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Laura Howell - Newark Library
Join Beano artist Laura Howell for this introduction to bringing comic characters to life on the pa…
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I Am A Writer is the first stage of our three-year I Am A Creator programme, which is funded by investment from Arts Council England, through our status as an ACE National Portfolio Organisation.
Our target audiences for the programme are:
Note: Details of family I Am A Writer workshops happening at libraries during May will be available week ending 29 March.
This programme will see us working with libraries and their communities in: Bassetlaw, Ashfield, Mansfield and Newark & Sherwood. For information all our libraries are listed here:
Our Libraries | Inspire - Culture, Learning, Libraries (inspireculture.org.uk)
Inspired by some of the fascinating insights we uncovered as part of our ground-breaking, ACE funded, I Am A Reader project, I Am A Creator aims to empower audiences - who may not always recognise themselves as creative - by giving them wonderful opportunities to be creative, as they work with artists and writers.
More information can be found here: I Am A Reader
We have recruited a group of local writers to:
We are open to creative approaches to writing and storytelling, and to programme outcomes. We will be working with a range of writers, from established and emerging, working in all corners of the industry, including fiction, poetry, screenwriting, audio and theatre.
Public Writing Workshops - in a library near you.
We are committed to the development of writers/artists and aim to support continuous improvement and new approaches to audience engagement in creative activity.
Working with our partners Writing East Midlands, I Am A Writer will:
Draw on best practice creative collaborations with neurodiverse audiences, people living with dementia, older adults and audiences that can be/feel excluded from the arts
Deliver a programme of relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for writers that will benefit I Am A Writer and their wider future practice during year one
CPD and planning opportunities will take place during autumn/winter. Workshop delivery will take place between January - Summer 2024.
This project is part of our Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation funded work.