Art in all its forms will be popping up in some unusual spaces across Tamworth over the next two years as part of a major project designed to create and nurture new audiences ready for the opening of the new look Tamworth Assembly Rooms.
Art in Unusual Spaces has been made possible after Tamworth Borough Council’s Arts & Events team successfully won £68,000 in funding from Arts Council England – the third significant grant to be secured by the team in recent years. Funding is being matched by Tamworth Borough Council and the local community.
The project will be made up of a wide variety of exciting and never-before-seen initiatives for Tamworth, including a striking new sculpture for the town centre, bus shelter art, street music, a big draw, a massive community mosaic, theatre in new community locations, a film depicting a day in the life of Tamworth and an original WW1 commemorative song performed by local choirs.
By taking a range of events out into the community, the project aims to provide performance and viewing opportunities for existing audiences, as well as capturing new ones by giving people the inspiration and confidence to get involved in the arts.
The hope is that by the end of the two-year initiative, Tamworth will have a large and captive audience which can then be brought back to the new-look Tamworth Assembly Rooms theatre when it reopens at the end of its major refurbishment programme.
Art in Unusual Spaces will build on last year’s successful I Am Tamworth project which set out to encourage people of all ages to get creative and participate in a range of activities across dance, drama, visual arts, music and writing.
As well as bringing some national organisations and well-known artists to the area, this will fund a number of individual projects, covering all genres of the arts.
