Past Events & Case Studies
TALENT ACCELERATOR EVENTS
We were delighted to welcome Steps to Success programme to offer a creative carers workshop at the De La Warr Pavilion. The programme supports young people to find the best route for them at the end of year 11. Part of this is bespoke workplace experiences which match the participants career-related goals.
During the workshop we talked through creative career possibilities, had a tour of the building meeting staff and finding out about the wide range of job roles available, spoke to one of our apprentices, Daisy, looking at the variety of training options and lastly chatting through the pathways into creative courses in local colleges.
Haven Young Creatives and Talent Accelerator planned and a produced a music based work experience for two weeks based in Newhaven Marine Workshops, supported by Towner Art Gallery.
Students worked with music professionals- Jason and Emmanuel. The students finished their work experience with new knowledge on the music industry, online tools they can use to upload their music and completed songs with lyrics and sounds entirely made by the students. Check out some of the music produced during this week on this post. 
Talent accelerator organised a one-week work for year 10 students. The aim for the week was for the students to organise and make their own exhibition for year 7 students to visit on Friday. It was a wonderful week, and the students finished the week with a fantastic exhibition, it was clear the group finished the week with more knowledge on how you set up an exhibition.
Work experience is a great insight how different industries work and it’s important the young people get involved as it gives you more direction on work where you can go and how you can get there.
This particular work experience was for SEN students, it is vital for people with SEN to take part in work experience as it gives those with SEN an understanding that they belong in creative industry and input matters. We were really happy to be joined by Lucy an artist from Project Arts Works who was developing her workshop facilitation skills. Check out Lucy’s work here.
Talent Accelerator has been busy delivering assemblies and workshops across East Sussex supporting young people to take their first steps into the creative industries. It has been wonderful to meet so many young creatives with exciting ideas and bright futures.
If you would like Talent Accelerator to come to your school/provision to work with young people interested in creative careers, please get in touch kim.byford@dlwp.com
Talent Accelerator set a design brief to the Level 3 Media students at DV8 Brighton to develop a range of idents to be used in a short information film about creative careers. The students travelled over to the De La Warr Pavilion for the launch of the project and asked some excellent questions to help them understand what was expected of a finished product.
The finished idents were great and fulfilled the brief really well. They will be used in the finished film and will give the students a credit to have on their CV supporting them in their first steps into industry.
Talent Accelerator set a design brief to the Level 3 Games Design students at DV8 Bexhill to develop a game that allowed players to redesign the De La Warr Pavilion. Together we explored the history of the building, how embedded it is in the community and toured all of the areas of the building including the ones members of the public don’t see! Thank you to those who took part! The names are listed below:
- Bia Vlad
- Ren Ali
- Adam Flack
- Jack Lawton
- Sol Kirby-Richards
- Caleb Minter
- Nick Body
- Dean Dancy
- Reece Quinny
- Oscar Warner-Tearle
- James Macenhill
- Vinnie Watson
The students let their imaginations run wild and created a range of exciting ideas. If your college or school would like a workplace brief to work on please get in touch kim.byford@dlwp.com
On Monday 18th March 2024 Talent Accelerator and the Young Promotors programme presented a panel discussion with Grace Latter ( writer, editor, proof-reader, TEDx speaker, unlikely model, reluctant influencer, and invisible illness/chronic condition collector) and Lauren Eva, a former fashion stylist, coffee shop owner and now nail artist, has had a wealth of experience in what it takes to completely change your career. Brought up in Brighton she has resided in Hastings for the last seven years learning all about the town and its people through her work and her sausage dog! Hosted at East Sussex College Lewes.
You can watch the event on YouTube here.
Together, Grace and Lauren openly discussed and navigated through the complexities of social media, addressing its highs, lows, the good, the bad, and the just plain ugly. Following their discussion, the audience had the opportunity to participate in a Q&A session, contributing their voices to the conversation. The session was filmed by Red Kite Films so that it could reach a wider audience.
Talent Accelerator have organised two Arts Award Training events for local educators and creatives. The training allows them to be an Arts Award assessor delivering bronze and silver awards. Arts Awards are nationally recognised qualifications that inspire young people to grow their arts and leadership talents.
Find out more about Arts Award here.
Talent Accelerator was invited to deliver a series of creative careers workshops to year 5 & 6 students at Ore Primary school by East Sussex Careers Hub. We had a great time with Blue Whales, Orcas and Sharks classes – everyone joined in and came up with amazing drawings of themselves doing creative jobs!
