What we do

ART31 Generate

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

****ART31 Generate are recruiting new members for October 2021 – 2022. Click here for more info!* ***

Two ART31 young people setting up an iPad

ART31 Generate (previously known as 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.

Recently ART31 Generate programmed and lead events at BounceBack Festival, at Gulbenkian Arts Centre and online.

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.

Keep up to date by signing up to our ART31 Mailing list: to do this log into your Gulbenkian Website Profile, go to ‘Interests’ and tick ‘yes’ for receiving emails for ‘Creative opportunities for young people from ART31 Kent’.

ART31 Uprising. Photography by Jason@JasonPayStudio-1

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

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TECH31

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TECHY31

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SCREEN31

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ARTY31

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National Theatre Connections – Gulbenkian Young Company

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Square Pegs Arts

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