CPD, Training and Go & See visits
A distinctive aspect of the project has been the commitment to build the capacity to do more, and to do better, at a local level. We offered bespoke CPD opportunities to address gaps in knowledge or experience. We focussed on skills and knowledge sharing and creative collaborations.
As a consequence, a creative community with enhanced insight and understanding and creative energy has evolved that is well placed to support future ambitions for arts and older people, and Creative Conversations.
As a consequence, a creative community with enhanced insight and understanding and creative energy has evolved that is well placed to support future ambitions for arts and older people, and Creative Conversations.
Activity included:
Skill sharing between artists through creative collaboration
Creative use of iPads – with We Engage
Creative Evaluation – with Sue Challis
Working creatively with archive film – with MediaActive Projects
Community Podcasting - TAPE Music and Film
Dementia Awareness – with Magdelana Schamberger
Devising Story from artefacts and shared memories – with Ruth Cockburn
Clowning - with Holly Stoppit
Skill sharing between artists through creative collaboration
Creative use of iPads – with We Engage
Creative Evaluation – with Sue Challis
Working creatively with archive film – with MediaActive Projects
Community Podcasting - TAPE Music and Film
Dementia Awareness – with Magdelana Schamberger
Devising Story from artefacts and shared memories – with Ruth Cockburn
Clowning - with Holly Stoppit
The artists have been fully engaged and appreciative of all of CPD and experience sharing opportunities throughout the project:
“It was a privilege to read each other’s stories. We have all, in different ways, facilitated and validated the creative expressions of those many individuals in terms of their ability to share their experiences with others. We have created safe spaces for this to happen, listening and creatively responding, acknowledging, levelling and sowing seeds with the hope that some grow through further staff /participant interactions and sharing.
I noticed that a lot of artist development came from collaborations and indeed mine came through the sharing my SWT group did in different settings” - Jill Impey
“I've thoroughly enjoyed being involved in Creative Conversations, meeting and sharing with you all, learning, working with you - Sal, seeing you all virtually and playing during CPD. It’s great to have a hunger for the work we do - looking forward to reinventing/re-imagining the future and doing more” - Rachel Liggitt
“Thanks for a really interesting Zoom meeting - and I've further enjoyed reading the detail of the artist stories. It just shows what a rich and inventive offering Creative Conversations has enabled in this project. And also how much we've all gained as artists from working closely and sometimes collaboratively together” - Jean Atkin
“I think what really came across for me was how through Creative Conversations, the invitation to be a creative EXPLORER in later life has been offered. There was one thing that Jill said in an encounter with her case study, which went something like: 'it's about just doing it and taking on board what you want from it' .
This rang big in my mind. We live in such a product based time, with 'ready mades', kits, examples, movies and chances to watch creators in speeded up videos proliferating in these times through so many outlets that we can almost get paralysed by impossible models of perfection and the warmth of Jill's invite seemed to sum up some much of what we have been able to offer in this project. We have offered a chance to take a wander down 'creativity street' and browse what's on offer there without pressure to produce or create which can stifle us at the outset.
This then gives rise to Adrian's tale of a man reimagining himself as a 'creative agent' and Rachel's lady revisiting her peak time as a dance and my man Dennis - who, when freed from pressure to function, excels in conversation, a love of language and dance…
It’s easy to forget that all the extraordinary has its roots in the ordinary. I have been proud to be a part of all this” - Sally Tonge
“It was a privilege to read each other’s stories. We have all, in different ways, facilitated and validated the creative expressions of those many individuals in terms of their ability to share their experiences with others. We have created safe spaces for this to happen, listening and creatively responding, acknowledging, levelling and sowing seeds with the hope that some grow through further staff /participant interactions and sharing.
I noticed that a lot of artist development came from collaborations and indeed mine came through the sharing my SWT group did in different settings” - Jill Impey
“I've thoroughly enjoyed being involved in Creative Conversations, meeting and sharing with you all, learning, working with you - Sal, seeing you all virtually and playing during CPD. It’s great to have a hunger for the work we do - looking forward to reinventing/re-imagining the future and doing more” - Rachel Liggitt
“Thanks for a really interesting Zoom meeting - and I've further enjoyed reading the detail of the artist stories. It just shows what a rich and inventive offering Creative Conversations has enabled in this project. And also how much we've all gained as artists from working closely and sometimes collaboratively together” - Jean Atkin
“I think what really came across for me was how through Creative Conversations, the invitation to be a creative EXPLORER in later life has been offered. There was one thing that Jill said in an encounter with her case study, which went something like: 'it's about just doing it and taking on board what you want from it' .
This rang big in my mind. We live in such a product based time, with 'ready mades', kits, examples, movies and chances to watch creators in speeded up videos proliferating in these times through so many outlets that we can almost get paralysed by impossible models of perfection and the warmth of Jill's invite seemed to sum up some much of what we have been able to offer in this project. We have offered a chance to take a wander down 'creativity street' and browse what's on offer there without pressure to produce or create which can stifle us at the outset.
This then gives rise to Adrian's tale of a man reimagining himself as a 'creative agent' and Rachel's lady revisiting her peak time as a dance and my man Dennis - who, when freed from pressure to function, excels in conversation, a love of language and dance…
It’s easy to forget that all the extraordinary has its roots in the ordinary. I have been proud to be a part of all this” - Sally Tonge