Find out more about the Start Small; Dream Big programme here.
Supporting teachers to be able to keep up with industry advances is essential in making sure that young people have the information they need to prepare them for the world of work. East Sussex Careers hub have been working hard on a series of events to support this including Teacher Encounters. We welcomed Lucey Banner, Head of Media and Film at Seaford Head, in November 2023 as part of this programme to come and see the work that the communications team do here at the De La Warr Pavilion. Teacher encounters are designed to support teachers to engage directly with employers to see and learn about the different career pathways relevant to their subjects, and to observe how their subject is applied practically in business. Lucey worked with our communications team to see how they get the message out about to our local, national, and international audiences about the wide variety of programming we deliver. During her time with us Lucey designed a brief around the Colours festival which debuted at DLWP summer 2023. Students were challenged to create a new look identity which could be used online, in print, on socials and our website.
In December Kim Byford, Talent Accelerator Project Director, went into Seaford Head school to look over the finished student work, deliver a creative careers assembly and select a shortlist of the eight best designs. Those eight students then visited in January to present their ideas to our communications team, tour the building including visiting the Helo Orticia exhibition and talking to Daisy and Luke about how they started their careers in marketing. All of the designs were excellent, but Lenny’s really stood out and he was chosen as our winner!
This experience was a great way to help strengthen ties between schools and industry helping to make sure that creative learning for young people is relevant, engaging and up to date. If your school would be interested in teacher encounter placement in creative industries please get in touch kim.byford@dlwp.com
Find out more about Teacher Encounters here.
Rother Young Creators and Talent Accelerator worked together to create a unique opportunity for young people in Rother be part of a collective running a local makers market. We offered young creators the opportunity to hold a stall at a Christmas Market held at the De La Warr Pavilion on 2nd December 2023. In a workshop run before the event by James Thomas Creative Brand Consultant the young people learnt how best to present your products, ideas for social media posts and how to ensure that you have enough stock. This was a pilot, and we hope to see the Rother Young Creators in the future for another maker’s market.
Talent Accelerator was able to provide 2 young people with opportunity to Shadow Stewart Drew for a day in order to find out what a day in the life of an Art Director is like. Mimi and Emily got the chance to come into the De La Warr Pavilion and Learn about Stewarts role as Director and Chief Executive!
They took part in discussions with Stewart and sat in on Meetings, whilst also finding out about other roles at the De La Warr Pavilion.
As part of Eastbourne ALIVE’s Youth Voice programme, Towner is leading an ambitious programme of bespoke school visits with Year 9, Special Educational Need (SEN) and home-educated and college students in the region. The young people will be supported to meaningfully engage with contemporary art through Turner Prize 2023 at Towner and Eastbourne ALIVE’s programme of public art and events across the town.
Working with the Coastal Schools Partnership, over 3,500 students have been invited to visit Towner on Mondays when the gallery is closed to the public. Facilitated by Towner’s Learning and Front of House teams with student volunteers from the University of Sussex, each student will be given a copy of Give it Some Oomph! a resource designed by and for Year 9 students from The Turing School, The Nibble Bibble Duck Toes collective with artist Richard Phoenix. Groups will also receive insight and guidance into creative careers through our partnership with Talent Accelerator.
This resource provides a useful toolkit and insights into how we can engage with contemporary art. It includes activities, a playlist and a video made by the group as well as exploring historical contexts, how we take ownership of a space and what we bring to an artwork and the spaces we encounter it.
These visits will be supplemented by additional, in-school artist-led workshops. Artists will share their practice and responses through themes explored in Give it Some Oomph!, this year’s Turner Prize artists and conversations with the young people.
Artist Facilitators: Hermione Allsopp, Sam Ayres, Sineid Codd, Tom Goulden, Ella Hempsted, Annis Joslin, Bill Leslie, Amy Leung, Daniel Locke, Christopher Sacre and Esther Springett
This project is supported and funded by Eastbourne ALIVE as part of the Eastbourne-wide Youth Voice programme.
On Monday 13th November, kicking off Discover Creative Careers week, Talent Accelerator and the Young Promotors Programme presented an insight into industry talk giving young people the chance to learn first-hand the skills needed to take their first steps into earning money through working at local music events. We were joined by Eastbourne Music Collective (EMC) talking about the services and events they offer, as well as the skill sets, they are looking for in an expanding workforce providing sound people and equipment for small gigs.
