Creative County West Sussex

Last chance to book your tickets for the Urban Graffiti Textures workshop on Thursday 30 Sept, 5 to 7pm. Run by Sketchbook Circle!

West Sussex based Teachers can use discount code: SOUTHDOWNSARTS01

Get booking here - https://creativecountywestsussex.org.uk/urban-graffiti-textures-online-workshop/

We are excited to share the first online teacher CPD sessions led by Sketchbook Circle supported by The Arts Society, South Downs allowing all West Sussex based art & design and textiles teacher the opportunity to access at the *reduced price of £10*!

To learn more visit our website: https://creativecountywestsussex.org.uk/urban-graffiti-textures-online-workshop/

We are delighted to launch our Artists & Creatives Database on our website! Introducing schools to local creatives and giving creatives an opportunity promote their schools.
Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3yRfwmV

Our friends at C O R R I D O R have launched PICTURE LITTLEHAMPTON, a Community Photography Challenge

Got fresh perspectives and alternative views of Littlehampton?
Join in and submit your photographs to be part of a new exhibition this Autumn.

There are three winning categories:
• most inventive
• most colourful
• most surprising
Need some inspiration? Watch their videos
corridorprojects.org.uk/photochallenge

Deadline: 5pm, Friday 10 September 2021
Enter here: visitlittlehampton.co.uk/whats-on/picture-littlehampton-a-community-photography-challenge/

visitlittlehampton.co.uk

May was a busy month for getting creative. The Story Factory teamed up with Bersted Green Primary to run a arts, literacy & philosophy workshop focused on anniversaries.
Read all about what they got up to here: https://bit.ly/3znCX7A

Our July newsletter is out!
This month we are sharing about our Creative Wellbeing Days, the It’s a Date project at Bersted Green and have a guest blog from C O R R I D O R.
If you are not signed up already give us a DM and we will get you added for all the latest news.

📸 Lucy Draycott

Our Guest Bloggers this month are arts organisation, C O R R I D O R! They share with us their Step Into Colour project and their vision of connecting artists with communities

Give it a read here:

Guest Blog: Step Into Colour - Creative County West Sussex Our guest blog this month comes from C O R R I D O R, a not-for-profit art organisation who deliver participatory projects that connect artists with communities. The team share with us about their Step Into Colour project and their vision as a team. This summer the windows of an empty shop in Little...

We are so excited to hear from Hannah tonight!

If you want to join us, it's not too late, pop us an email by 3pm for a link

Hannah is looking forward to chatting with the team at Creative Crawley and Creative County West Sussex this afternoon to find out about their plans to bring more creativity to Crawley.

Ensemble Reza have been leading workshops in some of Crawley's schools recently and we can't wait to do more work with the wonderful staff and students in the area.

Alongside the launch of our new Creative Wellbeing Days video, we asked Veronika to share her experience of helping develop the project.
You can find her story here: https://creativecountywestsussex.org.uk/creative-wellbeing-days-veronikas-journey/

📸 Daniel Hill

Looking to get into the creative industries but not sure where to start? Want to find out more about the jobs and training available to you? Join Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester College and University of Chichester for a FREE day of talks, workshops and networking opportunities to help you take your next steps. https://www.cft.org.uk/whats-on/event/creative-careers-fair

Our friends at West Sussex Music are leading on The Big Music Activity for the county.
If you or your organisation work with young people in music in West Sussex, read more about how to get involved here:

Call out for people and organisations working in music with young people in West Sussex - Creative County West Sussex Organisations working in music with young people in West Sussex are being asked to take part in The Big Music Activity Survey to map the youth music and music education sector. The survey has been created by West Sussex Music, the lead organisation in the music education hub for the county. The aim....