Queens Park Arts Centre - #LiveCreativelyQPAC

Here are a couple of links which might be of use to any musicians affected by the temporary closure of venues. Please share and add any more links in the comments below if you know of additional funding to support artists. #LiveCreativelyQPAC  https://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/hardshipfund https://www.prsformusic.com/c/emergency-relief-fund

Charlie Butters - one of our pottery tutors and Centre Technicians - has definitely joined the #LiveCreativelyQPAC campaign. Below is the first video of him at home on the potters wheel! You can find out more about Charlie's work by visiting his website or giving him a like / follow on Facebook and Instagram .  Be sure to share videos and photos of your own home creative projects with us - pust them as public posts online and tag us in (and use the #LiveCreativelyQPAC hashtag) or email the content over to us via info@qpc.org. 

Here're some more wonderful examples of the #LiveCreativelyQPAC campaign. Artists Angela and John North have been creating these beautiful drawings and paintings from home. You may have seen Angela and John's work at their recent exhibition in our Coffee Bar. They've also painted the scenery for many Unbound Theatre productions, and illustrated the winning entries for the 2019 Queens Park 500 Words Challenge, as part of WhizzFizzFest. If you're painting, drawing, sculpting, sewing, carving, writing, singing, dancing or storytelling whilst in self-isolation, then share your work with us! Tag us in social media, email info@qpc.org and be sure to use the #LiveCreativelyQPAC hashtag.

Our production company, Unbound Theatre, have take the #LiveCreativelyQPAC challenge to heart, launching a special project entitled 'Keep Telling Stories'.  The first stage of the project is an ambitious plan to record all 154 of Shakespeare's celebrated sonnets, with a new recording going online every day at 1pm on their social media channels.  You can find out more about Unbound by visiting their Facebook , Twitter , Instagram or Soundcloud pages. Be sure to like, follow, share and subscribe to support them during their latest endeavours.  Below you'll find the first five sonnets, which have been recorded by professional voice actors from the UK and further afield!

Queens Park Arts Centre is proud to launch a new campaign encouraging people to ‘Live Creatively’ whilst our building is temporarily closed to the public. We aim to inspire local residents to let their creativity flourish even in the most uncertain times by establishing our social media accounts (and this new blog!)   as a hub which shares and celebrates the many ways people are still engaging with the visual and creative arts during self-isolation. Our Artistic Director Sarah Lewis explains: “The ethos of Queens Park has always meant more than the building itself, and whilst we’re needing to temporarily close our doors we’re working hard to ensure the Centre remains a true creative and cultural hub by celebrating people’s innate creativity.” “This new campaign aims to bring together as many artistic endeavours as possible – anyone is welcome to send us photos of their craft projects, paintings, drawings and pottery or videos of their music and dance performances for u