11 Create a space for carnival arts with in the centre

Participants: Margaret Hamilton, Marva Antoine, Clive Lyttle, Margaret Shweeiay
Lina Jungergarbo

Summary of discussion, conclusions and/or recommendations:

Centre of Excellence for the carnival art form
Including all the elements of carnival e.g.
steel pan. calypso, DJ music costume performance and performance space
• Production and construction
• Multi media and design
• Catering accommodation resource and archives, exhibition space
• Training and conference room

Opportunities
• Employment
• Business opportunities
• Training working with specialist artists
• Supporting social and cultural aspects

How would we be different?
• Practitioner lead
• Working on Major commissioning project
• Community involvement
• Create employment opportunity for the required skills sector
• Manage key events local or international
• Identify it as a business so it becomes sustainable
• Collaboration of art forms

Prove the case
• Getting support for the specialise artists to deliver their art form with capacity
• Building an elite partnership of specialise artist to achieve excellence
• London has a long history of carnival arts, from its cosmopolitan makeup to continue to develop its art form regionally and internationally
• Access the location for 300+ art organisations
• Rising the standards
• Meeting the needs of other future carnivals, festivals, large scale events and celebration events

Conclusion:
To give the specialist artists the resources to produce excellence, innovative project to create employment and enhance the visitor’s economy and increase mass participation

Recommendation:
Create space for specialise carnival artists and its art forms within a world class creation centre