Creative Leap was a professional development programme (led by Sampad and The Drum) for new and emerging Birmingham-based artists that ran for roughly a year. It was ended in March this year and a review booklet/brochure landed on my desk the other day with information about everyone who took part.
Eleven individual artists and four small arts companies (twenty-eight artists in total) were selected to take part in Creative Leap. Over the course of the programme, these artists created and showcased fourteen new pieces of work including four dance performances, a multi-media theatre piece, two painting and photography exhibitions, a site-specific mixed media installation, an urban sculpture project, an environmental project, three films and a narrative drama told via animation and mixed media.
I spoke on this at the end of last year and was genuinely very impressed by the calibre of the artists on the programme and how they were being brought on. The review’s worth a flick through.
Hey Chris thanks for sharing. Creative Leap was a great project for all involved. It really showed the emerging talent there is in good old Brum. We hope to be able to be able to offer more opportunities like this in the future if we can find the cash. For now though, we hope all the Creative Leap artists have long and prosperous careers!