Arts grants
Succesful applicants
Small grants
September Round
Playground Design R&D
Sam Haynes
500
To develop proposals for the inclusion of public art in the design of the outdoor playspace at Mayfield Children's Centre, SW17 in collaboration with Groundwork Merton.
The Mojave Desert Residency
Ian Giles
494
To construct a fictional residency at Battersea Park Library using various
media and linking to the internet, from November 19th to December 6th.
Quest for Paradise
Addressing the Boredom
400
To present a programme of visual arts activities around a 'pop up space' on West Hill, SW15.
The Kapok Tree
Off the Wall Theatre
400
To produce an original puppet theatre production for children to be performed at BAC in December 2009.
November Round
Oily Cart
Drum
500
To present Drum to a new audience of very young children and for young people with complex disabilities.
upBEAT Projects
upBEAT @ Chestnut Grove
760
To provide freerunning sessions at Chestnut Grove School and produce a short film and photographic exhibition.
Sonalle Photography
Ethnic minorities Coming Out
200
To reach target audience groups through networking events with local groups, teachers and organisations as part of an exhibition of photographic portraits.
Project grants
July round
Home Sweet Home
Battersea Arts Centre
1,800
Home Sweet Home is an interactive, live art installation by Subject to change where visitors will be invited to select a plot of land from an onsite 'estate agents' and create their own cardboard house on a site mapped out with roads, street lights and public services. The project will ask participants to consider environmental issues, community services, town planning and transport requirements. It will highlight the issues that currently surround the redevelopment of the local Nine Elms area in Wandsworth and help raise awareness as well as giving a voice to local concerns. The project will use recycled materials (where possible) and develop role playing skills and community dialogue.
National Poetry Day
Lightning Ensemble
800
To present a series of poetry performances by professional actors to audiences in the street, in shopping centres, at cafes, stations, bust stops- almost any place that is not seen as a location used for arts activities on National Poetry Day, Thursday 8th October 2009.
