Arts

Bromley Mytime Arts Team is working to see the quality of life of local residents enhanced through the provision of arts activities and the development of the creative economy. The Arts Team believe that the arts can provide benefits:

• to individuals by offering opportunities for inspiration, challenge, learning and creative expression.
• to communities by encouraging participation in community activities, promoting well-being and enhancing the local environment.

The arts contribute to a wide range of agendas within the Borough and this is reflected in the six cultural aims that have been identified for Bromley Mytime arts team in 2005/06.

1. Cultural Aim: Safer Communities – to provide diversionary activities for young people and work with relevant agencies as appropriate to raise awareness of community safety messages.
2. Cultural Aim: Children and Young People - to provide opportunities for children and young people to access the arts in order to nurture their creative potential and to use the arts as a tool to address specific social issues
3. Cultural Aim: Thriving Town Centres – to develop arts programmes and facilities in town centres
4. Cultural Aim: Supporting Independence – to work with relevant agencies as appropriate to use creative activities to engage individuals and support their independence
5. Cultural Aim: A Quality Environment – to work with council officers as appropriate to use the arts to enhance the public realm
6. Cultural Aim: An Excellent Service – to strive for excellence in all aspects of service delivery

In order to achieve these aims the team provide the following services:

• Strategic Overview – for the development of the arts and filming in the London Borough of Bromley and liaison with local, regional and national arts and film bodies. For details of key organisations please see the Arts Links page
• Enabling and advisory role – encouraging high quality arts organisations to apply for external funding to work in the Borough including Oily Cart, Unit for Arts and Offenders and Live Music Now. The arts team can provide some advice on applying for grants, please see the Arts Links page for further details.
• Community Arts Team – recruiting, training and undertaking relevant checks for a pool of freelance and sessional arts workers. For further details please click on the Community Arts Team link.
• Arts Projects – delivering a number of commissioned and externally funded projects each year in education and community settings. Please click on the Arts Projects link for further details and case studies.
• Art Form Development – developing access to art forms that are under represented locally. Visual Arts