Coltopia

September 2, 2018

DARE TO DREAM BETTER In July of this year, Creating Change got together with the Young Art Kommunity (YAK) at Firstsite to launch our Speaking Outside the Box initiative for 15-25 year-olds. At our launch event, we asked the question ‘What creative project, event or campaign could we devise to make our community a better, fairer … More Coltopia

SPEAKING OUTSIDE THE BOX: ART & CHANGE

June 17, 2018

We are very excited indeed to be collaborating with the Young Art Kommunity (YAK) group at Firstsite Gallery for our latest project: ‘Speaking Outside the Box: Art & Change’.  Running from mid-July to early September 2018, this new initiative offers local people aged 15-25 an opportunity to design and deliver their own creative project for … More SPEAKING OUTSIDE THE BOX: ART & CHANGE

Creating Change set up to promote social equality through the arts

January 12, 2018

From the Colchester Gazette, 12.01.2018, by By Neil D’Arcy-Jones A NEW group set up to promote social equality through the arts is launching its first night next week. Creating Change is the result of four like-minded activists from Wivenhoe, Sally Wilcox, Anthony Clavane, Kate Dunton and Mike Harwood, who wanted to expand the work they’d already … More Creating Change set up to promote social equality through the arts

Fighting Back

October 21, 2017

ANC politician, Denis Goldberg, fought apartheid with Nelson Mandela and, like him, spent many years in jail as a result.  In a recent Guardian interview, Goldberg, now 84, explained why he has devoted his later years to building a centre for the arts: “People matter.  I feel the whole point of being in politics is … More Fighting Back