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Combining Science and Art – download our newspaper about the HeART project
Enjoy this newspaper about our HeART project – a City Arts collaboration with Lakeside Arts and the Biodiscovery Institute at University of Nottingham. On the surface, City Arts and the…
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Artployment – a free toolkit promoting entrepreneurship to young people entering the arts
Download our free Artployment toolkit in English or Spanish. Aimed at youth workers, this publication provides a series of tried-and-tested activities that can be run with young people hoping to…
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Free Download! A mindful art activity booklet to reduce isolation…
Download 'Create to Connect', our free PDF activity booklet. The specially designed booklets detail art activities that you can do at home, on your own or in a group. They…
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Create Together – An Activity Booklet for Refugee Week 2021
Working with Nottingham City Council's Community Cohesion team, we've created a fantastic activity booklet for Nottingham Refugee Week 2021! Designed by Lydia Lapinski of Thoughts Make Things, it has been…
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Primary Colour: Creating a Carnival Programme for a Primary School
Every year since 2016, City Arts has worked with Cantrell Primary School in Bulwell - running a carnival project which brings the whole school together. Our plans for 2020 were…
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Creative activities to try at home for Refugee Week 2020
Refugee Week is a gesture of welcome and solidarity. It’s a celebration of cultural richness and the contribution that refugees and asylum seekers make. Each year Refugee week has a…
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Creativity in Care Evaluation Report
Creativity in Care was commissioned by Nottinghamshire County Council. The programme explored creative and sustainable approaches to promoting well-being for older people in care, supporting their physical, social and emotional…
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Exhibition Brochure for Recovery 2013
Download the exhibition catalogue for Recovery, our sixth exhibition at the Institute of Mental Health at the University of Nottingham.
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Creativity in Care Activity Toolkits
This download includes six activity sheets with practical advice and instructions for running creative activities with older people. They were put together by artist Becky Beinart. Activities include creating maps…
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Art Works
This report shares the learning from a creative project in four Nottinghamshire schools which used collaboration with artists to improve the emotional health of the whole school community.
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Making Rhythms
This toolkit is for activity co-ordinators and staff working with people with learning disabilities. The techniques and workshop sessions in this toolkit could be adapted to suit many diverse groups…
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Don’t be afraid to dance
This pack, written by Jenny Edwards, is intended to be used by health professionals, activity co-ordinators and care staff and is the starting point for developing basic movement and dance…
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