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Brave Art

“I come to Brave Art because I like the art and exploring different types of art” Emma, Student

What is Brave Art:

An arts training course for people with learning disabilities. Brave Art offers students the chance to enjoy exploring a variety of art forms whilst developing creative and life skills.

Students work alongside professional artists during three 12-week terms each year. Through artist-led sessions, trips to cultural venues and public celebrations of their work, students learn new skills and gain confidence, friendships and wellbeing.

Courses are run in Bury St Edmunds, Lowestoft and Ipswich and focus on a wide variety of art forms including illustration, dance, film-making, photography, music and visual arts.

At the end of each course, students are offered advice and guidance on how to progress on to volunteering, work experience and further training.

Who is Brave Art for:

Brave Art is part of our programme for people with learning disabilities and is specifically for adults with learning disabilities.

When & Where is Brave Art happening:

The annual arts courses usually take place in Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich and Lowestoft. However, following UK Government advice, we have suspended all face-to-face delivery of Brave Art until further notice.

Our projects are currently being delivered to our students directly in their homes.

Year 2 started on Monday 21st September 2020, and consists of three 12-week terms.

Students can choose from two different ways to access Brave Art from home – either using Zoom or by phone and post. We provide resources and regular contact with staff, artists and fellow students to ensure the course continues to be inspiring, creative and social.

Full details of Year 2 can be found below:

– Year 2 Brave Art information
– COVID information

For more information, please contact Charlie and Fran on the details below.

Contact:

Charlie Meyer or Fran Speight on 01986 873 955 or braveart@suffolkartlink.org.uk

Further information:

You can see regular updates of what the students have been creating on our Brave Art Facebook page.

Brave Art has been made possible by generous funding from the National Lottery Community Fund.

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Brave Art Photo Gallery

Have a look at what we've been up to, click here to see our Brave Art photo gallery

Brave Art News

Brave Art Year 2 – Booking Open

August 27th, 2020 by Suffolk Artlink (Edit)

It’s been quite a year for Brave Art, but despite the hurdles, we are delighted to have been able to continue providing our arts course for adults with learning disabilities without a pause since March. We’ve had a fantastic term, making the most of Zoom, Facebook, telephone and post to keep in touch with our […]

New Brave Art Term begins in January

December 10th, 2019 by Suffolk Artlink (Edit)

Brave Art group doing watercolour painting

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 […]

Booking for Brave Art now open

July 30th, 2019 by Suffolk Artlink (Edit)

PenWoman in red weightlifting a barbell painted in acrylic and pen on canvas

Booking is now open for our new year-long art courses for adults with learning disabilities, which take place in Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich and Lowestoft from this September. Brave Art is an exciting new programme of year-long art courses, during which students will learn new creative, life and leadership skills supported by professional artists and […]

Celebrating four more years of creativity for adults with learning disabilities

June 11th, 2019 by Suffolk Artlink (Edit)

This week we are celebrating an award of £376,309 from the National Lottery Community Fund to deliver a new creative arts course for people with learning disabilities in Suffolk. Brave Art will offer students in Bury St Edmunds, Lowestoft and Ipswich the opportunity to develop their creative, life and leadership skills through year-long arts courses. […]

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