Main Junction is a Drop-in for young people aged 16-25, working in conjunction with Prescap, held an exhibition launch of the work produced during a ceramic project, funded by the Porcelain and Paintes Trust.

It took place on Wednesday 9th July 2008, at Fishergate Baptist Church, Fishergate, Preston.

Prescap ran two facilitated discussions about the benefits and challenges of accreditation for young people in the arts as part of the seminar, "Making an Impact: recognition of the Youth Arts sector's delivery of new government strategies around participation", delivered by ENYAN (English National Youth Arts Network).

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North West Celebrates its 1000^th Arts Award

1000 Arts Awards have now been awarded to young people from the North West region.  read more »

Spire website launched!

On 17^thJune Prescap launched a website with Spire tenants, about Spire and some of their tenant group, their interests and some of their work. The site was partially created with some of the tenants and professional graphic and new media artist Andy O'Donnel, and the tenants who took part were presented certificates at the launch to recognize their work in creating their own individual webpages.  read more »

Congratulations to over 220
schools across the North West region which have been awarded the Artsmark by
Arts Council England! The mark recognises a school’s commitment to, and
excellence in, arts education. A school must dedicate a minimum of 10 per cent
of its curricular teaching time to the arts to receive an Artsmark; 12 per cent
wins a Silver Artsmark and 15 per cent qualifies for Artsmark Gold. An Artsmark
school also provides teachers’ professional development and involvement with  read more »

The Preston 2008 Mela was held on the 15th June on Avenham Park in Preston. The event is a celebration of South Asian culture, and the diversity of culture wthin Preston. Prescap ran workshops to create a new 'Mandala' site decoration from metal and fabric, celebrating Preston in the lead up to the event.  Preston FM also made a live broadcast from the event and helped the NHS celebrate their 60th anniversary.  read more »

The History Zone Project, funded by Heritage Lottery is being facilitated by
PRESCAP (Preston Community Arts Project). Artists Des Butler and Kate
Eggleston- Wirtz are enabling service users of Moor Lane Resource Centre to
create an interactive ‘history wall’ recording the social history of disabled
people in Preston. Parts of the installation will be portable and will
enable elements of the work to be shown in different locations.  read more »

Training Events Coming Up!

Bronze/Silver Arts Award Adviser Training 

18th November 2008, Preston.

13th January 2009, Merseyside.

5th February 2009, Manchester.

16th February 2009, Preston.

Gold Top Up Arts Award Adviser Training  read more »