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This page was last updated on:
8 July 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arts development

panoramic view of 'graffiti' project

 

 

 

Children getting stuck in

 Arts development is about engaging people with the arts, developing its audiences and empowering individuals and communities.  

 

Current Projects

 

Ongoing
MEANTIME
MEANTIME is an artist-run project-space housed in a small building behind Cheltenham town centre operating as a cross-discipline arts platform for the production and presentation of experimental new work – engaging, discursive, collaborative, critical, subversive…
See separate website for all the lastest information and up to date programme details.
 
Arts and Health
Arts developmnent supports the use of the arts to improve patients well-being in Gloucestershire hospitals. Students from the University  have spent their industrial placements helping patients to engage with the visual arts in various wards for the past 2 years. The poet Brenda Read-Brown, continues to work with cancer patients at Cheltenham General Hospital. An anthology of poems called "Sofa for a Crowd" written by the patients and their carers is available at the Art Gallery & Museum shop.
 

" In my experience, the physical trauma of cancer diagnosis and treatment are only part of the story. Restoring psychological wellbeing is of equal importance. I have found that encouraging patients to express their experiences and feelings in poetry allows them to move more successfully to recovery. Being able to help patients achieve this would be a major step forward in cancer care"

Dr Sean Elyan, Consultant Oncologist and Medical Director, Cheltenham General Hospital

 
Artlift
Now in its second phase, Artlift sees artists working in GP surgeries accross Gloucestershire, using creativity and the arts as an additional and complementary means to address ongoing medical conditions. Why not watch a short film about the project (approx 10 mins).

 

 

Spring 2008

Clyde Crescent Youth Shelter

Residents and young people on the Whaddon estate have been consulted by the artist Ulf Mark Pedersen, who has been commissioned to design and errect a youth shelter on Doorstep Green, Clyde Crescent. They have given in their wish lists and creative input and the shelter should be handed over to them in the summer.

  

 

Childrens on the Moors estate  Spring 2008
The Moors Mix
Arts taster sessions for adults, teenagers and children including jewellery making, circus skills and film-making are taking place on the Moors estate in the lead up to a summer celebratory carnival event. 

 
 

30 May - 1 June Wychwood Festival

This year, Wychwood really was a local festival for local people with the Arts Development team decamping to the beautiful Prestbury Hills! We brought with us a selection of arts and sports workshops, family fun, local bands and musicians to complement this year's lineup of some of the most exciting live music around. Our community arts tent, Hawthorn The Little Arts Centre, is now a fixture for future years.

For several years now, arts development grants have enabled interactive arts workshops to take their place as a vital part of a vibrant programme of music, dance, comedy and cinema. Listen to what festival director Graeme Merryfield has to say.

 

Battle of the BandsCapoeiraPlay workshop
 

 

Information about previous projects are avilable in the arts development archive.

 

Contact the Arts Development Officer Paul McKee on 01242 237431 for information, advice and assistance.

 

Cheltenham has a well deserved reputation as a cultural centre. It has a designated art gallery & museum containing a collection recognised as being of national significance. It is home to Gloucestershire’s only fully professional theatre and has a programme of internationally recognised arts festivals.The town also boasts a thriving community of independent artists, many of whom are supported by the work of the Virtual Arts Centre.

You can download our Arts Development Strategy (Acrobat file, 360KB)

 

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