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What is Live & Local: LivingRoom?
LivingRoom is a series of micro-commissions in which we pair professional artists/companies with a local community group to create a bespoke performance or piece of artwork.
Live & Local: LivingRoom was launched in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic when the UK was subject to lockdown. Originally funded by Warwickshire County Council’s Creative Health Alliance, the project connected communities during this difficult time by establishing creative collaborations with professional artists.
Together with their artists, the groups collaborated via Zoom workshops and phone conversations to create new artworks such as short films, live online concerts, CDs and books, which were then shared with the community.
After the success of the first round of LivingRoom Projects in 2020, we expanded to more counties in 2021, and have brought the initiative back once again this year. Promoters will be able to make bookings from September 2022 onwards.
101
Number of participants under 18
25
completed projects as of 1st July 2021
719
Number of attendances. This is the total number of individual attendances to the sessions, and includes repeat attenders and non-participatory attenders to showcases or performances.
Artists and communities work together through socially-distanced research, discussion, consultation and participation. Live & Local facilitates an introductory meeting with the artist and community group which is usually in the form of a Zoom meeting to discuss the project and ideas for collaboration. The artist will then hold conversations and/or workshops or other remote engagements with members of their paired community, and this will be used in the creation of a short work.
Live & Local welcomes community groups based in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire to register their interest in taking part in LivingRoom. Live & Local will then look to pair you up with a professional artist to begin working on a creative project together. The project is not limited to the types of community groups mentioned above. We welcome community groups of all kinds to get in touch with us if they are interested.
The project is currently being reviewed. Keep your eyes peeled on our website and social media platforms for updates.
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