Development

Building Sustainable Communities, Environmental Trainers Network July 2004

This training day looked at the role of social capital and networks in community development.

 "The trainer was excellent"

"The trainer made the course interesting and had a good knowledge"

Creative Communities- Community Arts as a Creative Tool, Environmental Trainers Network, Oct 2004

This training explored how community arts contributes to community development work.  Examples were looked at, but the emphasis was taking part in cost effective activities and discussing their value to people’s practice.

 "Useful course to stimulate new ways of working in the future"

"A fantastic trainer - knowledgeable in arts and community development"

"Thank you for a very rewarding and fulfilling day - I haven’t had so much fun in ages!"

Tide~ Conference, June 2004

This afternoon workshop for teachers and educators looked at how complex issues, in this case development in Africa, can be introduced to participants of varying levels of knowledge and experience.  The activity used participant’s responses to images placed on a map of Africa to stimulate debate.  Each participant chose an image which then became a ‘doorway’ to their ideas and stories.  Find out more about Tide~ at www.tide.org

ArtsThink Group

This group is part of Tide~, and looks at the issues and debates around the relationships between education, art and sustainable development.  Mark is one of the co-ordinators of the group, which meets once every half term.  It involves artists, teachers and educators.

‘Creative Innovation’ , West Midlands European Network.  28^th Jan 2005.

This workshop explored issues around innovation through art.  It included right hemisphere and lateral thinking, as well as getting the participants to consider if their organisation has a climate for innovation. This was set in a context of images and making.