We are recruiting a Programme Assistant – Could it be you? The Programme Assistant will work with Ideas Test Project Managers and Producers to deliver our cultural programme with the support of the Director and the rest of the Ideas Test team. They will be line-managed by the Youth Development Manager and will largely support …
In his photo blog, our Freelance Producer Kevin Grist explains the lunchtime experiments that went on during our Sensory Lunch. On Saturday 20 May, Ideas Test did an experiment in the heart of Chatham. ‘Sensory Lunch,’ a multi-sensory event for families in Luton, offered tasty curry and menu of storytelling projects as a …
Do you live near the A2 Road in Chatham? The Highway of Dreams is now open for submissions. This new app will capture ordinary people’s dreams, and display them as geolocated audio stories to be experienced on a bus journey down the A2. Did you know this ancient road was built by …
Together with Cohesion Plus and Intra Arts, (and a few hundred children!), we’re excited to say that we’re launching the second Medway Light Nights with a Lantern Parade on Friday 10th February 2023… and this time we’ll be in Chatham. Medway school children will be parading through Chatham town centre with lanterns created by …
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Listen to Dani Osoba’s amazing song, Heart Of Medway – inspired by your contributions to our Medway Fun Palace stall. Behind the song On the first weekend of October, people come together across the country to take part in Fun Palaces, an annual celebration of culture at the heart of community, using arts, science, …
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The Deputy Mayor of Swale unveiled three new sculpture benches at Milton Creek Country Park in Sittingbourne, as part of our Hidden Lands project, inspired by designs from the local community. Hidden Lands, a co-commissioned project from us and Creative Estuary, worked with a community panel to choose artist Patrick Walls to create …
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In her blog, our Youth Development Manager Bryony Farrant-Davis looks back at Make Waves, our programme to create new Young Producers in Medway. Our Make Waves programme has been running since November 2021, and over the last 10 months we’ve been proud and privileged to work with a group of local young creatives to …
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We have some great news! Our Hidden Lands fundraiser has hit it’s target with a final total of just over £16,000! A huge ‘Thank You’ for all your support – it means so much for us to continue this project at Milton Creek Country Park. Keep a look out for more information on Hidden …
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You Me Us Too, our programme of creative workshops to bring people together, is getting poetic this July! We’ll be running poetry sessions with Dan Simpson in Medway this Summer 2022, including a stall at Chatham Carnival 2022. Dan will take you through easy word games, designed to ease you into creativity. Then, you’ll get …
