Creative Practitioner / Artist (Wigston Library)

Project Background:

Culture Leicestershire's NPO Library strand is called 'Creative Expression in Libraries'. Our aim is to commission specific creative activities to help develop new library audiences and make libraries vibrant cultural hubs in our communities.

Wigston Library, alongside three other Leicestershire Library sites, has been identified for the second year of the NPO programme. These libraries will appoint a Creative Practitioner to create new activities for communities, with a focus on Children and Families as a target audience.

Project Vision and Aims

This cultural project intends to encourage wider use of the library by SEND audiences and offer access to cultural activity to those who currently don't access it. It is aimed at both Key Stage 2 SEND and mainstream school pupils and will be delivered through ten multi-sensory sessions.

There are two main overall aims; the co-creation of multi-sensory resource(s) for the library which can be used in situ for the longer term, and ensuring a positive, culturally engaging experience for the participants.