Courses
Cultural Ambassadors
Cultural Ambassadors is a 12 week creative course designed to offer local people an opportunity to get involved in the cultural regeneration of their area.
Developed with the University for the Creative Arts and accredited through the Open College network, the course has gone from strength to strength with 2010 being its sixth year.
Seventeen participants took part in this years course. During the course, Cultural Ambassadors gained practical skills through artist led workshops, visited galleries in London and explored new ways of looking at, discussing and making art. These new experiences have informed their creativity and forged strong bonds among the group, which we hope will continue. The course culminated in an exhibition entitled Forward which showed the talent and variety in the individuals’ work, and aimed to illustrate the journey the Ambassadors have taken. The exhibition was held at Droit House, visitor centre for Turner Contemporary, during July 2010.
During the six years that Cultural Ambassadors has been running we have had many participants go on to enter the Access course and continue onto the part time Fine Art BA degree at UCA, three of which have been instrumental in supporting this years ambassadors.
Another Cultural Ambassador has gone on to work for Turner Contemporary and is now an employee of Groundworks Walkie Talkie scheme. Two participants from last years’ course had their work included at Tate Moderns tenth birthday event called “No Soul for Sale”
Participant comments
“I’ve always wanted to explore art further, this has opened my eyes to the whole raft of possibilities” Perry Gregory, -Cultural Ambassador 2010
“I enjoyed the course immensely. My future plans are to attempt to progress to the access course at Canterbury. Something which I would have never considered educationally before” -Cultural Ambassador 2009
‘I LOVED the course, it has completely changed my life. I would never show my art to anyone before, in such a short period my confidence has grown so much.’- Cultural Ambassadors 2008
Past Courses
Ever thought you might like to do something creative?
Creative Skills Training This course explored: > Presenting ideas to a group > Working with artists > Working in a gallery > Giving good customer care to visitors > Representing an organisation > Making your own art work > Talking about your work and ideas > Creating an exhibition in Droit House, Margate Also part of the course were trips to other galleries in the UK and a national qualification for taking part. All sessions and materials were free all you needed is enthusiasm!
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