Unique opportunities, memorable experiences
Ranging from half-day workshops to large scale public art events, each of our artist-led projects is individually designed to encourage participants and audiences to find their creative voice and bring their ideas and imaginations to life.
We offer events and opportunities for families and communities to work together in celebration of friendship, heritage and healthy lifestyles.
We empower people’s imaginations, voices and minds
We love being part of festivals and public events – they offer a stage for our participants to celebrate their work and get people connecting and actively participating in their local community.
We can deliver life-size installations, drop-in craft workshops, roaming in-character street theatre and much more. Participants can build their city, a sensory garden or even go to the moon. We are bound only by the limits of your imagination!
Festivals & Public Events we have appeared at:
bOing! Festival
Canterbury Festival
Fuse Festival
Greenwich Advent Festival
Herne Bay Festival
Inspire
Medway Mile
Big Ride Festivals
Stour Music Festival
Whitstable Oyster Festival
We Build Walk-in Worlds
We build magical worlds that audiences can step into with a sense of wonder: large-scale installations and events made entirely from paper and card.
Our obsession with paper and cardboard began ten years ago, when we discovered that Kent has a significant paper-milling past dating back to the 16th century. This humble and everyday material has inspired our artists, participants and audiences to use it in innovative ways, taking a creative approach to recycling and caring about our environment.
We have been working extensively with museums, art galleries, libraries and theatres across the South East since 2002. Over the years we have:
- transformed library spaces into inspiring, family-friendly environments
- created life-size, interactive installations to engage audiences and visitors
- delivered magical education programmes with local schools and communities
- supported cultural organisations and their staff through creative CPD workshops
We know how powerful and important high-quality creative projects can be for cultural venues, so we work in close partnership with venues to build projects that promote their cultural offer through the arts.
Our artist-led projects will inspire your visitors to participate, engage and make meaningful connections with your programmes and events.
Our Work Has Been Showcased At
Beaney House of Art & Knowledge
BBC Education online
Brook Theatre, Chatham
Chatham Historic Dockyard
Commonwealth Games Baton Relay
Deptford Lounge
Dover Castle
Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury
Kent County Gallery, Maidstone
Royal Albert Hall
Royal Opera House
Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery
Stour Valley Arts Gallery
Theatre Royal Margate
Tour Du France 2007
Promoting collaborative working, problem-solving and teamwork (not to mention fun!) our professional artists can help to bring creativity into the heart of your organisation.
Here are just some of the ways we can work with you:
- Teambuilding Creative Awaydays
- Professional Development
- One-day Creative Challenges
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Special Event Displays built to your specifications
A Note about Health & Wellbeing
From one day workshops to commissions, we believe our work can really make a difference to our participants’ health and wellbeing and increase happiness. Our project ‘The Paper Apothecary’ tracked the levels of happiness and wellbeing in all those who took part. The 6500 participants surveyed felt a 98% increase in happiness from experiencing our work.
We can create work that employs arts and creativity to tackle the demands and challenges of your community’s welfare and health. With pressures of modern life on our health services particularly in relation to mental health agendas, our work enables participants to engage in the ‘Six Ways to Wellbeing’ in really creative and meaningful ways.
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