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People United at Tate Exchange 2019
Help us to build a chemical structure of oxytocin filled with happy memories at the 2019 Tate Exchange.
APRG | Can story-telling improve attitudes towards refugees?
Ana Leite and Julie Van de Vyver will be sharing their current research 'The effectiveness of an indirect contact intervention for reducing prejudice against refugees.'
FREE Arts Workshop | Make a Kind Planet
People United are hosting a free public drop in arts workshop at The Virtual Orchestra, an interactive installation hosted by the Philharmonia at the Sidney Cooper Gallery.
The light and the load @ Fabrica with Sarah Cole & Annis Joslin
Commissioned artists Sarah Cole and Annis Joslin will be doing a short residency at Fabrica, Brighton. Find out more about their work below.
Non-verbal play and Nordic larp as tools for encouraging pro-social behaviour | APRG
The aim of this action-based workshop is to introduce researchers and practitioners to the form of larp, and specifically to participate in a variant of the form.
Exhibition: Home
Our 2018 Artist Commission HOME project with Anna Ray is coming to an end & what an amazing journey we have had! Come and view the work in our Ashford exhibition coming soon!
APRG | Narrative arts, prosocial messages and emotion-centred communication
Dr. Chiao-I Tseng will present an ongoing research project on multimodal and transmedial approach to prosocial messages in narrative arts.
Gulbenkian Event | Art31 ‘Young People & Arts Engagement’ – Report Launch
‘Young People and Arts Engagement: What We Need!’ – an important report researched and generated by ART31.
APRG talk with performance artist & PhD researcher Annette Foster
Adventures of super Autie Grrl: A practice as research project
FREE workshop at Create Festival with Anna Ray 14-16 July
Our commissioned artist Anna Ray will be running creative textile workshops, looking at the theme of 'Home' and what it means to you.
Platform Session: Create’s Artist Network Meet Up Ashford
Are you an artist, performer, designer, maker or creative facilitator? Create Platform would like to meet you!
New Town: Under Construction at Best Fest, Ramsgate
Find us at Best Fest - We’re creating a 3d model of Newington, but this is one with a difference!
Best Fest 2018 A Community Arts Festival In Newington, Ramsgate
Best Fest, the annual arts festival celebrating the Newington Community is back for 2018!
APRG: Gulbenkian Theatre Project with Kent Refugee Action Network
We warmly invite you to attend the next Arts and Prosocial Behaviour Research Group meeting.
People United at Tate Exchange
How are we connected and how are we different? Come meet us at a FREE event at Tate Modern this half term! (30 May, 31 May & 1 June 12-5pm)
People United’s Charity Quiz
People United are hosting the quiz of the year! Taking place at Augustine Hall, Canterbury on Thursday 15 March 2018
APRG: Satire as therapy. Cruel to be kind? Comedy to cope?
We warmly invite you to attend the next Arts and Prosocial Behaviour Research Group meeting.
Arts and Prosocial Research Group Meeting
Researching Arts, Kindness & Social Change. Guest speaker Sian Stevenson from Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company.
‘be kind’- World Kindness Day
This call to action is for everyone who feels that the world needs a bit more kindness.
Best Fest 2017
Join us at Newington's annual community arts festival, Best Fest.
Thanet Sound Crowd
A fun and friendly singing/sound group in Thanet for ages 8+
People United at Tate Modern
An interactive, thought provoking week when we will re imagine the fairground, exploring different forms of exchange between art, politics and ideas.
Music Making & Singing Workshops
A series of FREE music making and singing workshops suitable for all ages and abilities
Best Fest 2017 Ideas Group
Best Fest is returning for its third year!
Make Clay Decoration Gifts
Join artist Nova Marshall and the Creative Champions who will show you how to create beautiful clay decorations.
You are invited to: An Inquiry into the Civic Role of Arts Organisations
We are pleased to be hosting a conversation about the civic role of the arts at Canterbury Innovation Centre on Wednesday 23rd November, from 10am - 12pm with What Next?
