Special Delivery may have been a little quiet lately with lockdowns and restrictions playing havoc, but do not fear, the creative cogs are turning and exciting things are a foot. In recent weeks, two of our artists, Lynn Whitehead and Caitlin Howells have been busy behind the scenes creating a beautiful, explorative film. The film […]
Archives for 2021
Suffolk Artlink AGM goes online!
Much has changed in our programme delivery in the past year, which has inevitably seen us moving many of our face-to-face activities online. To reflect this change of emphasis in our delivery, this year we are producing a digital annual and opening our AGM up to the public through an online event. Whether you are […]
A fond farewell to Make, Do & Friends
Earlier this summer, we said a fond farewell to Make, Do & Friends, our creative programme aimed at addressing rural isolation in older people throughout mid-Suffolk and Babergh. What a lot we’ve done, learnt and delivered since the project began two years ago! And little did we know when we started out how important the […]
New Brave Art international partnership begins
This week we received funding from the British Council Micro Awards to develop a brand new international partnership between our Brave Art students and art students in Malawi. Suffolk Artlink join together with Rhobert Magasi, a Malawian artist, to facilitate the student’s progress over the coming months. Brave art students Sally Payne and Harvey Harris […]
Little Beats online resources for pre-schoolers go live
As it’s Creativity and Wellbeing week, and the school holidays are coming up, we thought it was a great time to share some new resources with you, designed to help introduce pre-school children to music in creative ways. Little Beats was a project partnership between Suffolk Artlink and Suffolk Libraries that took place during the […]
Guess who’s back, back again? (Spoiler alert – it’s the Clown Doctors!)
We’re delighted to report that our Clown Doctors are once again back on their rounds at the Norfolk & Norwich Hospital’s Children’s Ward this month. And whilst most of us have been buying nice comfy leisurewear online, our Clowns have been on the hunt for the best in bubble guns and comedic headgear to fit […]
Suffolk Artlink goes global on Google Arts & Culture!
In celebration of Creativity and Wellbeing week, hundreds of artworks and photos from our community arts projects can now be viewed online on Google Arts & Culture by people around the world due to our new partnership with Google. Thanks to this new virtual exhibition, users will be able to see collections of artworks created […]
Creating community in Kirkley
We are welcoming residents in and around Kirkley to grow, eat and share through our new series of inspiring, social and creative weekly get-togethers centred around the area’s venues and green spaces. Every Tuesday from now until August, you can enjoy free activities led by artists, Carrie Phoenix and Kasia Posen, alongside guests including forager, […]
Suffolk Open Studios partnership
Our partnership with Suffolk Open Studios continues into 2021, we have been invited to judge their first online exhibition, launching on 10th April. The exhibition precedes the Suffolk Open Studios scheme, which takes place in June this year, and features around 100 individual artworks by a variety of Suffolk-based artists. A panel consisting of Suffolk […]
Local artist launches Suffolk Artlink Fundraising Campaign
Arabella Marshall is a Suffolk-based glass artist whose work can currently be seen at RSPB Minsmere nature reserve. Her special commission, A Wing And A Prayer, is a piece of public art inspired by the thriving yet vulnerable natural environment at Minsmere, located on the Suffolk Coast. The installation, which can now be seen in […]