Summer 2020
Wiltshire & Swindon CEP news
Hello, we hope you are doing ok and are enjoying the recent good weather. Seeing the green on the trees and that spring has now truly sprung does help in these lockdown and challenging times. Same can be said for all of the creative offerings and ideas being shared across the world - we've captured a few of our favourites below!
Closer to home, in this enews we also bring you an overview of the W&SCEP Open Fund awarded projects from the two rounds in 2019 and 2020, and some fantastic local creative activity to get involved in, including online STEAM workshops through Wiltshire Music Connect, and a STEAM challenge from Wiltshire Creative. Also, teachers are being asked for their feedback to help develop the education offer at The Salisbury Museum.
And finally, we've collated some links to support for arts & cultural organisations and practitioners that may be facing uncertain futures and struggling at this time.
Wishing you all well, the W&SCEP team
Open Fund projects overview
In Round 2 of the Open Fund, we awarded 11 projects, making it a total of 16 with Round 1. Although delivery is on hold at the moment, here are the new projects and schools awarded:
‘Arts Week 2020’ - Broad Chalke Primary, nr Salisbury
‘Reflection Garden’ - Coombe Bissett Primary School, nr Salisbury
‘Creative Roots’ - Crowdy’s Primary Special School, Swindon
‘Curious Curators’ - Manor Fields Primary, Salisbury
‘Bringing the Outside In’ - Monkton Park Primary School, Chippenham
‘Culture Council’ - Mountford Manor Primary, Swindon
‘Innovative Playground Art’ - Old Sarum Primary, Salisbury
‘Tranquility Community Room’ - Oliver Tomkins Junior School, Swindon
‘Arts Adventure’ - Red Oaks Primary School, Swindon
‘History Around Us’ - The Croft Primary, nr Swindon
‘Personal Development Days’ - The Stonehenge School, Amesbury
For more detail on all of the projects, see this W&SCEP Open Fund Projects Overview.
Creative & cultural resources to help stay sane!
Here are some more wonderful creative ideas and offerings for young people, and their adults:
From Lockdown with Love is an online gallery to give children, young people and adults a place to display their creations whilst in isolation. Brought to you by the Bridge Organisation for the South West, Real Ideas, who are also compiling their favourite creative lockdown activities in this blog.
CreateToConnect is a campaign hosted by 64 Million Artists during May, offering a month of daily creative challenges in collaboration with 31 different partners. Alongside the daily challenges, they will be distributing free tailored activity packs that enable you to engage others in your communities.
Homeschooling craft resources from the Crafts Council, with loads of ideas in offer for Early Years to KS5, and for teachers directly, all requiring minimal materials and all possible from the kitchen table!
Isolation Creations by Create Studios is a bulletin round up of the best of online media/digital creative activities for young people and the occasional special competition or callout. Perfect for teachers and homeschoolers, the latest issue linked to free films from the BFI, and free photo courses from Nikon. To sign up to the bulletin send an email.
Salisbury 2020 STEAM challenge is a response to a feat 800 years ago when Salisbury Cathedral and its community moved from Old Sarum, an endeavour that required the greatest physical, technological and intellectual skills. This is an open call to explore the world of automata and movement and seeks to encourage young people to be inspired by a theme of movement and to produce something exciting whilst using art, science, design and technology.
Online STEAM Workshops for Children in Wiltshire*
Wiltshire Music Connect has launched an exciting new partnership with Conductive Music that will enable primary age children in Wiltshire to take part in a range of online STEAM workshops in June – learning how to use science, technology, maths and coding to make music.
The live online sessions will take place through Zoom and children can take part from their own homes, using laptops, tablets or phones.
The Wiltshire workshops will all take place on the week beginning Monday 8thJune.
Wiltshire Music Connect is covering the cost (approx. £7 per child) so that the sessions are FREE of charge for children in Wiltshire. The live sessions are supported by You Tube videos and tutorials that are published on the Conductive Music website.
If you would like to find out more, and sign up for the sessions, please click here.
*Wiltshire: not including Swindon (which has its own Music Education Hub)
Teachers - please give your feedback to The Salisbury Museum
The Salisbury Museum has recently engaged heritage specialists Tricolor Associates to carry out an audience consultation, as part of building the case for National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) project funding. The consultants need the views of local teachers about how The Salisbury Museum could develop its educational offer, to ensure that it reflects the needs of yourself and your students.
Please help us to plan for a bright future by completing our short teacher survey.
Supporting the arts & cultural sector
It's a difficult time for many of us, but particularly hard hit are the arts & cultural organisations, artists and practitioners. There are some helpful schemes and funding coming out, and here are some of the latest we've found:
Help and Support Available for Artists has been complied by The Pound Arts
Funding sources collated by the Wiltshire Community Foundation.
Pay It Forward by Crowdfunder to support creative businesses & freelancers
Free Creative Industries Federation membership for creatives for 6months
Arts Council England's support, news and links for the sector
Unesco & 130 Ministers call for support for cultural sector in COVID-19 crisis response
Stay in touch with the latest cultural news in Wiltshire
Visit The Arts In Wiltshire and its arts and education posts to keep up to date with developments and opportunities.
Get involved in the Cultural Education Partnership
The Wiltshire & Swindon Cultural Education Partnership (W&SCEP) will be bringing more opportunities for schools to connect with and develop cultural education for their students in 2020. If your school would like to be involved in future initiatives please get in touch.
Please pass on this e-news to anyone you think would be interested, who can then can sign up to the W&SCEP mailing list below.
