Current Projects

 

 

SPEAR (Surrey Practitioners Educational and Arts Resource)

Project Lead:Caroline Jackman      Contact: caroline.jackman@surreycc.gov.uk or aimee.fairhurst@surreycc.gov.uk

Surrey Practitioners Educational Arts Resource
Initial research suggests that there are few opportunities to promote and/or search for arts practitioners offering creative workshops for educational providers in Surrey. This project therefore proposes a mapping of current provision in terms of current arts networks, art organisations, provision for art practitioner profiling, provision for training and networking, provision for providing toolkits for both educational providers and arts practitioners in commissioning work and sourcing funding, and of course provision for useful links. In short a one stop shop that is an arts resource encouraging provision for creativity for young people.

This proposal is based on an exploratory discussion that has taken place between Surrey Arts, SALDO, Surrey Artists’ Network, Surrey Venues Network, and Surrey educational providers.

Aims:

  • To provide a valuable resource for arts organisations and schools
  • To provide a promotional outlet for arts practitioners living and working in Surrey
  • To establish this resource across Surrey and promote this to other areas in the UK so that they may set up a similar resource if not in place already.
  • To provide easy access to facilities, networking and CPD provision for our arts practitioners including recent graduates to encourage them to remain in Surrey.
  • Planned launch May 2012

Live and Direct

Project lead: Jim Pinchen                Contact: james.pinchen@surreycc.gov.uk

Live and Direct is a county-wide, music rehearsal and gigging network for young people aged 13-19.At these 2 hour, weekly sessions young people are coached by music industry professionals to create original music in any genre. The sessions are currently free to attend and funded by local boroughs and districts, Rhythmix and Surrey County Council. For more information please contact your local arts development officer.