Projects

Multicultural Celebration in Cornish Schools.

Background

The pilot project Every Culture Matters was a great success and involved five schools hosting four highly skilled multicultural artists who worked with children and parents/carers in each school. The free workshops covered music/singing/story-telling/creative writing and traditional Chinese painting and involved artists from China, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.

The project was funded by Extended Services and Restormel Arts and co-ordinated by experienced arts consultant Phil Webb.

Every Culture Matters II

Extended Services and Restormel Arts have developed their partnership to build and extend the project to the remaining schools in the South Restormel Extended Services area. Twenty seven schools will be able to apply for a free Multicultural Workshop Day and choose an artist to work with children (2 sessions) during the school day and parents/children in an after-school workshop.

ECM II Aims:

• To celebrate the diversity of cultural traditions from around the world through live performance, workshops and activities aimed at all ages within the local community.
• To encourage children, their families and communities to experience multi-cultural activities through workshops led by artist from other cultures.
• To raise awareness of racism and combat it by promoting and celebrating diversity and equality.

The project will run from January – June 2010. Feedback will be collected and an Evaluation Report will be completed at the end of the project.

The artists taking part in ECM II are:

Abimbola Alao – a Nigerian educational storyteller, writer and workshop leader who currently lectures at   University College St. Mark & St. John, (Marjon). Abimbola leads workshops on storytelling/African cookery and poetry/creative writing.

Chartwell Dutiro – is a musician, singer/songwriter, composer and teacher from Zimbabwe and talks about his cultural history and music and leads a music and song workshop.

Xiao Bai Li – is a Chinese artist based in Plymouth who talks about Chinese art and culture and leads a traditional Chinese painting workshop.

Denise Rowe - An African Dancer and choreographer from Jamaica and UK.

Following its success in the South Restormel Extended Services Area Restormel Arts is now seeking to collaborate in rolling out the programme in other schools in the South West.

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Phil Webb, Project Co-ordinator This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or

Simon Pollard, Head Teacher at Carclaze Infants School.

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