Coventry, Warwickshire, UK, reconciliation memorial sculpture at the Cathedral Church of Saint Michael by Electric Egg Ltd.
EcoGPX®
News Update, June 2024
EcoGPX® Launchpad Coventry and Warwickshire
A Creative Led Response to Social and Environmental Issues.
Intercultural Roots is honoured to be collaborating with diverse communities in Coventry and Warwickshire that have been made some of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK. From May until October 2024, the project team are working with local community builders, artists, creative, cultural and ecology practitioners to enable positive social and environmental impact. This is being made possible through an award of £100,000 from Innovate UK that recognises the importance of an intercultural and ecological arts approach to improving people's quality of life.
EcoGPX® includes 3 layers of action:
1. Community Engagement: Deep listening to identify the local issues that matter; 2. Eco-Art Residencies: Curation and recording of eco-artist responses at local sites; 3. Interactive Media-Mapping: building a beautiful interface for interacting with artists' responses. + Finding together a regenerative cyclical model of income generation and sustainability for local artists and community groups.
Medieval stone minstrels in St Marys Guildhall courtyard, Coventry, West Midlands by Intercultural Roots.
OPEN CALL - COVENTRY
Funded Eco-Art Residency Opportunity Wanted! Arts, Creative, Cultural and Ecology Practitioners
All movers, shakers and makers who would like to make meaningful play welcome.
COVENTRY 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 July 2024 Live until: midnight Wed 10 July '24
We welcome applications from people who are often under-represented including, for example, people from minoritised ethnic groups, LGBTIQAN+ communities, people with disabilities and chronic health conditions, older people, and people from working class backgrounds.
Coming soon: Nuneaton and Bedworth September Residency:
There will be a further Open Call next month for a residency in Nuneaton and Bedworth happening in September.
EcoGPX® Project Team:
Dr Alex Boyd - Project Leader Dr Ben Spatz - Creative Director Wendy van der Haagen Boyd - Finance & Administration Director Maryam Safe (with Issias Yohanes) - Creative Liaison Manager Basma Darouich - PR, Digital Marketing, Promotion & Social Engagement Officer Dr Joanne Scott - Quality Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant Who We Are
The development of the MVP (Minimum Viable Prototype) of EcoGPX® took place in Ilkley, Bradford. This first phase of work was funded by a £49,970 Creative Catalyst Award 2023 from Innovate UK.
Please check out the work of these important partner organisations based in Ilkley:
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