We are seeking up to 10 outstanding freelance Creative Practitioners to bring their artistry, skill and vision to Jubilant! Youth Arts Festival in Stowmarket, Suffolk.

Jubilant! is led by the Stowmarket Culture Group.  The project will provide groups of children and young people from local schools, a Creative Practitioner at the start of the summer term, to collaborate and create a unique work of art.  The results will then be presented across the town’s cultural venues in June, generating a mini–Youth Arts Festival to be celebrated and enjoyed by the students themselves and the wider community.

The theme of this year’s Jubilant! is “Roots”.  Each practitioner will work with their school cohort, teaching staff and host organisation to develop their own interpretation of the theme.  The work can be created using any artform – music, visual arts, dance, food, photography, film, creative writing, podcasts, horticulture, theatre, sculpture, graphics, street art – all are possibilities.

The Stowmarket Culture Group is made up of the main venues/organisations in the town and includes the East Anglian Traditional Music Trust, East Anglian Storytelling Festival, Food Museum, John Peel Centre, Modece Architects & Fox Yard Studio, Primadonna Festival, Regal Cinema, Red Gables, Stowmarket Library, Stowmarket Town Council, The ERD Connection and The Mix. The Group has two main aims – to promote the great cultural activity already going on in the town, and to encourage new partnerships to grow and increase this scene further.

Jubilant! is now in its fourth year with each year building on the success of the one before.  The project regularly engages with over 200 students from 10 different schools creating a fantastic variety of vibrant work.  Previously this has included drumming, dance and singing, mural making, puppetry and photography as well as creative writing, food and farming, reimagining a meadow and designing superhero costumes!  The final performances and displays across the town provide a true celebration of the children and young people’s creativity with Stowmarket’s venues providing professional backdrops through which to share and highlight their fantastic achievements with others.  The Culture Group know that a thriving, relevant youth culture is hugely beneficial – to those that take part in Jubilant! and the general community within Stowmarket.  Jubilant! 2025 will once again provide an opportunity for children and young people to express themselves and get involved with their local venues.

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