Ourlambeth – London Borough of Culture Bid

#OurLambeth – London Borough of Culture bid

Tuesday 31 October, 10-11am, Southbank Centre

Present

Name Organisation

Old Vic

Southbank Centre

National Theatre

BFI

Lambeth Council

Lambeth LBOC bid development team

Apologies

Name Organisation

Southbank Centre

Young Vic

Rambert

Meeting Notes

Following on from meeting of 16 October 2017, these notes aim to capture ideas developed further for inclusion the Lambeth LBOC bid.

Career pathways

Develop a strategy to provide a joint offer on work experience, e.g. share knowledge on what placements are offered by each organisation and build on this to provide a networked offer which may flex and respond to needs across the borough. Co-develop strategy with organisations such as 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning and Photofusion, with young people’s input?

Develop a joined up approach to careers fairs/open days, by sharing knowledge and possibly partnering with ERICFestival, ‘an alternative careers fair for young people who want to get into the creative industries, designed by young people for young people’ rapidly growing in its success and in good contact with Lambeth Council.

Work with schools Working with all of the borough’s (60?) primary schools to nurture sense of cultural entitlement at a young age. Develop modules as a group, scale for rollout (Mayor’s London Curriculum).

Testing at what age a child or young person needs to find out and engage in the world of arts and culture in order to think of it as for them.

Co-create with schools; teachers designing; delivering in cultural institutions

Build on mapping of activity between organisations: NT, SBC, BFI, Rambert and work with schools (primary and secondary?) across borough to achieve 100% reach (bringing further organisations into mapping exercise: Old Vic, Young Vic, ITV?) and aiming to increase % or Artsmark schools to X%? (STEM to STEAM.)

Cultural Trail (Doing the Lambeth Walk?)

An exploration of the borough, which will make the most of the assets the South Bank cultural campus has to offer and link these to assets across the borough, historic and current, e.g. a trail which might take in the history of the Old Vic, visit the walkway at the NT, weave through SBC’s archives, walk along Lambeth Walk to the Pleasure Gardens, take in the rich history of the Music Halls and perhaps complete at West Norwood’s newly refurbished (2018) South London Theatre?

Trail to be co-designed with young people in schools?

To involve parents & carers, families…

To involve artist(s) commission... (In Hull every school has an artist in residence)

To produce a mapping of the borough’s cultural life, which could take multiple forms – a map for each child’s bedroom, a digital life, appearance in public realm?

Exploration and representation/expression of the borough’s cultural DNA.