Crow
Crow is a story for our time, a cry from the soul in a world on the brink of a new age. Through Crow audiences takes us a step back into a time almost forgotten when the tales we told held our hearts enraptured and engaged us to take action.
Open To Arts has been working with visionary artist Jenny Leach to seek ways of bringing Crow to wider audiences whilst retaining the true soul and integrity of Jenny's piece.
http://www.mynameiscrow.com/To find out more about how you can book Crow for your unusual and outdoor venue please call Jenny 07878 697 892 or email
jrleach@dsl.pipex.comJenny's range of creative projects can be seen at
http://www.allmouthnocv.com/http://www.tatecosy.com/http://www.onemonthinthecity.com/Carbon BetterCarbon Better is a carbon offsetting concept seeinf to find creative solutions for arts centres and groups to access affordable methods to reduce their carbon putputs. Open To Arts has been working with Arts Go Green to create the intial feasibility and development plans for this project; attending Tipping Point conference at the National Theatre (March 2008), seeking funding from A&B SW and EoN and starting dialogue with Julie's Bicycle to share in their existing findings for the music industry.
Arts Go Green http://homepage.mac.com/peteandlou/Artsgogreen/Julie's Bicycle http://www.juliesbicycle.com/Tipping Point http://www.tippingpoint.org.uk/Arts and Business SW http://interim.aandb.org.uk/Our Enford
Open To Arts is proud to have completed a series of creative consultations working with James Aldridge, Creative Ecology 'Our Enford' was created by working in partnership with Enford Village Hall Committee, the local residents of Enford Parish, Wiltshire and funded by Kennet District Council.
To track the progress of the project and keep up to date with the results check out
http://www.ourenford.co.uk/Check out James Aldridge's current projects at
http://www.creative-ecology.co.uk/
We Love Marlborough
Open To Arts is proud to be co-directing We Love Marlborough with the Secret Agents of Secret Agent Marketing
We Love Marlborough is a arts, cultural and business sector Marlborough area partnership that exists to;
- promote the Marlborough area as an exciting place to live, work and visit
- create the Marlborough area as a centre of cultural excellence
- Free family day
- Schools workshops and exhibition
- Riverbank writers
- River restoration work with ARK
- More to do in Marlborough
Check out the blog
http://reclaimourriver.blogspot.com/Open Minds animation project
This community arts project was managed by Anna Sexton on behalf of Kennet Valley Arts Trust working with local disabled artist, Mike Juggins who delivered a magnificent series of animation workshops to a group of adults with learning disabilities. The final film tackled the thorny subjects of bullying and transport access in fun and creative ways.
http://www.mikejuggins.com/#
Don't judge a book by its cover
A film about re-addressing the public image of young people in Marlborough, Wiltshire based on an idea from Mike Juggins which was delivered by Jaime and Matthew from Funkton Films, Swindon. Funded by Local Network in partnership with Kennet Valley Arts Trust, Marlborough Youth Development Centre and Wiltshire Council.
Check out the film -
http://www.sparksite.co.uk/local2/kvatmydcMed_Prog_001.swfFunkton Films are avialable for bookings and discussions about possible projects -
http://www.funktonfilms.com/Mock Up Brochure
Check out the full mocked up brochure created in partnership with Andy Burden on behalf of Kennet Valley Arts Trust - Riverbank Arts Centre project
http://www.riverbank.org.uk/cms/assets/Riverbank_Brochure.pdfImmediate Theatre Projects
Anna worked under the Direction of Jo Carter between July 2002 - October 2003
http://www.immediate-theatre.com/about_us/past_projects/
Queensbridge Community Arts Partnership (2002-2004)From 2002-2004 Immediate Theatre worked in the Queensbridge Ward of Hackney providing drama and art activities for the local community. In partnership with the Queensbridge Trust and funded by the Regional Arts Lottery Programme and the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund. The programme provided a wide range of activities for all ages ranging from 8-80 yr olds
Street Experience
The Street Experience allowed two seperate groups of Kilburn young people and older people to experience working with local artists to explore their feelings and thoughts around what it was like for them to live in Kilburn. Working seperately on photographic and poetry projects the two groups were eventually brought together to discuss as a group their shared experiences. Out of these groups sessions a video was made and shown as part of the Street Experience Conference hosted at Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn
Cracked
An exhibition using visual art, photography, installations, sound collages and sculpture. The work was used as an environment to help workers from health, social services and youth teams to reconsider their attitude to people with mental health and drug problems. Workers attended a day long training session that included spending time in the exhibition, meeting workers from other services, exploring attitudes and current practice and making suggestions for change.
Hoax by Louise Warren (2003-2004)
'Hoax' was commissioned by Camden Community Safety Partnership and The London Fire Brigade to help reduce the level of hoax calls. The play was developed with year 10 drama students at Hampstead School, five young people were then selected to spend their two-week work placement with a professional theatre team touring years 5-9 in Camden Schools.
We All Fall Down
The play looked at ways of preventing falls in the home and was developed in partnership with health professionals and older people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds. Sally believes that her falls are caused by the ghost of her husband Bobby who is jealous of her new romantic relationship with Yusuf, an elderly refugee. During the action she realises that her problems are of a more practical nature. This is a touching piece, which involves comedy tragedy, romance and lots of falling down. Developed in partnership with North London Mobile Repair Service,
