Arts Development Service
Warwick District Council Arts Development
What are the services?
- Advice, Advocacy and Support for artists and arts organisations who work and/or live within Warwick District.
- Arts Development Projects with and for the community.
- Fixed term funding for Key Clients and small grants to Cultural Organisations.
- Research - see below for a list of reports available.
Contact: Arts Development Officer Louise Piper on 01926 742706 or email louise.piper@warwickdc.gov.uk
What's new....
Artist in Residence 2007 - 2009 - Anand Chhabra
 
Newly appointed artist in residence at Spencer Yard Anand Chhabra is a freelance photographer and artist with a background in Documentary and Fine Art Photography. Throughout the residency Anand will be using his knowledge and expertise as a community artist to engage the community of Old Town with the arts.
Vanessa Oakes, Warwick District Council’s Arts Development Officer, says:
'The two year residency offers an exciting opportunity for Anand to work alongside the local community and develop a range of cultural activities that will educate, inform, entertain, challenge and delight.'
For more details visit Anand's blogsite http://www.myspace.com/airbloganand
Examples of recent projects
Warwick Poet Laureate 2006 to 2007 - Helen Yendall
Photo: Marie Shaw
For more information visit:
Arts Development Projects with and for the community
Blue Eyed Soul
Live & Local: Blue Eyed Soul Integrated Dance Workshops
A total of 83 people from Warwick District with and without disabilities attended a series of practical dance workshops led by Blue Eyed Soul before watching a signed performance of ‘I do…’ with family, friends and members of the general public at the Dream Factory in Warwick.
Blue Eyed Soul workshop.
Hybrid:arts: We Are Here – A Portuguese community portrait
The outcome of a years work with the Portuguese community in Leamington Spa. ‘We Are Here’ a Portuguese community portrait is a series of images created and curated by the community projected onto the exterior of the Nisa supermarket (formerly Michael’s) 11th to 25th November 2004.
WE ARE HERE ‘may be viewed also as a way to show gratitude to the people of Leamington Spa for welcoming us’.
Hybrid:arts: Portuguese community images projected on to shop front.
Arts Development Research
To find out more visit: Policies & Research
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