Venue: Museum of Lancashire, Stanley Street, Preston PR1 4YP

This vibrant exhibition is the culmination of a Lottery Funded art project allowing a group of Carr-Gomm clients to work with professional artists from PRESCAP (Preston Community Arts Project).Carr-Gomm is an award winning national charity providing support and housing services for people with a variety of needs.  read more »

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.

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 »

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 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 »

Aim: to discover, as part of the region wide Youth Arts Audit, how young people related to the arts in peer led workshop sessions  read more »

Holiday on the Headland is an afternoon of creative fun, celebrating Blackpool’s amazing natural environment. After several months of workshops with service users of GrassRoots Holy Trinity, Prescap is facilitating a selection of arts activities lead by professional artists to encourage local people and passing visitors to consider the town’s fantastic natural heritage. The event is part of a programme of activity commissioned by Blackpool Art Service.

Aim: to buld self esteem through arts activity, while learning new skills.
Mick Phillips and Steve Rooney worked with adults with learning difficulties to research and make visual imagery in response to the theme of personal history. The project culminated in an exhibition at Sefton arts centre and postcards were produced to celebrate the achievements of the group.  read more »

The aim of this project was to investigate how young Muslim people of Preston see their identity.

Three groups of young people, two from schools and a youth groups, took a creative look at being Young, British and Muslim in Preston. The project explored identity in a variety of ways, considering the different levels of identity in different social environments. How did someone exhibit themselves at home or at school with their friends.

Click the images in the gallery to make them larger.  read more »

Aim: This project was to look at the heritage of Haslam Park in a creative way, encouraging local young people to take ownership in their local park and heritage.  read more »