ArtHouse Project Awards Its First Ever ArtHouse Grants For 2022
Thank you to everyone who applied for an Arthouse grant! In total we received 12 applications and loved reading about all your ideas.
About the grants:
At Arthouse we are passionate about the power of creativity and recognise the importance of giving residents access to creative opportunities within the space of their own home and within the city of London. We believe in working in equal partnership with our residents to give them a sense of ownership, to create effective team-working whilst learning new skills and improving confidence.
Over the years we have recognised that there is a large percentage of creative staff members and residents, and we are keen to encourage effective and creative cross-collaboration work within services across SHP.
We have therefore created the Arthouse Project grants for services across SHP to apply for.
Services’ can propose projects with costs of anything up to £400. We will look to fund a minimum of 4 projects per year. 2021-22 is the first year of making the grants available so while we are not sure yet of demand it is likely that some proposals will be unsuccessful.
And the winners are…
Camden Recovery, Toni Moore - Peer Mentor Coordinator - with ‘SHOUT OUT recovery tote bags’
These workshops focus on building self-esteem, exploring positive self-talk and recognising one's abilities in order to enable recovery. They will be using lino printing as a medium to print motivational statements onto tote bags as shout outs to inspire others through recovery.
Wandsworth Services, Matt Gunter - ROC worker and Yvonne Sheerwood - Project Worker with ‘Stitches in these times’
Holding regular spaces across two of Wandsworth Mental Health services to teach and support the creative use of textiles to design, mend and create clothing. To teach basic textile techniques using sewing machines to rescue/recycle old or damaged clothing and how to recycle old used items to make something new and vibrant.
Finsbury Park, Hackney Accommodation service - Laura Wynne, Psychologist and Alec Gordon-Lennox, Support Worker with ‘The Willow Den’
A natural, sustainable, living sculpture! The aim of the project will be a functional bench seat to be used in the Finsbury Project as a meeting place for friends, a space for key-work sessions, or somewhere that a client can chill-out, be mindful, and perhaps reflect on their personal contribution to the project. In addition, clients will learn new skills including basic carpentry skills and willow weaving.
Lewisham Pathway, Stephanie Tiwo - YOC Worker and Caitlin O’Reilly, trainee Project Worker with ‘Macrame workshops’
Lewisham YP services have an on-going partnership with Forest London Flower shop, Deptford, receiving plant donations on a regular basis the collection is forever growing. This has ignited talks with residents to create a sustainable activity to run a series of macrame workshops with a train the trainer element allowing for support workers to continue running the workshops to create hanging pots, shelves and furniture.