morearts : more arts for Wokingham

What is The Cultural Partnership: More Arts?

The Cultural Partnership is a registered charity (no. 1129471) which champions local arts, heritage and leisure activities and events.

Formed in 2005 by Wokingham Borough Council, The Cultural Partnership became a registered charity in 2009. It is an independent organisation promoting the value of and need for cultural activities throughout the area. Much of the funding for arts activities delivered by the partnership used to come from local government but increasingly the partnership looks to other sources for funding.

By investing in local arts and cultural activities, we:

• contribute to community engagement and cohesion
• promote health and well being
• bring people together
• reinforce pride of place
• make our neighbourhoods and communities more active & vibrant
• help people fulfil their potential.

This community investment enables arts activities & projects, such as:

• Hands-On-Arts: Young people and families can try creative activities at community events. With the help of local professional artists and craft people, everyone can try making jewellery, making puppets, painting glass, felt-making and many other activities.
  
  
• Empty Shops: In response to the economic downturn, several empty shops were converted into temporary 'pop-up' art galleries. For more information about exhibitions, or if you would like to exhibit your own work send an email to Trish.
  
  
• Mall Gallery: Artists exhibit at the Mall Gallery, located in the Civic offices at Shute End, Wokingham, helping to highlight community issues and priorities, demonstrate how the arts can build understanding, bring people together and support community cohesion.
  
  

We encourage all local arts organisations to use the logo on their own publicity material. This reminds residents that our community has an active and coordinated arts community. You can download the logo here at a large scale for use on printed material or, suitably scaled, for use on your website.

The text on the logo can be adapted; we can insert the name of your area, or the type of arts event you wish to promote. If you'd like us to prepare a special copy for you, please send us an email.