Kidderminster Arts
Festival
KAF (Kidderminster Arts Festival) began its life in 2003 with a
small
grant from the Arts Council and attracting an audience of 2000
people.
Since then it has become a major element of the Arts and Play
Development Section's portfolio and attracts the largest
audiences
out of all our events - reaching a peak in 2010 at over
24,000.
KAF receives £5000 worth of core funding from Wyre Forest
District Council and each year seeks external funding and
sponsorship to enable to the program to be delivered.
KAF offers a diverse cultural experience to
all ages and interests, including a program of free or heavily
subsided performances workshops, shows, street arts and
exhibitions.
The festival operates an approved buskers
scheme and welcomes artists from any location using any art form
into the town on busy market days. Pitches are provided with
electricity.
KAF has established a partnership with the
‘Xpressions Leisure Grant Scheme’ offering an annual commission
opportunity for local artists to create work for the event and
during the year running up to it with developmental support from
the Arts Development Officer.
The event is held in the last two weeks of
August in and around Kidderminster town centre in local venues and
on the streets.
KAF works closely with ‘KAF Creatives’ a group of independent artists
who use the event as a platform to present new work and promote
established work to new audiences.
In 2007 KAF was awarded an Arts Council Grant
to develop a Marketing Strategy and Economic Impact study.
Sadly, 2007 was a year where the County suffered almost total
shutdown due to severe floods. However the work conducted by
Audiences Central has informed the development of KAF and proved to
be a valuable tool.
KAF now has a healthy volunteer contribution,
programs workshops and other events by local artists and is fast
improving its business partners with ongoing support from Weavers
Wharf and LSD
Promotions.
Please email arts@wyreforestdc.gov.uk
for further information.
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Opportunities for local artists to create new work
Xpressions and KAF have joined forces to offer a special annual
grant to artists to enable them to create a unique piece of work to
be shown at the festival.
A Dragons Den style presentation, open to local artists who
have an idea for a creative project and would like 20 minutes to
persuade us to give a grant of £1500 to make it a reality at
KAF13. You will be given support and publicity
throughout the year.
Read more about the Xpressions/KAF Dragons
Den Grant
The date for presentations at KAF12 is the 20th August
2012 and will be held in the Town Hall - King Charles
Room . The deadline for applications is August 3rd 2012. For
more information, contact
the arts team on 01562 732928.
Dragon's Den
Terms and Conditions 
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Dragons Den in
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Many thanks to our sponsors and
partners for KAF12