How does a community arts group respond to Covid-19?
Preeti Dasgupta heads up the Collage Community team and explores how Arts Council England investment has created 8 videos revealing the genuine lived experiences and insights of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black lives matter movement In March 2020, Collage Arts in London’s Wood Green asked itself some searching questions…
Dawn Walton honoured
Collage Arts was delighted to hear that our collaborator on the Lockdown Monologues, Dawn Walton has been recognised in the Birthday honours. Dawn Walton was made OBE for her services to theatre. Steve Medlin, Collage Arts artistic director said: “I have collaborated with Dawn on a number of occasions over…
Discovery phase of Catalyst digital response fund
Collage Arts like many organisations is doing far more work on-line and more of the work we have created is digital. This is an exciting journey for us and our partners and participants. Duncan Sones, Collage Arts Development Manager explains; ‘I think we have what is best described as an…
Collage Voices and ImagiNation
Collage Voices is very proud to have taken part in Theatre Centre’s and Theatre 503’s ImagiNation project this summer, where 19 writers were asked to create and donate 19 plays to the UK public to read, rehearse and record. We used it as part of our schools partnership programme during…
Collage Works programmes to diversify employment in the creative sector hit by the pandemic
An evaluation of a training program that set out to diversify the creative industries and work with employers to find new talent has seen the COVID-19 pandemic wipe out many of the gains that had been made. Over 200 young people from diverse backgrounds, supported by Collage Arts and Bauer…
Latest e-quarter is published (July 20)
Our third publication of the year is available now. You can read and watch some of our highlights, successes and some things to look out for over coming weeks. As we are emerging from lockdown this month, we are all trying to figure out the meanings of the safe new normal. Behind the…
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