LA/3
Reference code
LA/3
Level of description
Sub-series
Title
Animating the Archives Project
Description
A joint project with Salisbury International Arts Festival. The project was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and ran from January 2017 to June 2017. A website animatingthearchives.co.uk was set up to document the project and to showcase some of the project's outcomes and activities. The following is an overview of the project as stated in the original funding application to HLF Salisbury Festival has teamed up with Salisbury Cathedral to develop an unusual opportunity for a range of community groups, each working with a different artist to explore and be inspired by the incredible collection of materials held in the Cathedral library and archive. Th five participating community groups were: Young Carers, Sarum Academy Year 9 secondary school pupils, Wiltshire Collegeart and design foundation students, people with dementia and their carers, and an open group of interested members of the public.