What we do

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  • ART31 Youth Board

    • ART31 Youth Board

    The Youth Board is made up of young people from across Kent aged 13-25. They steer ART31's governance, and influence arts policy and practice.

    The ART31 Youth Board have had great success with programming and co-commissioning, working with a wide range of practitioners from across the cultural and creative industries. They have developed the ART31 manifesto and have challenged policymakers and enabled change so that more young people across the county, from a range of diverse backgrounds, can experience high quality arts and culture.

    Members are recruited on an annual basis. Please get in touch if you’re interested in joining!

    Email: creativeengagement@kent.ac.uk if you have any questions.

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    bOing! 2018 - 10 min Dance party crew
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    Shaun@JasonPayStudio-6684 UPrising 2017: a day of discussion and performance.
    ART31 Uprising. Photography by Jason@JasonPayStudio-1
    c Aleric King Designing the art31 website in 2016.
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    bOing! 2018 - 10 min Dance party crew Photo by Manu Palomeque
    ART31 Placards

    Funded by ART31 KENT
    ART31KENT is a youth leadership project funded through Gulbenkian’s NPO status, granted by Arts Council England, in addition to funding from Kent County Council.

    ART31 takes its name from Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child, which states that ‘Children have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of cultural, artistic and other recreational activities’.  

    See below for our other ART31 groups!

    'There’s no way we could have done it to this standard without ART31.' Pie Factory Music
    "Hopefully there’s more people like the stuff you guys are doing because we’ve long ago left behind the society that tells the child “be seen and not heard” Chester P, Rapper
    'ART31 is the armour I wear into battle.' Carly, ART31 Member

    Also from the Gulbenkian

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    TECH31

    TECH31 provides technical training for theatre and live events to 13-18 year olds.
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    TECHY31

    TECHY31 is for 10-12 year olds interested in the technical side of theatre.

    SCREEN31

    Screen31 is group for young people aged 16-25 interested in developing their film-making skills.
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    ARTY31

    Gulbenkian’s ARTY31 group is for young people aged 8-12 with a wide variety of arts interests.

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    Gulbenkian Uncovered

    Are you enthusiastic, committed and creative? Gulbenkian Uncovered gives students the chance to get behind the scenes, develop new skills and run events.

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    KRAN Fam

    KRAN Fam is a drama group, in partnership with Kent Refugee Action Network, for young refugees and asylum-seekers aged 16 and above.

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    National Theatre Connections – Gulbenkian Young Company

    NT Connections is the National Theatre’s nationwide youth theatre festival. Each year it offers a unique opportunity for youth theatres and school theatre groups to stage new plays written for young people by some of theatre’s most exciting playwrights, and to perform in leading theatres across the UK.
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    Square Pegs Arts

    Square Pegs Arts are an award winning Charity who provide drama groups, music projects and other accessible Arts opportunities for children and young adults who have learning disabilities and autism, and produce original, inspiring, challenging Theatre. Difference is celebrated and everyone is supported to shine in their own way.
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    Youth Theatre

    Fantastic and fun sessions for ages 5-18 years, encouraging creativity and theatre-making skills.