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Creative Challenge
A selection of creative projects, jointly funded by Wakefield Council’s Creative Challenge Grant Funding 2020-2021
Birdsong Soul Song
Return to Covid-19 Creative Challenge CommissionsBirdsong Soul SongA new composition, with additional choral arrangement and soundscape by Wakefield musician Ali BulliventBirdsong Soul Song was supported by Creative Challenge 2020 as...
Covid Conversations
Return to Covid-19 Creative Challenge CommissionsCOVID CONVERSATIONSFive puppetry films featuring verbatim accounts of Wakefield people’s experience of the pandemic.Bev Adams received funding from the Creative Challenge 2020 Covid projects grants...
Living in Lockdown
Return to Covid-19 Creative Challenge CommissionsLIVING IN LOCKDOWNThree performing arts short films were created by external artists working with CAPA College students during lockdown33 students aged 16 -19 had 36...
Stride Connections
Return to Covid-19 Creative Challenge CommissionsSTRIDE CONNECTIONSSupporting children and families experiencing isolation during lockdown through online creative activitiesStride Theatre received Creative Challenge 2020 funding to take their highly regarded and...
Life Lessons
Return to Covid-19 Creative Challenge CommissionsLIFE LESSONSA photography and poetry project led by Wakefield creatives Paul Bateson and Mark RatcliffeLife Lessons received funding from the Creative Challenge 2020 Covid projects...
Stories of Insight
Return to Creative Challenge CommissionsSTORIES OF INSIGHTA series of podcasts from members of Wakefield District Sight Aid who share life and lockdown storiesThese inspirational stories from members of Wakefield District...
Our Diary
Return to Creative Challenge CommissionsOUR DIARYA documentary photography project uniting early career photographers from across the Wakefield District.During the first Covid-19 Lockdown, Emily Ryalls planned to bring together 10 Wakefield...
Letters from Lockdown
Return to Creative Challenge CommissionsLETTERS FROM LOCKDOWNPromoting wellbeing through home craft kits for Slow Stitching and Creative Cloth during Lockdown.2 Sure Threads run workshops on slow stitching for wellbeing in...
Agbrigg Together
Return to Creative Challenge CommissionsAGBRIGG TOGETHERA series of online family activities and continuation of the Agbrigg women's dancing group. This project was intended to build on the work of the...
One Voice Online
Return to Creative Challenge CommissionsONE VOICE ONLINEBringing young people together to create, through the exploration of music and song. Improving wellbeing and encouraging future artistic growth during Lockdown.Eastmoor Community Project...
Creative Connections
Return to Creative Challenge CommissionsCREATIVE CONNECTIONSCreative therapeutic support that individuals led by Spectrum People starting in Lockdown 1.0 and continuing throughout the year.Art Therapy sessions were provided to use creative/artistic...
Sing and Breathe @ Home
Return to Creative Challenge CommissionsSING & BREATHE @ HOMESupporting adults experiencing long-term lung conditions through online group sessions.Social-i-Sing, led by Jackie Craig, received Creative Challenge 2020 funding to take their...
Pontefract Murals
Return to Creative Challenge Commissionspontefract muralsRachel List painted through the night onto the side of a pub to celebrate the NHS, then in a few weeks became Pontefract’s Banksy.When the...
Stories in Isolation
Return to Creative Challenge CommissionsStories in isolationRhubarb Design House opened up an online portal for people to share their stories of isolation and experiences of Lockdown 1.0Rhubarb Design House had...
Wakefield Unmasked
Return to Creative Challenge Commissionswakefield unmaskedSeanna Doonan has created a series of illustrations in response to the pandemic in WakefieldSeanna Doonan has responded to the past year and how the...
A Place for Places
Return to Creative Challenge Commissionsa place for placesA series of 40 paintings during Tony’s daily exercise walks in Wakefield.The series starts on Friday 20th March, three days before national lockdown....
Public Art Projects
A selection of large-scale creative projects supported through funding from Wakefield Council
Virtual Galleries
