£5m national partnership for arts for young people announced
A major nationwide arts programme for 15-25 year olds, funded by a £5m PHF anniversary gift, has been announced at the Tate Modern.
‘Circuit: A National Youth Network for the Visual Arts’ is being rolled out across the country through a partnership of six lead organisations, including Tate and five members of the ‘Plus Tate’ network of art galleries. The participating organisations are:
- Tate (with galleries in London, St Ives and Liverpool)
- firstsite, Colchester
- MOSTYN, Llandudno North Wales
- Nottingham Contemporary
- Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
- Wysing Arts Centre in collaboration with Kettle’s Yard, Cambridgeshire.
Circuit aims to reach 80,000 young people aged 15-25 over four years. The programme provides opportunities for young people across the UK, particularly those who have the least access to the arts, to participate and shape their own cultural experiences.
The programme will comprise a number of strands: a live arts festival, peer-led projects which will be developed and delivered by young people in each area; artist-led projects; and an extended reach with its youth sector. There will also be an online platform which will allow connection across sites, through digital projects that present and capture the circuit of activities. These projects will encourage participation, develop excellence and build confidence in young people from a wide range of social, economic and cultural backgrounds.
This is the third of PHF’s 25th anniversary gifts, following a £5m endowment to the Roundhouse Studios in London and a £1m endowment to the Jaipur Foot organisation (BMVSS) in India.
