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- Creative consultation with local communities
- Enabling people of all ages to explore and express their own ideas
CCI has been developing a range of creative consultation techniques to support organisations that seek to consult in meaningful ways with local communities. Experienced at working with multiple partners, CCI can enable all voices in a community to be heard.
Children take the lead
Which way to go? What do we do?
What does it mean? What if I don’t like it or understand?
This innovative research programme will involve clusters of local children and their families. Working in partnership with Wysing Arts Centre and Kettle’s Yard Gallery, CCI artists will explore alongside groups of young researchers to discover how to help other families enjoy visiting contemporary art spaces.
The Education department at Kettle's Yard has worked closely with Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination for many years and has benefited hugely from the quality of their thinking, working and engagement with families.
We are particularly excited about this project because it is such an interesting and innovative way of introducing both children and adults alike to contemporary art. There is a dearth of support materials to help people tackle contemporary art. This shortfall is often compounded by hostile press coverage and wary public attitudes (the 'Emperor's New Clothes' argument). Contemporary art is the art of our times, a reflection of our current society and there are artists working today who will become the Manets of the future. Children are free from many of the hang-ups that limit adults' understanding of contemporary art and have the potential to be fantastic guides/leaders into this world.
There are many benefits to my organisation - research into new forms of interpretation, improved understanding of how families engage with our gallery, new ways of connecting audiences with our exhibition programme, and new dimensions to existing partnerships between us, CCI and Wysing Art Centre. More importantly, there are many benefits to the children and their families - intergenerational learning, exploring new means of communication, increased visual literacy, exposure to new ideas, and above all, a positive experience that is great fun. Sarah Campbell, Kettle’s Yard Gallery
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An A to Z for Trumpington
CCI have developed this resource for future public art commissions linked to new developments in the area. Drawing together the ideas, images and stories explored in workshops with children, families, older residents and young people in the community, it celebrates the creative potential of this community.
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Deakin Learning Centre – creative consultation with staff and students from Cambridge Regional College
CCI artists Sally Brown and Bettina Furnee recently completed this programme of creative consultation with students and staff at Cambridge Regional College.
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Talking Cities
Creative consultation with Cambridge residents to explore key questions about the environment: What do people think about the new developments taking place in the city? What makes a place people want to live and work in now and in the future? Groups involved included students from Chesterton Community College, the Asian Women's Sewing Network, the Disability Consultation panel and Cambridge Association of Architects.
Commissioned by Shape Cambridge and the Cambridge Association of Architects
