Our Biennale 2022

Our Biennale is a festival of arts and culture made with children and young people in Kirklees.

Produced by the Kirklees Local Cultural Education Partnership, Evoke, Our Biennale is led by The Children’s Art School. Partners from Evoke collaborate with young people, artists, cultural organisations, and teachers in Kirklees to co-create this amazing festival for the whole community.

Throughout the festival musicians, artists, theatre-makers, and choreographers work with schools, colleges, and communities to enable children and young people to make their very own remarkable pieces of music, art, poetry, drama, and dance.

Our Biennale projects are being delivered in schools until the end of June 2022 and this year’s theme is MAGNIFICENT ME! The focus of the festival is well-being and using the arts to inspire children and young people as they juggle school and overcome the effects of lockdowns and isolations.

Artists will help them celebrate and express themselves through movement, music, self-portraits, alter egos, avatars, puppets, costumes and more.

Our Biennale was made possible through projects with these artists and arts organisations:

The Children’s Art SchoolChol Theatre, Elizabeth Walker, hcmf//, Isobel DentonJane Howroyd (Arts 4 All), Kirklees Year of MusicLawrence Batley TheatreManasamitra, Musica Kirklees, Nisha Lall Dance, ParleyRag & BoneSam Charlesworth, Sangam Festival, Seaglass CollectiveToria Garbutt, and West Yorkshire Print Workshop.


Go to ourbiennale.org for more about Our Biennale.

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