A COMMUNITY ARTS ORGANISATION
Young Artist Exhibition 2023
An exhibition celebrating young artists' creativity was held at The Winter Garden, Sheffield in August '23. A collaboration between Ignite Imaginations and Sheffield Healthy Holidays, this open exhibition offered a unique opportunity for young people aged 4 - 19 to see their work displayed publicly at an iconic local venue.
We Are All Makers - Meet Charlotte
This video follows participant Charlotte's story.
Ignite Imaginations launched the We Are All Makers programme, in November 2021, focussing on creative skills development, for adults. Throughout the project participants were supported artistically and financially to develop their own live project in a community that matters to them and/or to secure placement experiences with local artists and creative organisations.
We Are All Makers - Meet Aisha
This video follows participant Aisha's story.
Ignite Imaginations launched the We Are All Makers programme, in November 2021, focussing on creative skills development, for adults. Throughout the project participants were supported artistically and financially to develop their own live project in a community that matters to them and/or to secure placement experiences with local artists and creative organisations.
Routes to Roots
Bringing together two projects; Talking About My Generation and Routes to Roots, where individuals from the Roshni Sheffield Asian Women's Resource Centre and Handsworth Grange School worked with Ignite Imagination's professional artists to share their stories of migration creatively. A partnership between Ignite Imaginations and Maya Productions.
Reimagine
Reimagine - All Things are Connected, by Ignite Imaginations Artist Laura Page. This project, supported using public funding by The National Lottery Community Fund named Reimagine embraces everything that Ignite Imaginations stands for in developing activities that create community connections during lockdown.
Arts and Culture Ambassadors
Arts and Culture ambassador programme has been a year long programme for 13-14 years olds in Sheffield and Doncaster. This involved participants visiting different arts organisations and learning what career opportunities are out there for them within the sector.
Parson Cross Hopes & Dreams
Ignite Imaginations’ artists worked with 10 community groups to bring creative opportunities to groups who do not always get the chance to be creative. And to open up conversations about Hopes and Dreams and how people feel about their local community of Parson Cross.
Upperthorpe - A Treasure Trail
Zest, a local health and wellbeing centre based in Upperthorpe undertook some community asset mapping in the area over a 2 month period. They ran four short asset based community development workshops in the community .
Imagination and Wellbeing Conference
A Highlights video from our conference exploring imagination and wellbeing in September 2018. Over 200 people gathered to take part in discussions and activities and here six speakers talk about their experience of the topic.
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Canvas of Voices
This documentary film was produced as part of the 'Our Corner' project, with The Crick Centre at The University of Sheffield. The project aimed to look into the effect participation in the arts can have on political engagement and understanding.
Everyday Stories
The Everyday Stories project is a Children in Need funded project facilitated in libraries across Sheffield. It has encouraged people to learn more about their community, build confidence, meet new people.
Reconnect
Overview of Ignite Imagination's Reconnect project, in which artists collaborated with academics and researchers from the University of Sheffield to produce art pieces exploring the human body.
Adopt a Care Home
Ignite Imaginations in partnership with Sheffcare have connected primary schools with care homes in Sheffield. The project aims to increase well-being among residents and pupils, create inter generational friendships as well as nourishing a Dementia friendly next generation.
Sheffield Lakeland - What It Means To Me
A project in March 2018 which took place in the Lakelands area of Sheffield. Our artists worked with four community groups exploring 'what lakelands means to me'.
Feeling Connected
Connecting the work of patients across both the Northlands and East Glade sites, this video tells the story of Feeling Connected. Following a series of workshops, led by Ignite Imaginations' artist Alastair Flindall, in July 2022.he project was in partnership with the Arts Therapies & Arts in Health team (Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust).
We Are All Makers - Meet Diane
This video follows participant Diane's story.
Ignite Imaginations launched the We Are All Makers programme, in November 2021, focussing on creative skills development, for adults. Throughout the project participants were supported artistically and financially to develop their own live project in a community that matters to them and/or to secure placement experiences with local artists and creative organisations.
We Are All Makers - Meet Agata
This video follows participant Agata's story.
Ignite Imaginations launched the We Are All Makers programme, in November 2021, focussing on creative skills development, for adults. Throughout the project participants were supported artistically and financially to develop their own live project in a community that matters to them and/or to secure placement experiences with local artists and creative organisations.
Talking about my generation
Ignite Imaginations and Maya Productions are proud to present Talking About My Generation, a community project inspired by Maya Productions newest show Benny and the Greycats; the story of a family of Anglo-Indian musicians who swap playing in swing bands in South India to pursue a new life in the steel city of Sheffield.
Art at the Heart
Art at the Heart project Four Artists, Four Communities and Four Stories. Artists Kate Sully, Lois Conland, Liz von Graevenitz and Angie Hardwick from Ignite Imaginations worked with the communities of Fir Vale, Sharrow, Darnall and the Over 50s to tell their stories of the Covid - 19 Pandemic in 2020. The project culminated in the artists creating four beautiful pieces of work.
Our Darnall
In 2019 Ignite Imaginations worked in partnership with Sheffield City Council and Migration Matters Festival to deliver 60 Hours of creative workshops in the community of Darnall focusing on migration, community and well-being.
Start Up Project
A Spotlight on five of the start up projects we have supported. We have supported over 50 people aged 50+ to start something new in their local area. The project aims to combat loneliness and isolation in older adults.
Everyday Stories 2019
A Short video documenting the Everyday Stories project which Ignite Imaginations have delivered for the last four years with funding from Children in Need. The overall project aims to take art and craft activities to different areas of the city for families who don't normally get the opportunity to engage in creative activities.
Autumn Carnival
Abbeydale Stakeholders which includes local Councillors, police and voluntary organisations were very excited to present the Autumn Carnival for the second year. A fun evening filled with lanterns and positive community spirit
Back Then
A film reporting on our Back Then Project, looking at engineering in Sheffield's past and present with five community groups and twenty volunteer engineers
What is Old?
‘What is Old?’ was a project designed to engage older and younger generations with questions of age and ageing. They created artworks based on their exploration from a series of creative workshops
Microhabitats
A project working in partnership with University of Sheffield exploring the creative use of space. Alongside local young people, newly arrived to the UK, our artists supported the creation of three microhabitats base on Furnace Park, Sheffield
Before Now
A project working with children and older people in schools, libraries and sheltered housing schemes in South Sheffield. Participants explored Sheffield's past through a range of art activities including photography, kite making and film making. Funded by Children In Need.
What We Remember
Working with six groups; a combination of elderly ex-service men, serving men, family groups and children of ex/service men and women we delivered five workshops per group, led by a professional artist to explore and share memories with some workshops bringing the generations together.