Artistic Director at the Bluecoat Bryan Biggs pays tribute to Julia Carter Preston
posted 10 Jan 2012
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The Bluecoat believes everyone can be creative and it is our mission to make the Bluecoat a space for this creativity to grow, flourish and be shared.
We find that working alongside artists helps people feel more comfortable with the contemporary art forms that make up our programme. Taking part in an activity is also a valuable way of finding out more about the creative community based at the Bluecoat. To this end, our programme of activities uses the arts programme and the creative community as inspiration. This makes for a wide ranging and regularly changing programme with something for everyone.
Public
Our public programme includes opportunities for people to participate in high quality activities through Explore (aimed at families) and our programme of adult classes and workshops.
Targeted
Our Participation team works with many different partner organisations to design and deliver arts activities for specific groups. These activities break down barriers and increase access to the arts especially for those who may find it harder to get involved for a variety of reasons. For examples of our targeted programme you can find information on our Blue Room, Informal Education and ART Valley pages.
Education Partners
Our programme for schools and education partners includes sessions for all ages and key stages both at the Bluecoat and in your organisation. We are also involved in training teachers and in delivering extended services. Please click on Education Partners for more detail, downloadable resources and example activities.
Course hosts
We are in the process of developing a group of rolling courses with dot-art Services that include life-drawing, painting and photography as well as applied art practices and crafts. These courses will take place at the Bluecoat under the supervision and direction of dot-art practioners and members. To visit dot-art Service's website and to book on courses using the Eventbrite system, please click here.