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Swindon has a wealth of arts projects, festivals and many other fantastic events – developed by individuals, organiations and groups – helping make Swindon the vibrant town it is. We will be showcasing such groups and individuals.
Swindon Shuffle
The Swindon Shuffle is a local unsigned band music festival that covers all genres of live bands. It is held at various venues across Swindon over 4 days with 60 bands playing.
Voluntary Arts Network
Voluntary Arts Network aims to promote participation in the arts and crafts across the UK and Republic of Ireland. We recognise that they are a key part of our culture and as such they are absolutely vital to our health, social and economic development.
Categories: arts, volunteers, crafts, culture
Swindon: communities and audiences
This paper looks at secondary data on populations and engagement in culture in the Swindon Borough Council area. It is intended to introduce the main sources of data and give a cursory presentation and commentary on content derived from those sources.
Categories: survey, audience development, swindon
Organisation Development – What’s that all about then?
In 2008 I supported an application to the Arts Council South West from No Added Sugar (aka Toni Robinson and Gordon Dickinson) for funding for them under the banner “organisational development”. In other words money to help them understand more about and make improvements to the way they operate as an organisation and an arts business. Lots of artists, in lots of genres and especially those who work in community arts often struggle with balancing wanting to do their own art work, with work that generates income. Most of the time they can’t afford administrators or co-ordinators and find themselves with either way too much or not enough, most often it all coming at once or not at all! In supporting Toni and Gordon I made a commitment to help share the learning and experience so that others could also benefit.
Swindon Arts
Swindon Arts is a facebook profile set up to help support the arts. By publicising events, networking, sharing.
Categories: Arts
Swindon Music Forum
The Swindon Music Forum has been set up to support all music in Swindon and to help and provide opportunities to explore how the Swindon Music Scene can be better supported and developed.
Categories: Music, dvelopment, venues
Mobile Media
Mobile Media is Create Studios unique youth arts project, which takes the excitement of new digital technologies and professional arts practice to children and young people.
Categories: Young people, filmmaking, animation, web design, courses, schools
Swindon Festival of Literature
The Swindon Festival of Literature is in its 17th year and is now firmly established on Swindon and Wiltshire’s cultural calendar.
Categories: Festival, Swindon, Literature, Authors, Writers
Artsmad
The arts are Making A Difference to the lives of children and young people throughout Swindon. Thousands of young people have been involved with the arts, thanks to Artsmad. From dance to drama, music to creative writing, digital art to visual art, youngsters - from the age of three to 25 - have been enjoying great experiences.
Categories: Young people, arts, Swindon
Flux
The government-funded pilot Flux project, which is providing fantastic arts activities such as filmmaking, digital art and community festivals to the new communities of North Swindon, is in it's last few months.
Categories: Young people, arts, digital media, communities
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