{"id":692088,"date":"2026-01-12T23:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/692088\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T23:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:54:12","slug":"arts-projects-to-benefit-from-30k-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/692088\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts projects to benefit from \u00a330k boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FIVE arts projects will receive a share of \u00a330k worth of funding from Liverpool Business Improvement District\u2019s Arts &amp; Culture Fund. They include Svara Radio, with an event at Williamson Square, Lantern Installations in empty shops, dot-art schools and a projection by Pagoda Arts for Chinese New year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now in its fourth year, The Arts &amp; Culture Fund was established to support smaller arts projects that will help drive footfall, activity and animation within Liverpool city centre. The fund opens twice a year and submissions are selected by a panel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest successful projects are;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Svara radio \u2018Public Service Announcement\u2019 event supporting a series of staged live public broadcasts and visual streams across the city centre. Working with partners, they will broadcast from 6 high-visibility locations working with a community led line-up to increase dwell time and support businesses<\/li>\n<li>Lantern Installations in city centre businesses from the Lantern Company. The project will work to lighten up the Winter nights with a stunning window gallery trail for all to enjoy. From tiny doorways to huge windows, the lanterns will provide a story and spread joy.<\/li>\n<li>Dot-art\u2019s schools project which is the 14th annual program, engaging Year 5 and Year 9 students from local schools. The program celebrates creating visual art and provides a platform for children to express creativity and display their artwork in the Walker Art Gallery and St George\u2019s Hall.<\/li>\n<li>A Pagoda Arts cross culture program of events for Chinese New Year. 2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse and a flagship gala along with other free community events will showcase the intergenerational talent and cultural heritage.<\/li>\n<li>20 Stories High Williamson Square Timeline project. A communal, collaborative, community musical experience at Williamson Square. The Sound System will be a beacon for our anti-racist, EDIA agenda, building on their Black with a Capital B project to celebrate Liverpool\u2019s beautiful diversity through youth, poetry, spoken word, song, hip hop across two days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jo Pocock from the Lantern Company, added: \u201cLantern Company are delighted to have been awarded Liverpool BID\u2019s Arts and Culture funding to create a new series of illuminated high street Window Galleries for visitors of all ages. These dreamlike \u2018creative portals\u2019 use visual story-telling to re-imagine an extraordinary collection of wearable artworks, beautiful lanterns, giant puppets and illuminated installations created over the last 20+ years and highlight the wealth of homegrown talent from our Liverpool team. Many of the artworks have not been seen in Liverpool before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Window Gallery trail will uplift and inspire in equal measure and is accessible to visitors both day and night. 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