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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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The Art of Life and Movement
Written by Isabel and Rachel Jones, this report is a practical handbooks that carers, health professionals and support workers can use to develop creative activities with individuals and groups of…
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Following World Event Young Artists 2012, WEYA+ was organised to celebrate the work of Kurdish artists. This event was organised predominantly to showcase the work of 4 Kurdish performers that…
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A Breath of Sound was part of a community engagement programme City Arts developed for World Event Young Artists. WEYA was Nottingham’s flagship Cultural Olympiad Festival, bringing over 1,000 artists…
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As part of the World Event Young Artists festival, established textile maker Ali Pretty (Artistic Director of Kinetika) in collaboration with local spoken word artist and writer Panya Banjoko were…
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More than one anchor was one of four programmes devised by City Arts for World Event Young Artists 2012. This work was developed by acclaimed international artists Choman Hardi, Gaylan Nazhad…
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Resonation was developed during 2012-2013 with a grant from Youth Music and is a programme focused on engaging young people from ex-mining communities in north Nottinghamshire in partnership with the…
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The TaMHS project was part of a national Department of Health initiative developed out of the desire to encourage innovation and whole school approaches supporting the emotional health and well-being…
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Clay Transformations was an innovative research project based at the University of Nottingham which investigated the therapeutic effects of using clay in work with teenagers dealing with feelings of anger,…
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Arts on Prescription Research Report
A report into the findings of a research study on Arts on Prescription, City Arts' community based arts project designed to promote mental health.
Read more: 'Arts on Prescription Research Report'Night of Festivals
City Arts has been central to the development of this festival led by ArtReach, Independent Creative Producers. First bursting onto Nottingham’s streets in 2010, Night of Festivals has a huge…
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