Bolton at Home Percent for Art

1. Dawn Yates-Obé
Housing Arts Officer
Bolton at Home

2. Overview
Bolton at Home
Percent for Art
Projects

3. Bolton at Home

4. Housing Percent for Art

5. SRB/City Challenge

6. Housing Percent for Art
established in 1997 to:
Work with communities to
maximise the benefits of
regeneration, facilitated by creative
arts projects

7. The Early Years

8. What we learnt:
What public art can (and can’t)
do
That communities evolve and
change
That all artwork has a lifespan

9. Percent for Art today:

10. The Arts Vision:
• Increase experience and participation in the artsAccess to the Arts
• An improved quality of life and wellbeingHealthy
• Strong and confident individuals and communitiesStrong & Confident
• Developing creativity, skills, and confidence to achieveProsperous
• Feel good about where they livePlace & Space
• Inquire, explore, challengeThink & Do
Delivering a quality arts service that meets
customers’ needs and contributes to the
regeneration of our neighbourhoods
Key outcome areas for our customers:

11. Headline Figures
In the first 10 years of Housing Percent for Art we:
Supported 152 projects costing BAH
nearly £1 million
• Leveraged £1.2 million of match funding
• Commissioned over 100 artists/ arts
organisations
• Engaged over 8000 customers

12. Projects

75. Thank you
Dawn Yates-Obé
dawn.yates-obe@boltonathome.org.uk
01204 329 580 / 07920 560 428