Here's our short film showing our 2023 highlights:

• ADHD Foundation: Neurodiversity Charity – we commissioned the ADHD Foundation to be one of the first in the county to host a unique Umbrella Installation – with colourful umbrellas adorning over our Marketplace, Bridge Street and Stodman Street. Running throughout the summer we created an associated community engagement programme – from an opening ceremony with community performances to a closing ceremony with the Inspire choirs, and an arts day creating a long community-collective piece of artwork; 5 schools took part in the education programme; various community groups performed under and connected to festivals; partners of the consortium undertook Umbrella creative workshops and we promoted use of the digital app to raise awareness of Neurodiversity.
  
  
  
• Outdoor Arts Fest in association with SO Festival - We joined the Lincolnshire Festival Consortium to aim to strengthen our skills sets and enable our partners to bring international dance and street theatre to the town. This programme included Go and See visits and training opportunities. We welcomed Sonia Sabri Dance Company and ICHI one man band to Newark.
  
  
  
• Urban Canvas co-created three interactive pieces of chalk art on our pavements. Rainbow Road, Historic Street Games, and 3D pavement art based on Porters Shop.
  
  
  
• Artist in Residencies - This included Nicky Rafferty, our storymaker and James Mayle, graffiti artist. They worked at festivals including Newark Book Festival, Newark Beach, Newark Festival, Heritage Open Days, Fun Palace, Big Draw, Christmas Light Switch On and Steampunk Christmas weekend in addition to working directly with a variety of community groups.
  
  
  
• Fun Palace returned
  
  
  
• Fallen From the Same Tree – a Sound & Light Installation. Inspire Youth Arts, artists Urban Projections, C J Mirra and students from Magnus Academy co-created a sound and light installation at St Mary Magdalene Church for two free evening viewings.
  
  
  
• Book Bench prep work – In 2023 we commissioned Wild In Art to work with us, artists, and communities to co-create Book benches for a Sculpture Trail to look at wayfinding.

Download our 2023 colouring in sheet here. (PDF File, 1,782kb)