Funded by Solihull MBC, Solihull Cultural Education Partnership's New Communities Festival ‘My Community, My Heritage, My Place’ is encouraging children and young people to celebrate and share their cultural heritage through the arts.

Running across May 2023 - March 2024, the festival worked with 20 schools the Solihull borough to celebrate home, community, and identity, focusing on communities from Ukraine and Hong Kong in particular.

Each school worked with an artist across 5 days, using a variety of art forms to explore the themes in new and exciting ways. This culminated in a celebration event at Cineworld Solihull on 5th March, which premiered the project film, as well as showcased various schools own work, and engaged young people in other performances and activities.

Schools
Alderbrook School
Arden Academy
Coppice Junior School
Cranmore Primary
Damson Wood
Fordbridge Community Primary
Kingshurst Primary
Lady Katherine Leveson C of E Primary
Langley Primary
Light Hall School
Lode Heath School
Lydon School
Monkspath Junior & Infants School
Peterbrook Primary
St Annes Catholic Primary
St Peters Catholic School
Tidbury Green Primary School

Artists
Calico Theatre
Cris Wong
Company Apidea
Foolsize Theatre
Gabriella Songui
Mark Riley - Creative States
Melissas Melting Pot
Music Monsters
Nicola Prestage- Tiger Features
Nikki Bovis-Coulter

For more information on this new communities festival, visit Solihull CEPs website: www.solihullcep.co.uk/mycommunity-myheritage-myplace

To view the virtual gallery: www.artsteps.com/view/64789e339f478ce6cc23735c

Filmed and Edited by Romy Whai : www.romywhai.com

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