by Rachana Vaja | Aug 29, 2024 | Blog
In May, we saw the streets of Chelmsford city centre brighten up once again with this year’s Concrete Canvas Festival. This year, Spark co-created Concrete Canvas Classroom, a street art competition for children and young people to give them the chance to play the...
by Rachana Vaja | Aug 23, 2024 | Blog
The third annual Skills Fest, hosted by Chelmsford City Council, on June 27 at Writtle University College, was an incredible day bursting with creativity and discovery! This year, thanks to the brilliant efforts of Ignite Chelmsford’s Liz Hunter-Gray and Spark’s...
by Rachana Vaja | Aug 22, 2024 | Blog
Each month, Nikki Wilson interviews an Ignite Member, asking five simple questions, to find out what creativity means to them, and how they see culture and creativity, and its potential, in Chelmsford. This month Nikki talks to Katie Deverell. How would you describe...
by Rachana Vaja | Aug 9, 2022 | Blog
As a community of creative individuals, we all know the value of the arts for children and young people, whether it’s about well-being and mental health, building character, or learning about what it means to be human. Schools, in this case, play a huge part on how...
by Rachana Vaja | May 31, 2022 | Blog
Chelmsford’s Local Cultural Education Partnership (LCEP) is excited to announce the launch of a pilot 9-month incubator programme. This unique programme is built around the vision of our LCEP placing creativity and culture at the heart of the futures of children and...