Everyone who attended then be had the chance to observe and get hands on by running a soundcheck with a local band supported by music technician professionals.
Talent Accelerator supported the White Rock, Hastings, Summer Youth Project delivering a session to parents on how to support young people into creative careers, sponsoring an audition support session, funding a place for a young person for the week and buying tickets to be given to local food banks so that everyone could see the final performance.
Talent Accelerator brought together students from Cavendish and Willingdon schools in Eastbourne to give them the opportunity to showcase their performing talents on the Congress stage and explore their possibilities for future careers in the Creative Industries.
We kicked off the day with a Creative Careers workshop identifying the key skills needed in creative jobs, what jobs are available, identifying opportunities and using facts to dispel the myths that young people are told about in the instability of working as a creative. This was followed up by singing rehearsals lead by Natalie Roberts, Performing Arts Co-ordinator at Cavendish school, getting everyone ready for their rehearsals for the evening performance. In the afternoon everyone was able to meet three fabulous creative industries professionals all from East Sussex who explained their experiences and took questions. Elie Haffenden told us all about her work at DSM on Six the Musical, Rachelle Diedericks told us about her life as an actor who has worked on The Take That musical, The Band, Our Generation and The Crucible with the National Theatre and Thomas Hopkins who owns and operates TPH and Ginger Quiff Media about his career producing theatre in a wide variety of theatres both in the UK and US. In the evening we welcome friends and families to join us to watch a performance including two wonderful choral pieces which included all of the children and young people from both schools.
If your school/college would like to work on a creative careers event with Talent Accelerator in 2023/2023 please get in touch.
On 6th July Talent Accelerator and the Young Promotors programme presented an immersive event open to all young people across East Sussex. Attendees heard from influential promoters, experienced technicians, and talented marketeers who have made their mark on the UK and further afield arts scene. There were plenty of insights, stories, sharing of experiences and time for questions. All of this took place on the iconic De La Warr stage which has hosted so many famous names!
Across East Sussex during the academic year Talent Accelerator has been busy delivering assemblies and workshops to children and young people about careers in the thriving Creative Industries in the UK. We have worked with year 2 all the way through to year 13 and have encountered so many wonderfully creative children and young people.
Talent Accelerator organised a work experience opportunity in collaboration with Haven Young Creatives for young people from Newhaven, Peacehaven and Seaford. These two one-week work experience placements for students from Peacehaven Community School, Seahaven Academy, Seaford Head Sixth Form and East Sussex College Lewes set up as a film production company. They story boarded their ideas, created music and lyrics, directed, acted and filmed the whole thing. You can watch their films below.
Talent Accelerator invited six year 10 students from Saxon Mount School for their work experience to come to the De La Warr Pavilion as consultants on how to make the building more Neurodivergent friendly. They spent the week exploring the space and giving feedback on improvements they would like to see. It was a great week involving loads of laughter and sticky tape!
Talent Accelerator ran a small design studio with East Sussex College students to develop an online platform to match young people to work placement and volunteer opportunities offered by creative businesses and organisations across East Sussex. The young people on placement identified businesses and organisations across the creative industries, mapped them, made contact with them to identify opportunities and populated the platform. This is the first iteration of an online platform which Talent Accelerator is developing to support young people into creative careers through meaningful work experience.
Talent Accelerator celebrated the work of the East Sussex College Group’s creative students from the Lewes and Eastbourne campuses putting a spotlight on work from Music, Music Production, Fashion, Art & Design, and Performing Arts students.
The evening’s showcase included live performances from the Performing Arts and Music Students plus exhibitions by the Art & Design, and Music Production students.
It was a wonderful celebration of the amazing young creative talent we have in East Sussex!
The Bexhill Jobs and Apprenticeship Fair has its own own Creative Industries Zone organised by Talent Accelerator filled with creative businesses and organisations wanted to speak to local young creative talent. Talent Accelerator lead a workshop on the day to help people identify their first steps into a creative career.
Image Credit: Bexhill Jobs & Apprenticeships Fair, 2023, © Lineker Photography
Talent Accelerator ran a 1/2 day workshop for DV8 students about starting a career in the Creative Industries. We were joined by industry professionals Ed Frith, Live Programmer at the at DLWP, and Sam Watts, HTC Vive – Content Partnerships Lead, to talk to the students about their roles and their career journey, followed by a Q&A session.
