Swat Nagata

Animate Arts Company CIC

Animate Arts Company CIC is a national award-winning arts company founded in 2002 by Jo Dyer bringing high quality participatory art projects to schools and communities. We specialise in making magical walk-in worlds out of cardboard. We work creatively with people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. bringing people together through art projects and creative workshops. We work in all kinds of settings, in schools, museums and cultural spaces, indoors and out. We connect our participants with professional artists, performers and creatives, build teams and working collaboratively to create. We pride ourselves in raising participants' self-confidence, building relationships and developing life-long skills. Animate Arts Company CIC has… - Worked with 80,000+ children and 400+ schools - Overseen the creation of 10,000+ artworks - Shared work with 100,000+ people through live audiences - Delivered projects that resulted in 98% increase in well-being and happiness - And our flagship programme Art Builders engaged 7,500+ participants in 2019 alone What we believe: • We believe passionately in the power of the arts to engage, motivate, empower and inspire • We believe that forming friendships and sharing positive experiences with unlikely, diverse and new people enriches our lives and helps us to better understand different cultures and live more happily together • We believe in creativity as a powerful tool for creating happiness and wellbeing • We believe that creativity is a life-long, transferable skill needed now more than ever before What we are known for: - We are known for making just about anything from paper and cardboard - We are known for building partnerships & engaging participants in meaningful ways - We are known for creating unique art opportunities & memorable experiences - We are known for being surprising! (we encourage people to make things in bigger, better and more extraordinary ways than they thought possible).