A Rural Arts Revolution in the Staffordshire Moorlands
OUTSIDE is an exciting new community arts programme created by, and for, the people of the Staffordshire Moorlands. Local residents, working with professional artists, will co-curate ambitious, inspiring and inclusive arts and cultural activities and events celebrating life in the rural landscapes, villages and market towns of the Moorlands.
The project will take a radically different approach – changing whose voices are heard, altering how people experience the arts and reimagining their relationship with the Moorlands. OUTSIDE will engage and empower residents to discover their creative potential, and support them in shaping a high quality, relevant and experimental arts programme. From 2023 to 2025, the project focuses on four main themes – the environment, connectivity, wellbeing, and place and heritage.
OUTSIDE will collaborate with partners and organisations across the Moorlands and support the wider creative sector by building opportunities for networking, skills sharing and training to develop a robust cultural ecology in the district.
A new Creative People and Places project, OUTSIDE is funded through Arts Council England. The OUTSIDE consortium is made up of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, Buxton & Leek College, B arts, and led by charity Support Staffordshire.
Additional Areas of Focus
Community Engagement, Cultural Diversity, Disability Arts, Environmentally Focussed, Family Friendly, Participatory, Placemaking, Youth Engagement
