Author Archives: Trevelyan

Next WMPAF Meeting details – 4 Dec 2012

The next WMPAF meeting is 12.00 to 13.30 on Tuesday 4th December in the HMS Daring Room at the Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham (opposite the Town Hall). Please e-mail Owen Hurcombe at Staffordshire County Council for more details

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Hot Topics in Community Arts from Direction of Travel

Staffordshire University Creative Communities Unit compiled this insightful list of hot topics from Direction of Travel. More positives than negatives which bodes well for where we go next. NEGATIVE Not enough public support ☹ Too much time spent on budgets/meetings/paperwork … Continue reading

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Video from The Cultural Sisters Workshop

The Cultural Sisters workshop involved participants making a rubber stamp that expressed their practice. Here’s the results!

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WMPAF

WMPAF, a group on Flickr.

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Safeguarding Policies, Child Protection – What is your responsibility?

Safeguarding, risk assessments and policies can be daunting things but a necessary task for any artist working with communities. Policies are always something we need to review and check with the groups or funders we are working with. The Safe … Continue reading

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Panel Discussion

The panel discussion to kick off the day has provided a broad brushstroke look at participatory arts from all sides of the fence. With Steve Trow we’ve looked at the evolution of community/participatory arts with a plea that it’s time … Continue reading

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Hi everyone from snowy Bantock House

We are just setting up for the first WMPAF regional event, DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. During the day B Arts and We Are Frilly will be running a digital drop-in workshop getting material from participants onto the blog as well as … Continue reading

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DIRECTION OF TRAVEL – WMPAF CONFERENCE FEB 10 2012

Booking is now open for our first ever regional conference at Bantock House, Wolverhampton, on Friday February 10th, in which we have a wide variety of practical and discussion events focused on setting out where the participatory arts sector in … Continue reading

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