With Christmas came parties, discos – and the end of the Rock On project. Over the last 24 months, we’ve run 126 music sessions, supported seven performance showcases and worked with 168 young people, as well as 19 youth workers and seven music tutors. We’ve trained tutors and support workers to deliver the Discover and […]
News
New Brave Art Term begins in January
After a fabulous first term of Brave Art, we are looking forward to welcoming new students for the next term of our art course for adults with learning disabilities. Starting in January, students can sign up for one of three locations – Lowestoft, Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich. Since September this year, our students have […]
National Lottery boost brings generations together to explore Suffolk’s social history
We’re celebrating receiving a £99,000 National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant, to deliver a project that brings young and old together to explore the county’s social history. Our ‘Letters from…’ project aims to creatively engage Suffolk’s primary school children and care home residents in their shared heritage through artist-led activities. The project will focus on collections […]
Meet the artist – Tina Hannay
Tina is a visual artist who uses installations and collaborations to respond to her environment for the benefit of the people around her – so she’s the perfect artist to join team Suffolk Artlink to help us deliver the second year of Make, Do & Friends! Name: Tina Hannay Can you tell us a little […]
Celebrating BBC Children in Need
It’s the time of year that we say a huge thank you to BBC Children in Need, which has its annual celebration this month. Thanks to their support, the soundtrack to children’s wards and EACH Hospices across the East feature fits of giggles, guffaws of laughter and squeals of delight. Our Clown Round project has […]
Heart of Suffolk Art Winter Exhibition raising funds for Suffolk Artlink
Where: Thorpe Morieux Village Hall, IP30 0NR When: November 30th & December 1st 10am-4pm Showing work by artists with studios in the heart of Suffolk – inspired by their beautiful surroundings. Preview evening Friday 29th November 7-9pm As winter draws in and November turns towards Christmas the charming Thorpe Morieux Village Hall will be the […]
Silent Rock On disco at NessFest 2019
When the Youth Team responsible for planning NessFest – the Lowestoft Youth Festival – said they wanted more music this year, Rock On was delighted to get involved; so it was that yesterday Lowestoft Library throbbed with the rapid beat of drum and bass music, as DJs Steve and Marco ran workshops throughout the day. […]
Virtual Reality project funding success
We are delighted to have been awarded a National Lottery Project Grant through Arts Council England to develop a new project, ‘VR Adventures’, bringing immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences to benefit people in health and care settings. This pilot project in association with Google Arts & Culture, will focus on using VR technology to deliver […]
Making space for more carers Around the Table
Thanks to generous new funding, we’ll be offering another year of social, cultural and creative sessions for family carers in Suffolk. We will be delivering our Around the Table project in Lowestoft and Claydon, as well as extending the project into Halesworth and Bury St Edmunds from early 2020. Every month we will bring carers […]
Behind the Scenes of Lowestoft Folk
As our intergenerational project, Lowestoft Folk, comes to an end, we thought you’d enjoy a film sharing a little bit of what went on as we brought young and old together to creatively explore their shared heritage. In the words of resident, Les: “It’s all part of life and the richness of it and that’s […]