Bristol Family Arts Festival – Case for Support
Overview Bristol Family Arts Festival is a citywide celebration of creativity involving over 3200 family members. The Bristol Festival is part of the national Family Arts Festival which impacts on over 500,000 families nationwide (familyartsfestival.com). The Family Arts Festival is the only Bristol festival dedicated to families, delivered through a fortnight of creativity organised by: Arnolfini, Architecture Centre, Bristol Museums and Galleries, Bristol Old Vic, Children’s Scrapstore, Watershed, Brunel’s ss Great Britain, and Bristol Hippodrome with the National Trust and Playing Out.
Why?
Bristol is a family city Arts, culture and creativity is in the city’s DNA The festival is citywide and accessible (2/3 of events are free) Every child/young person in the city has the right to engage with arts and culture (UN Convention on the rights of a child) Engages with the city’s diverse communities with arts and culture Targets families from areas experiencing multiple deprivation in the city Promotes intergenerational creativity Inspires the next generation of Bristol Creatives Arts and culture have the power to change lives Brings together Bristol’s leading arts and cultural organisations
Bristol Family Arts Festival 2015 Taking place between 9 October and 1 November, the 2015 Festival aims to deliver at least 35 events for families across the city, incorporating diverse artforms: visual arts, film, theatre, dance, animation, play, heritage, storytelling, design, construction, outdoor learning and music. More cultural organisations than ever before are getting involved, attracting more families from across the city. Working with community partners the festival reach families in Hartcliffe, Lawrence Weston, Easton and Lawrence Hill.
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Quotes: It was brilliant to create and enjoy art as a family, where everyone was encouraged to join in. It was great to have access to resources and materials that we don’t have at home. Parent from Big Picnic event at Arnolfini This event was excellent, very well run and helpful staff. Our older child really enjoyed taking part in the activities and because it was held in our local library it was a good place for our younger child too. Parent from workshop at Junction 3 Library, Easton
How you can support the 2015 festival:
Support the costs of outreach events in communities experiencing deprivation, enabling events to be free Support the production costs of the festival brochure (25,000 copies distributed citywide) Support the costs of a transport bursary scheme to enable families to access city centre events they wouldn’t otherwise be able to Support artist facilitator costs to inspire creativity Contribute prizes for the festival prize draw
Benefits to festival supporters:
Your organisational logo on 25,000 brochures distributed citywide Exposure to festival audience of over 3200 family members Build partnerships with local arts and cultural organisations Fulfil your organisational CSR requirements
For more information and to discuss funding and sponsorship opportunities please contact: Ellie Jeffs, Learning Manager, Arnolfini:
[email protected] / 0117 917 2300 Amy Harrison, Learning & Participation Manager, Architecture Centre:
[email protected] / 0117 9221540
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