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Registered Company Limited by Guarantee: 3848339 Registered Charity: 1081330 Address: Old Schoolkeeper's House, Ivydale School, London, SE15 3BU The Arts Express Team: Patron: Antony Gormley Patron: Sokari Douglas Camp Trustees Chair: Chris Barlow Treasurer: Gino Magnotta Secretary: Nina Peregrine-Jones Trustee: Elle Reynolds Trustee: Nina Peregrine-Jones Artistic Director: Damion Viney Administrator: Heather Martin Associated artist: Marcia Bennett Male Associated artist: Rachel Howard Associated artist: Heather Martin Associated artist: Tim Norris All Arts Express tutors are practicing artists with a significant practice outside of education projects. In addition they each have many years experience of working in the community and teaching. Artists are all subject to interview and are CRB checked in accordance with Arts Express policies for protection of children and vulnerable adults. List of client agencies: A. Local Authorities: Croydon Council East Sussex County Council London Borough of Brent London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Enfield London Borough of Hackney London Borough of Lambeth London Borough of Lewisham London Borough of Southwark London Borough of Wandsworth Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames B. Festivals: Balham Festival Camberwell Arts Week Coin St Festival Dulwich Country Fayre Feltham Festival Greenwich and Docklands Int Festival Kennington Park Festival Letchworth Festival Lewisham People’s Day Southwark Festival Southwark World Village Vauxhall Festival Wandsworth Borough Show Weald Wood Fair C. Companies and other agencies: Agency Supporting School Programme Allen and Overy Crossways Refugees Project Groundwork East London Groundwork South East London Groundwork Southwark Groundwork West London Fusion London and Quadrant Mansell plc ODAC UK Ltd St Botolph’s Homeless Project Southern Housing Group Southwark Refugees Network Southwark Young Carers Springfield Hospital D. Museums and cultural institutions: The British Museum Compton Verney The Horniman Museum The National Gallery 4^th Plinth The Royal Academy of Art Somerset House The Tower of London Past Funders: Bridge House Estates Fund Creative Partnerships Ernest Cook Trust Greater Peckham Alliance The Moose Foundation National Lottery Awards for All National Lottery Big Lottery Fund Newcomen and Collet Foundation Paul Hamlyn Foundation Peter Minet Trust South East London Community Foundation Southwark Council Wates Foundation Capacities: Arts Express is insured for public liability (up to £5 million) and employers liability (up to £10 million) Arts Express is based in Peckham, South London but projects are conducted across the region and beyond. Availability of artists varies from time to time and lead in times can be anything from as little as one week to three months depending on the complexity of the project involved. Referees: 1. Serena Calvani, Haymerle Primary School Haymerle Rd, London SE15 6SY Tel: 020 7252 8672 2. Catherine Arnell, Ground Work 18-21 Morley Street, London SE1 7QZ Tel: 0845 434 9601 ARTS EXPRESS STATEMENT ARTS EXPRESS has successfully completed 364 community art projects since it was established in 1999, working with over 20,353 people to create works of art. Our main activity is to take materials and equipment out to the public running workshops at events, in schools, community centres and other institutions. In these workshops we engage people to make a work of art through activities such as stone caring, wood carving, mosaic, printing, painting, construction and ceramics. We also work on public art commissions where these involve the community. Finally we run evening classes from our studio in Kennington. While our projects focus on art, we have a social aim to our projects as well. Our work is designed to bring communities together in a shared creative activity and provide the people involved with an opportunity to express themselves through art. We are passionate that there are things that can be said in art that cannot be said in words. Lastly we are committed to people going beyond their technical, creative or perceived limits in the work they do. From this people often report a sense of huge satisfaction and pride in achieving something they had not expected to achieve.