Welcome to the Action Factory Community Arts website

Action Factory Community Arts is a participatory arts company with over 25 years' experience. We are based in Blackburn and facilitate arts projects around the North West. Examples of our work can be seen in projects and gallery sections of the website.

Action Factory Community Arts works with people using participative arts to encourage them to become active partners in cultural and creative activity and build confident unified communities

If you do not find the information you are looking for on the website then please contact us.

Action Factory manages and facilitates participatory arts workshops, projects and schemes.

We use all forms of art to engage with people, using arts and creativity to unlock a person's potential, to develop their self confidence and increase their sense of belonging.

There is no limit to where we can work, inside, outside ... in all sorts of different buildings and locations.

We haven't worked underwater  .... yet!

 

News

July 2010 Watch this space for celebrations of a couple long term projects that are coming to completion. The mural for Bangor Street Community Centre will be installed late summer. The mural is "probably" the largest in Britain at 130ft long and full of interesting cameo scenes.  The work on the garden of the Irwell Unit at Fairfield Hospital also comes to fruition by the end of summer. The garden is a riot of form and colour and features a gemmed totem pole along with mosaic and ceramic work. Celebration events are being planned for both projects. 

 

For older news go to our news page click here

Action Factory Community Arts won the creative inspiration award at the 2007 Creativity Works Awards here is a quote from the programme:  

"It is truly a people-based company that invests heavily in training and support for both staff and volunteers as well as the thousands of groups and individuals who have and continue to benefit from their caring, nurturing, creative and magical approach. Creativity Works is proud to recognise the importance and value of having a world class participatory arts company in East Lancashire. A high percentage of creative people and people working in the creative industries in the area owe some of their success to working with, for or just an encounter with Action Factory Community Arts."

Action Factory Community Arts Ltd, Clarendon Works, Clarendon Road, Blackburn, Lancashire BB1 9SS

Telephone 01254 679 335 Fax 01254 694616 email allstaff@actionfactory.org

 

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