Announcing #LiveCreativelyQPAC
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 us to
share online.”
Our Theatre & Marketing Manager Dario Knight emphasised that anyone
could take part in the new campaign: “It’s not just about established artists
or students of the Centre continuing their creativity at home – we want to hear
from everyone! There’s never been a better time to discover why art is so vital
to our emotional wellbeing: doodle on a notepad and see where it takes you,
write down your thoughts and create new stories with them, put on some music
and sing or dance; it’s all part of the ‘Live Creatively’ mind-set!”
Our 500 Words Challenge remains open for young writers to pen brand new
short stories, and the submission window has been extended to Sunday 5th
July to give aspiring authors time to pen (or type!) their tales.
Our production company, Unbound Theatre, are also keeping active with a
slate of brand new audio and video content due to be posted online as part of
their ‘Keep Telling Stories’ project, beginning with their ‘A Sonnet A Day’
initiative working alongside professional voice actors to record all of
Shakespeare’s famous poems.
Furthermore,
any artistic groups or organisations are invited to keep people updated on
their activities and projects by sending us information to repost online,
helping grow a community of creativity in light of venue closures and event
cancellations.
Anyone
wishing to join the campaign can send their content to info@qpc.org or post online and tag in
Queens Park Arts Centre’s social media accounts; most importantly, thought,
they need to use the #LiveCreativelyQPAC hashtag.
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