invite everyone in the area to see the exhibition at the museum and to use the opportunity to put the area on the map. There is already a strong community spirit emerging in the area, particularly focused around issues to do with the proposed 'Sidings Park'. Charnwood Arts also asked to residents to give their views on issues affecting the area reminiscent of the community arts project that originally led to the formation of the residents group over four years ago.
For more information contact Charnwood Arts
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EMPAF has a new website which is to be launched in September. Based on the social networking model it will enable users and members to put up profiles for individuals, projects and organisations. There is also an option to link to other profiles, send comments and update with news, events, opportunities as well as engage in debates around current issues affecting the community and participatory arts.
In addition to putting up information and resources EMPAF will also be promoting future CPD events and development opportunities.
The website is aimed at creating a vibrant and engaging online community so please get involved and make use of this site as much as possible.
The site itself in final testing but live and will transfer to the www.empaf.com address at the end of the beginning of next month. To join now please go to http://beta.empaf.com/ (note there is no www) and anything you add now will remain live during the transfer. We welcome any feedback on how to make it even more user friendly, so please email jane@empaf.com with this or any questions.
A free event for artists; arts practitioners; organisations and community groups working in, or interested in working in community and participatory arts.
The day is designed to give plenty of opportunity to network, discuss your work, ask questions, share experiences and find out more information about a range of subjects and issues affecting everyone working in participatory arts.
Including an in-depth session devoted to professional and project development subjects such as negotiating contracts, rates of pay and how to set up and run an event will be covered.
There is also be an facilitated open space session based around working in and across different arts forms, a presentation and open sharing session on International working and a presentation outlining current key trends and influences such as reforms in Public Sector funding, the Cultural Offer and Cultural Olympiad. Plus, this is your chance to influence future EMPAF work and events as each of the sessions is designed to bring out issues that are most relevant to you.
Registration and networking begins at 9.45am for 10.30am start. Lunch is provided and there is lots of time given to networking and finding out more about EMPAF, Cultivate and a wide range of other resources and sources of further information.
Taking place at St James Centre, Derby places are available on a first come first served basis. To book email Jane@empaf.com or call 07984199477 giving your name and a daytime contact number. For more details click on the title above.
EMPAF has been working to support an Arts Council England East Midlands initiative to help demystify recent developments in Local Area Agreements. ACE are running a series of mini events around the region for artists, arts practitioners and local authority arts officers to look at recent changes in terms of how they offer opportunities for arts and creative projects. The first event took place in Leicester at the beginning of June and EMPAF is publishing copies of presentation notes, supporting information and case studies used as part of all the events in the resources / essential publications section of this website (click on the title of this news item to go directly there). The next event will take place in Nottingham on 3rd July. Email info@empaf.com for more details.
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