TVAF 2017 

2017 has been another eventful year for TVAF.  Following the success of our 25th celebrations last year, we have been delighted to get The Bus of Many Things out and about to a variety of summer events including visits to Mottisfont, Hillier Gardens, Romsey Festival and Eastleigh Mela, where members of the public have been able to meet and work with our artists Kaz Trinder, Kimvi Nguyen, James Nash, Daniel Lobb and Laurence Rushby. We have also unveiled 2 of the Make Your Mark panels at the Romsey Festival and Mottisfont this autumn.  The Andover panel was unveiled at the Andover Museum in December. In addition, we are very excited that Chapel Arts Studios have been awarded NPO status and funding by the Arts Council; this is due to take place in March next year.

 Talk-About Festival 2018

'Talk About' is a spoken word poetry festival designed for local schools and sponsored by Test Valley Arts Foundation. It is being organized by spoken word poet Cat Randle, who created the Andover Celebrates Young writers project for teenagers.

'Talk About' includes a fully funded arts program for students to develop their creative writing. The festival aims to give primary school children in years 4 -6, a means to share their words in electronic print and share their poetry at a festival this summer.
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Rookwood School (pictured) and Awbridge Primary School are two of the schools participating in the festival.

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We support artists in the community

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TVAF funds a Lead Artist position, currently held by David Dixon who co-ordinates the Chapel Arts Community Arts programme. Chapel Arts Studios rents studio space to 3 practicing artists, and supports an Associate Artists Network.

We provide educational services

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Our Chapel Arts Educational Project Residency (EPR) puts artists in schools as part of a 6 month artists residency for post-graduates. The EPR is registered with the national Arts Mark and Arts Award scheme so both participating schools and students benefit from a national arts accreditation.

We organise arts events

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We provide arts events to help enrich the quality of life in Test Valley and also to raise awareness and enthusiasm for arts activities. We aim to deliver a variety of opportunities for creative experimentation, cultural experiences, creative expression, and arts education.

We help individual artists

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We help individual artists by giving small financial awards to support their practice in any art form. Awards are granted two times a year, and applicants are encouraged to submit an application for the grant that best fits their project. For more information about these grants and how to apply click here.