How to bring extraordinary arts into your community
'Down your lane, up your street' was organised by LANE ARTS, a
partnership of Suffolk Coastal ARTS and Mid Suffolk ARTS, and held
at The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth, in March 2009.
The packed one-day seminar aimed to enthuse community groups,
parish councils, teachers, youth workers, in fact anyone with an
opportunity to programme, to try something new and leave them with
the desire to bring extraordinary, yet affordable arts to their
place.
This was the day for you if you were looking to book an
entertaining act for your fete, get more going on in your village
hall, bring an artist into your school or set up a village or town
festival.
The morning provided an
introduction to diverse arts programmes, from the intimacy of
a village event like the Woolpit Festival, through working
with artists to create work that responds to your place like
FRED (the annual art invasion of Cumbria), to the wonderment
of international street arts, such as the Sultan's Elephant.
It provided ideas on programming, advice on booking acts and
guidance on cost.
During lunch delegates were able to meet arts organisations and
individuals in an Arts Market specially arranged for the day.
In the afternoon there was a series of workshops, ranging from
the nuts and bolts of event management to thought provoking
discussion on why we programme and the happiness art can bring.
Download the delegate's pack
If you missed the seminar we have made the delegate's pack
produced for the day available to download below:
It includes the seminar programme, information about the
speakers and workshops and has sections on funding, licensing, risk
assessments, local press contacts, marketing and promotion. The
pack also includes the Arts Market Directory containing details of
all the arts organisations and individuals that took part in the
Arts Market and some who couldn’t make it on the day.
Special thanks go to Candida Wingate for helping to devise the
programme.
'Down your lane, up your street' was supported by Suffolk
Coastal, Mid Suffolk, Babergh and Waveney district councils and
Suffolk County Council.
