Community arts and design

Welcome to the Centre for Community Arts and Design

Community arts and design stretches across a wide variety of media including theatre, contemporary arts, dance, music, art, design and fine art. The emphasis is on encouraging the use of the arts to support the development of communities to encourage social, cultural or environmental benefits. It is all about what the arts can do for society.

This is the place for collections of learning materials (courses) or links to learning materials, for learners to use directly. A list of courses run elsewhere is below.

Teaching young children oral storytelling skills. By Tony Wilson and Creative Partnerships

The arts debate: public enagagement in the Arts By the Arts Council

Postgraduate Diploma in Community Arts Practice at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. A one year course for graduates of the Performance Arts (Dance, Music or Theatre) who wish to apply their skills to community and participatory arts work.

• For UK please add to the list of funders and the list of current funding opportunities maintained by the Voluntary Arts Network, and the Research funding schemes of the Arts and Humanities Research Council
• For other countries, add links to the funding lists maintained by national community networks and higher education funding bodies.

Community Arts in academia

• Metropolitan University, UK
• University of Strathclyde
• De Montfort University Community Arts Practice
• University of York Community music.

Community Arts...in the community

• Black Labrador Community Arts, Manchester, UK
• Community Arts Network, UK
• Valley and Vale Community Arts, Wales, UK
• Community Arts Forum, Northern Ireland, UK
• Voluntary Arts Network, UK

Community Arts in policy

• Department for Culture Media and Sport
• National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts,UK
• Community Art and Design Policy in Teignbridge, Devon, UK

Community Arts in the media

• Google News - Community Arts