Talent Accelerator delivered a free 1/2 day workshop session for 16-25 year olds interested in a career in the creative industries. This included an overview of the creative industries, a tour of the pavilion, Q & A with employees from different departments and planning your next steps.
The lightbox of shifting colour from 2022’s event, co-created by De La Warr Pavilion in collaboration with Talent Accelerator evolved into an interactive experience! You were able to play the De La Warr Pavilion making the light panels turn off and on at the switch of a button We were joined by dancers from St Richards and Robertsbridge schools, accompanied by sound tracks from musicians from East Sussex College Eastbourne and helped by the Blueprint Collective to dress the machine to make the Beach Beacon come alive.
Talent Accelerator and University of Brighton presented an evening of accelerator techniques and opportunities to help creative businesses identify ways to grow in the current difficult economic climate, including speakers from a variety of organisations offering bespoke support including ways to fund growth, how to find your creative community and adding young people to your workforce. 
We had working sessions with students from St Richards School, Bexhill High, and East Sussex College Group Eastbourne across September and October 2022 to find out what Talent Accelerator meant to them and from there, the common themes and design ideas. This was worked up by a local young designer, Jem Lewis, who came up with our final design incorporating the themes and ideas from the work of the young creatives.
STORIES
Since we launched the Talent Accelerator programme last autumn, we have engaged with students and young people as well as employees about the creative industries, careers, and opportunities in our region. We’ve given talks in assemblies, invited students to discuss creative careers onsite at cultural venues, and spoken with educators to raise the profile of the creative industries in the region. It was now time to find an identity that reflected that.
In the spirit of the programme, we’ve been working with an early career local designer Jem Lewis to help develop a look and feel for Talent Accelerator. It was important that we found an identity for the programme which reflected the values and intention of the programme so we teamed up with young people from the region to help us shape how a logo for the programme may look.
We had working sessions with young people and students from St Richards School, Bexhill High, and East Sussex College Group Eastbourne to find out what Talent Accelerator meant to them and from there, the common themes and design ideas were worked up by Jem. The brief was complex, with over 100 contributors and we are delighted with the result and the collaborative design process. We are pleased to launch our Talent Accelerator logo with the supporting strapline: Supporting young people in East Sussex into creative careers.
Work experience is a great way to help young people get a better understanding of the world of work as well as developing self-confidence, emotional development and even boosting academic outcomes. Unfortunately, in recent years the number of placements available has declined with a research report by Speakers for Schools finding less than half of young people in England are receiving work experience today. In the Creative Industries in East Sussex this a particular problem with many being micro businesses who struggle to accommodate a young person for work experience.
Talent Accelerator has been busy looking at ways to address this and has delivered a range of placements for young people .
17th-31st May 2023 students from East Sussex College worked on developing a prototype for an online resource that maps all of the creative business/cultural organisations across East Sussex as well as identifying opportunities that they offer that could be useful work experience for students aged 16-19 looking to boost their CV.
5th-9th June 2023 students from Saxon Mount School came to the De La Warr Pavilion to work with Talent Accelerator’s apprentice Mehrin Miah on exploring the experience of the building as a neuro diverse person. The students looked at areas of the building that they would change to make it more accessible and created some amazing designs/prototypes for decoration and installations.
12-16th June and 3rd-7th July 2023 in collaboration with Haven Young Creatives working with young people from Peacehaven Community School, East Sussex College, Seahaven School and Seaford Head Sixth Form we formed two film production companies. Each company devised, wrote dialogue, created soundtracks, performed and filmed a short film. The whole experience took place at the East Sussex College new Newhaven campus building.
3rd-7th June 2024 Talent Accelerator Project Assistant, Mehrin Miah, organised a one-week work for year 10 students at Flatland, Beeching Road Studios Bexhill. The aim for the week was for the students to organise and make their own exhibition for year 7 students to visit. We were joined by Lucy an artist from Project Artworks who is extending her workshop facilitation skills.
1st-5th July and 8th-12th July 2024 in collaboration with Haven Young Creatives working with Peacehaven Community School, Seahaven School and Seaford Head Sixth Form we formed two music production companies. Each company devised, wrote lyrics, created soundtracks, performed and recorded an album. The whole experience took place at the Towner space at Marine Workshops.
