Portfolio

Community Consultation 

Finding Friends is a strand of work as part of Test Valley Borough of Culture, focusing on barriers to engagement with ethnic minority communities in the Test Valley region of the UK. 21 Artists led on the community consultations with key stakeholders in the borough to offer recommendations to improve engagement and agency of these communities across the borough.

Evaluation & Impact 

In April 2021, LIFT embarked on an exciting new pilot project called Concept Touring, working with artists and mentors from around the globe to explore how artists could tour their work and collaborate without having to be physically present in these places. 21 Artists led on evaluating the impact of this programme, with a publication released December 2021.

Evaluation & Impact 

In April 2022, evaluation commenced for The Living Studio, an experimental initiative to activate visitors' creativity through having a public making space inspired by their exhibition on at the time, The Artists' Studio. This evaluation was internal but was a powerful project that helped to raise awareness and advocacy internally about the importance of this work.

Evaluation & Impact

World Heart Beat is a music academic in Southwest London offering bespoke support and access to a diverse range of music to young people across London and the local area. 21 Artists is in the process of developing a Theory of Change and robust social impact evaluation framework so they can better understand the impact of their work on young people and the community. 

EVALUATION & IMPACT

Activate Feltham was a pilot project led by Battersea Arts Centre of The Agency, a youth creative entrepreneurship programme, in Feltham Young Offenders Institute in southwest London. The delivery was significantly impacted by Covid-19 so reporting focused on first stage of idea generation. The report that can be found here outlines the preliminary findings

EVALUATION & IMPACT

S.M.I.L.E.-ing Boys Project is an ongoing project led by artist Kay Rufai working with black young men in schools running workshops around the 8 Pillars of Happiness as outlined by the Happiness Institute. This project explores how these pillars relate to the lives of these young men using an arts-based approach. This report (download below) outlines preliminary findings.

EVALUATION & IMPACT

The Agency was implemented in Brent in north London as part of London Borough of Culture in 2020-21. This report which can be downloaded below outlines the programme's social impact on young people, the organisation, The Kiln and the community through the voices of young people themselves through participatory action research.

EVALUATION & IMPACT

The Agency is a creative entrepreneurship programme for young people 15-25 led by Battersea Arts Centre, Contact and People's Palace Projects. This report evaluates the interim roll out programme expanding the programme's reach beyond London and Manchester to Cardiff and Belfast as well. Read the full report here.

EVALUATION & IMPACT

The Agency was implemented in Waltham Forest in north London as part of Waltham Forest's Borough of Culture in 2019. This report which can be downloaded below outlines the programme's social impact on young people, the organisation, Blackhorse Workshop and the community and was also designed by 21 Artists.

INTERVENTIONS/EVALUATION & IMPACT

Funded by King's College London, this iteration of Agents of Creative Change that was run by Battersea Arts Centre tested how researchers, artists and public and third sector professionals could engage with one another and come up with solutions to social issues that communities and charities were facing. The pilot report is below. 

EVALUATION & IMPACT

In 2017, Battersea Arts Centre trialled a programmed called Creative Museums, using a creative methodology called Scratch to work with small museums around the UK to test ways they might be able to engage more of their staff and local communities in the design and implementation of exhibitions, workshops and events. The report here outlines the findings from the programme.