Encounters ArtsSince 2003 we have delivered over forty projects working with thousands of people in arts, regeneration, community, environmental, education, reconciliation and rehabilitation contextsWe use the transformational power of the arts to inspire creativity, dialogue and change between people of all ages and backgrounds

We offer imaginative spaces and processes for people to explore their relationship with themselves, each other, where they live and the wider natural world

“Encounters let the flow of materials come from the local tap and changed the landscape”Alan Deadman, Sheffield Culture Board

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Offering participatory interventions that facilitate exchange between people of all ages and cultures

Co-authoring evolving artworks with people and places about the past present and future

Adapting and bringing to localities our tried and tested models of creative community involvement or tailor making new participatory approaches.

Partnering with organisations from the creative, community, voluntary and statutory sectors.

Encounters Projects for Four Corners

The Moey Be My Guest

Creative Direction & A Little Patch of Ground

Four Corners Liverpool 2007- 2009An ongoing neighbourhood based participatory arts

programme delivered in partnership with Liverpool Culture Company, Liverpool Neighbourhood Management and

professional arts organisations

The Moey

Be My Guest

Artistic Direction, A Little Patch of Ground

Dewsbury ShopFunded by Kirklees Council in partnership with Regional Development Agency, Yorkshire Forward. A two-year project to raise ambition and aspiration and act as a catalyst for Dewsbury people to develop new

ideas connections, ambitions, and aspirations

4,000 people join in with participatory activities in the shop and town centre 150 participants in inter-cultural and inter-generational workshops 30 frontline workers and managers in workshopsSupport to Architects feeding back masterplans 150 residents & stakeholders at visioning events

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People flocked through the door from day one and our empty shop unit filled up with an abundance of human treasures - stories, memories, connections, opinions, ideas, hopes, dreams, fears…. in ways which were extremely powerful and moving for all who witnessed the positivity with which Dewsbury people accepted Encounters’ ‘Invitations to Join In’. Tracy Shaw, Loca- Kirklees Ccuncil

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