If you are interested in looking at work experience differently, please get in touch Contact kim.byford@dlwp.com
An apprenticeship can be challenging for any employer to work around, however much you want to help. Kim can help demystify apprenticeships and provide clear pathways to getting the apprentice that will most benefit you business at: kim.byford@dlwp.com
All DLWP apprenticeship opportunities can be found on our Jobs page here
CASE STUDIES:
MEHRIN: TALENT ACCELERATOR PROJECT ASSISTANT
We know first-hand the two-way impact of having an apprentice join your team and we were delighted to appoint our own Talent Accelerator Apprentice Mehrin Miah who joined the team in February. You can find out more about Mehrin on the blog she wrote for DLWP here.
ALEX: CREATIVE VENUE PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN
The South East region has a real and current problem with recruiting and retaining high quality venue technical support staff. We have creation a solution with our Creative Venue Production Technician Apprenticeship which we have developed with East Sussex College Group. This innovation puts the technical skill of our existing workforce at the heart of developing the next generation. If we can’t find the tech staff, we need we will grow our own!
Alex has joined the DLWP Tech team as part of this programme, find out more about his role here
DAISY: MARKETING EXECUTIVE
Daisy joined the Marketing team here at the De La Warr Pavilion in Autumn 2023. Lack of entry level positions for creative industries is one of the research findings that lead to the funding of Talent Accelerator. Supporting organisations to consider using apprenticeships to fill vacancies has been key to this. The marketing team at DLWP challenged themselves to add a level 4 apprenticeship using nationwide provider Gingernut for the training elements. Daisy works in the marketing team 4 days a week with 1 day a week dedicated to her online learning.
Find out more about Daisy’s role here
Talent Accelerator has been working with a variety of organisations to support them to add entry level paid posts into their projects. Allowing young people to gain experience, develop professional confidence and create networks. It has been a pleasure to support:
– Sophie Wright Meditation Pods to work with 3 young people as invigilators
– Phoene Cave (Transit to work with a young film maker)
– Towner to work with 2 young people as production runners on events with Barabra Walker and Florence Peake
If you are a creative organisation who would like to know more please contact kim.byford@dlwp.com
Talent Accelerator have been delighted to partner with Good Space which is a unique platform supporting creative, inclusive and meaningful volunteering opportunities in arts, heritage, and sports organisations. Find out more about the project here.
We attended training events run by Good Space focused on understanding Neurodiversity Awareness and Mental Health Awareness to help us support volunteers.
Our wonderful volunteer, Lulu, came to us via Good Space and has completed tasks across the building. We have been supported to find the most suitable activities. It has been great to watch Lulu’s achievements in her time with us and seeing her confidence grow. Check out some of her work here.
We worked with Seaglass Arts to add three young creatives into paid Assistant Community Facilitator roles to their wonderful residency at All Saints Primary in Sidley (more info on the project here.
The three young people we recruited, Kiana, Matthew and Amber, worked alongside Seaglass founder Sam Glazier to deliver session to Early Years groups. This was a great first career step giving a real insight into how to use your musical skills in a community setting.
Life after Breakthrough
Elliott completed his 6 month Breakthrough Programme (Artswork) here at the DLWP April 23-March 24, we caught up with him to see where he’s at now.
T/A: How did you find your time on the breakthrough programme?
Elliott: it was good, I enjoyed a range of different things, I liked branching out out working with different people.
T/A: What were your standout moments?
Elliott: Working on the gallery turn around for Manuel Mathieu’s exhibition, I found in interesting learning about the practical skills and the team was great!
T/A: Where are you now and what are your hopes for the future?
Elliott: I’m now a full time member at the De La Warr and work with a range of different people and across different areas of the De La Warr. I’m currently part of the cafe team, crew staff for shows and assist in the gallery turn around. I’m also in a band called The Tellums and we’re currently working on releasing our album!
Daisy joined the Marketing team here at the De La Warr Pavilion in Autumn 2023. Lack of entry level positions for creative industries is one of the research findings that lead to the funding of Talent Accelerator. Supporting organisations to consider using apprenticeships to fill vacancies has been key to this. The marketing team at DLWP challenged themselves to add a level 4 apprenticeship using nationwide provider Gingernut for the training elements. Daisy works in the marketing team 4 days a week with 1 day a week dedicated to her online learning.
We spoke to Daisy to see how the apprenticeship was working for her.
TA: How have found your apprenticeship so far?
Daisy: I’ve found my time very insightful, and it’s been very interesting to see what goes on behind the scenes like attending meetings and coordinate content for social media.
