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If your community group would like to work with the following organisations please contact us at arts@westminster.gov.uk
Series of cultural workshops in contemporary and traditional East Asian art forms, including Chinese shadow puppetry, paper cutting and calligraphy.
Contact: David Tse
Telephone: 07850 101 717
Email: david@chinatownartsspace.com
Now known as Westminster Arts (see below).
ENB offers dance activities for Westminster residents of a range of ages at their premises near Kensington Gardens and at other centres.
Contact: Rachel Newby
Telephone: 020 7581 1245
Email: rachel.newby@ballet.org.uk
Website: http://www.ballet.org.uk
Based at the Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, ENO promotes an annual season of opera sung in English that runs from October to June. Education and outreach work in schools and community centres is provided through the ENO Baylis programme.
Contact: Amy Solder
Telephone: 020 7739 5808
Email: asolder@eno.org
Website: http://www.eno.org
Flamboyan is a community carnival group which runs carnival costume making workshops and has an archive library of carnival material.
Contact: Gloria Cummins
Telephone: 020 8969 4603
Email: inezg60@aol.com
The ICA is committed to the exploration of new ideas in the contemporary arts through presentation of performances in theatre, music, dance, exhibitions and a series of public talks.
Contact:Emma-Jayne Taylor
Telephone: 020 7766 1423
Email: emma-jayne.taylor@ica.org.uk
Website: http://www.ica.org.uk
Based on Harrow Road, the studio has resources available to learn or use traditional print techniques and computer graphics. It also houses an exhibition programme of print work.
Contact: Louise Thirwall
Telephone: 020 8969 3247
Email: louise@londonprintstudio.org.uk
Website: http://www.londonprintstudio.org.uk
A youth arts service in its own arts centre encouraging young people to use the arts for self-expression and career development.
Contact: Steve Shaw
Telephone: 020 7286 2722
Email: steve@paddingtonarts.org.uk
Website: http://www.paddington arts.org.uk
The provision of facilities for, and tuition in, photography, in the form of a community dark room and photography studio, as well as space for exhibitions.
Contact: Pamela Furness
Telephone: 020 7258 0867
Email: info@photoworks.org.uk
A programme of creative music projects giving participants the opportunity to learn from professional orchestral musicians.
Contact: James Hutchinson
Telephone: 020 7608 2381
Email: hutchinsonj@rpo.co.uk
Website: http://www.rpo.co.uk
A community radio station broadcasting every summer and run by volunteers. The project provides free training and work experience for local people. New Volunteers are always welcome.
Contact: Danielle Montana
Email: sw1radiochair@aol.co.uk
Telephone: 020 7266 8260
Presents exhibitions of British and international artists in gallery in Hyde Park. Strong education/outreach programme, often working in conjunction with other arts forms.
Contact: Eleanor Farrington
Telephone: 020 7298 1514
Email: eleanorf@serpentinegallery.org
Website: http://www.serpentinegallery.org
Shared Experience Youth Theatre is based in the West End and offers professional standard theatre experiences to young people. See the website to become a member and join one of their projects.
Contact: Kate Saxon
Telephone: 020 7434 9248
Email: admin@setheatre.co.uk
Website: http://www.setheatre.co.uk
Soho Theatre is commissioned to run participatory projects mainly based on creative writing for theatre but also including theatre production for a range of ages.
Contact: Suzanne Gorman
Telephone: 020 7478 0142
Email: suzanne@sohotheatre.com
Website: http://www.sohotheatre.com
This is a week-long community festival in South Westminster starting with 'Festival Saturday' and including open air film screenings and collaborations with a wide range of partners.
Contact: Graham Whitlock
Telephone: 020 7266 8260
Email: graham@dreamarts.org.uk
Website: http://www.southwestfest.org.uk
Streetwise Opera aims to empower homeless people through collaboration in staging professional opera productions and workshops, giving a platform for ideas and helping people to re-build feelings of self-worth and confidence. Streetwise Opera produces work of the highest artistic standard, raising awareness of homelessness by attracting a wide audience, proving opera is for everyone.
Contact: Matthew Peacock
Telephone: 020 7924 3131
Email: info@streetwiseopera.org
Website: http://www.streetwiseopera.org
The 2008 festival will take place on 13th - 14th September. In the summer before it the festival will work with Westminster youth and community groups to make a series of short films.
Contact: Adrian Evans
Telephone: 0207 928 8998
Email: a.evans@coin.street.org
Website: http://www.thamesfestival.org
The gallery delivers a programme of work placements for young Westminster residents and a series of introductory talks in community venues and the gallery to introduce the institution to youth groups and older people.
Contact: Janice McLaren
Telephone: 020 7831 1772
Email: janice@photonet.org.uk
Website: http://www.photonet.org.uk
Westminster supports Union Dance’s dance education projects including choreography and multi-media with its youth dance group, Union Too.
Contact: Joyce Gyimah
Telephone: 020 7836 7837
Email: Joyce.gyimah@uniondance.co.uk
Website: http://www.uniondance.co.uk
As part of a five-borough art in parks and open spaces project called Portavillion this is an opportunity for local people to make films with world-class artists that will then be screened in a mobile cinema in Regent's Park.
Contact: Emma Underhill
Telephone: 020 7033 3568
Email: info@upprojects.com
Website: http://www.upprojects.com
These wireless technology and digital arts workshops with young people explore the artistic applications of wireless technolgoy as well as allowing young people to learn design skills.
Contact: Jenny Irish
Telephone: 020 7641 4584
Email: jirish@cwh.org.uk
Website: http://www.vitalregeneration.org/
Formerly known as City of Westminster Arts Council, and based at Council House, Marylebone Road, Westminster Arts is a charity providing funding and support to a range of local community and voluntary arts groups and individual artists. It also provides training, advice and information as well as bursaries to film-makers and photographers.
Contact: Beth Cinamon
Telephone: 020 7641 1018
Email: beth@westminsterarts.org.uk
Website: http://www.westminsterarts.org.uk
A world-class venue promoting chamber music and song, plus short seasons of jazz. Wigmore’s education and outreach programme works with older people and under 5s to further their understanding and appreciation of chamber music.
Contact: Elizabeth McCall
Telephone: 020 7258 8249
Email: emccall@wigmore-hall.org.uk
Website: http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
A Black Arts and Community Centre delivering programmes in drama, dance, singing, music and carnival arts. It also has a gallery space and is available to hire as a venue.
Contact: Shabaka Thompson
Telephone: 020 7286 1656
Email: shabaka.thompson@yaaasantewaa.com
Website: http://www.carnivalvillage.org.uk/yaa.htm
2008 Westminster City Council. Contact the Council