Sing Your Heart Out
An uplifting, fun, friendly and free singing group for all ages. Bring your friends and family and sing together!
24 Hour Arts Marathon
Save the date! Take part in our 24 hour arts marathon and raise money to help us deliver our mission of creating a more kind and caring society through the arts
Creative Champions!
Creative Champions meet every Thursday in Newington, Ramsgate.
BEST FEST 2016
A community festival celebrating kindness. Featuring music, DJs, Rapping, Stalls, Arts, Sports & More.
Wednesday- Brighten Up Newington
Help make artwork for the community. Make a positive difference!
Tuesday- Brighten Up Newington
Help make artwork for the community. Make a positive difference!
Monday- Brighten Up Newington
Help make artwork for the community. Make a positive difference!
Newington Community Challenge Day
Creative Champions need your help to write handmade letters of kindness, make artwork for an installation and more!
Artist Commissions 2016 Deadline
Deadline for Artist Commission 2016 proposals.
BEST FEST
Best Fest will bring high quality artists to Newington and showcase work created by local people.
The Making of The Best Fest
Come and help us make decorations for The Best Fest
Memory Teas
Do you have stories of the time you have spent in Newington? Bring your photographs and share your stories over tea and cake. From 2-5pm at Newington Community Centre.
This is a Public Service Announcement
This is a Public Service Announcement is a new work by artist Sarah Carne, commissioned by People United in association with Southbank Centre.
Imagination Lab at Herne Bay’s Giant Picnic
The annual Giant Picnic in Herne Bay's Memorial Park will this year be the first venue for the Imagination Lab on tour as part of Goldie Chaudhuri's Imagination commission.
A Newington Story
See artist Leandro Stafford's large scale installation at Turner Contemporary and contribute to A Newington Story.
Best of Us- Home Grown Heroes
Saturday 1 August 2015 Home Grown Heroes Create puppets of the people you admire with Ramsgate-based puppet maker Estelle Rosenfeld
Seek Courage in Ashford
A promenade performance in Ashford on Saturday 1 August with local performers and artists taking part. SHARED MOMENTS ON THE STREETS OF ASHFORD
Courage Call Out! Artists from Ashford wanted!
Come along to a workshop for artists living in Ashford to find out how you can be part of this brilliant new arts project about courage.
Courage Call Out! Stories wanted!
Courageous people help to change the world (in big ways and small ways). Do you live in Ashford? Do you have a story of courage that you would like to share?
Courage Call Out: Young people from Ashford!
Do you live in the Ashford district? Are you 11 to 19 years old and interested in music, performance, puppetry, dance or singing? Come along to the first workshop!
Treasures Finale
A beautiful performance featuring projections, sound and music at Lunsford Primary school in Larkfield, Aylesford bringing together young, old and the local community.
Wonderstruck at Manchester Museum
The second and final day of a unique large-scale performance at Manchester Museum exploring Wonder. Drop-in and free
Wonderstruck at Manchester Museum
How does wonder feel? How might it sound? Witness a unique large-scale performance at Manchester Museum on Saturday 15 November. Drop-in and free.
Wonderstruck – Singing workshop 2
Second chance to sign up to sing in Manchester Museum as part of a remarkable Weekend of Wonder. If you like to sing they would like to meet you.
Wonderstruck – Singing Workshop 1
Would you like to sing in Manchester Museum as part of a remarkable Weekend of Wonder? Join the Wonderstruck Volunteer Choir.
Wonderstruck – Stage Management Opportunity
We are looking for volunteers to get involved in staging Wonderstruck - a unique large-scale performance event, taking place at Manchester Museum.
Wonderstruck Performance Opportunity
Would you like to perform in Manchester Museum as part of a remarkable Weekend of Wonder?
Wonderstruck – Performance Opportunity
Are you a performer? Find out about audition workshops at Manchester Museum on Thursday 25 and Monday 29 September to take part in a unique performance.