TA: what have been your standout moments so far?
Daisy: The opportunity to make video content from filming, editing, producing a copy and posting on social media.
We have been working with East Sussex College Group to find ways to help fill the gaps we have in Sussex for technicians in creative venues. This has led to an innovative approach where a group of apprentices have been brought together weekly here at DLWP for instruction from Mat McQuade our Head Technician. Mat has completed his PTLLS (Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector) qualification with East Sussex College Group and leads delivery and assessment for Creative Industries Production Technician Apprenticeship Standard for them. A wonderful example of industry and education working together to meet an identified regional skills deficit.
Find out more here
Talent Accelerator worked with The Catalyst on it’s a participatory arts programme commissioned by East Sussex County Council, for young people with the aim of improving wellbeing, loneliness and isolation, skills, and employability.
This programme gives young people the opportunity to participate in work with artists, photographers, film makers, and sound designers. Talent Accelerator worked alongside to support young people to engage in activity, signpost further opportunities and plot career pathways. The programme is free and open to anyone aged 12 to 24 living in East Sussex.
Find out more here
Flatland Futures and Talent Accelerator developed a 6 months communal studio residency for artists aged 18-25 years old from or living in East Sussex. This opportunity is designed to run alongside the Flatland Projects our Autumn / Winter programmes from September 2023 – February 2024 culminating in a group exhibition in February 2024.
This 6 month studio residency will give access to a free communal studio at Beeching Road Studios each day 10:00 – 19:00 with key engagement days happening on Fridays and Sundays with the Flatland Projects and DLWP teams in Bexhill on Sea. This programme is focused on creating an access point into the artistic ecology of Bexhill and wider East Sussex for young artists at the beginning stage of their creative lives. This residency will also run at the same time as the 2023 Turner Prize in Eastbourne at the Towner Gallery which will be a key resource for this programme to question what contemporary art is, and who it is for!
Flatland Projects’ and Talent Accelerator ran an Introduction to Being an Art Technician course in August 2023. This was an opportunity for 6 x 18-25 year olds from or living in East Sussex to learn the ins-and-outs of working in an art gallery. Participants gained an insight into building walls and plinths, preparing for exhibitions, and hanging / installing art works.
This course, was led by two experienced technicians working locally and in London, giving an insight into the types of work that goes on in an art gallery behind the scenes.
The course spanned four days during which time participants installed a small exhibition at Flatland Projects. They built a studio display wall, fabricated small plinths for sculptures, painted the space and hanging the artworks using a variety of fixtures and fittings.
This experience was added to with work experience placements with the install team at the Towner, Eastbourne, on the Turner prize exhibition.
Talent Accelerator was excited to work with Eastbourne ALIVE; to create 100 work placements and volunteer opportunities for young people 16-25 across all of the activities. This was an important opportunity to bring together all the partners and focus on supporting young people into the creative industries. You can check out the range of placements here .
Talent Accelerator has been supporting Devonshire Collective with it’s Associate Artists Programme, supporting three East Sussex based artists under 25 to be involved. The programme has been designed to provide artists with the support, boundaries and resources for effective and mutually beneficial work with communities.
Running from April 2023–April 2024, the six selected artists will receive 1-to-1 support from Dana Brass, peer learning opportunities through group supervision, bi-monthly masterclasses by leading local practitioners, and receive support to design and deliver two paid workshops with communities in Eastbourne.
Find out more here.
This programme ran from September until December 2023 (Exhibitions were open to the public Saturday 25 November until 10 December 2023)
Talent Accelerator was delighted to work with The Blackshed Gallery as part of Eastbourne Alive to create a project where two early career artists, Connie Ashford and Tilly May O’Shea, worked alongside artist Liz Wilson on the development and exhibition of Of Confluence as well as creating their own exhibition The Glassbox of work developed with art students at Robertsbridge Community College. Alongside the project Connie and Tilly has mentoring from Ben Urban from Flatland Projects.
Find out more here
DLWP sought young people, aged 18 to 25 from coastal East Sussex who wanted to develop their careers as music promoters.
The organization offered a paid one-year programme to discover and empower eight emerging music promoters to develop their careers within the vibrant live music scene of coastal East Sussex, from Eastbourne to Rye.”
Eight young participants were selected and received micro-grants to promote and deliver a series of gigs at local venues, supported by talks, masterclasses and mentoring from music industry professionals and DLWP’s Talent Accelerator programme.
Find out more here.