Horizon - Best Practices for multi-partners projects
Horizon was collaborative programme of visual contemporary arts in Plymouth, that run from 2016 to 2018 and resulted in four major arts events in the city, a talent development programme for artists and visual arts producers, and visual artworks commissioned by communities.
Horizon was delivered by a partnership between Plymouth Culture, Plymouth University, Plymouth City Council, Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth Arts Centre, KARST and Visual Arts Plymouth, and funded through Arts Council England’s Ambition for Excellence fund.
The programme delivered four major arts events in the city, supported a talent development programme for artists and visual arts producers, and enabled communities to commission visual artworks.
The events were:
Plymouth Art Weekender (2017 and 2018): a free visual arts listings platform also including commissioned work.
We The People Are The Work (2017): a multi-site exhibition exploring ideas of power, protest and the public.
The Atlantic Project (2018): a pilot for a new international festival of contemporary art in the South West of England, taking place in public contexts and outdoor locations.
A Talent Development programme (2017-2018) :supporting artists’ and arts leaders’ professional development through a series of skills workshops and open forums, mentoring scheme and research visits.
A Community Engagement programme (2017-18): developing new models of community commissioning and engagement.
Based on the learnings from Horizon, we have designed this “Best Practices for multi-partners projects” toolkit to highlight essential steps to be taken when planning, delivering and evaluating multi-partner, city-wide projects within the creative and cultural sector.
