otherwise… [Intensive]
A public prototype for the Great Yarmouth Exploded Art School — testing new ways of learning together through workshops, talks and shared meals, while gathering insights and inviting participants to become paid evaluators.
HOW TO ACCESS: Access / Cost / Food
PAPER FORM AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE email to info@originalprojects.co.uk
We will be in touch before events begin with relevant details to help orientate you. We look forward to seeing you soon.
ABOUT:
otherwise… [intensive] is... a real-world test.
A prototype Great Yarmouth Exploded Art School — in action, across the town, with the public.
A full week of activity will provide:
OTHERWISE… [Intensive] is not just a programme of events — it is part of our learning. This week is also a research and production process.
Throughout the week, we will gather:
Your participation will directly shape our findings and feed into the development of the Great Yarmouth Exploded Art School. [Information about paid roles in supporting evaluation are included below]
WHAT THE WEEK WILL LOOK LIKE:
Paid role: Community Evaluators
We are inviting five people who attend the highest number of sessions to join an 'Evaluation & Reflection Session' led by artist Richard Layzell.
Each will receive £150 to help us reflect on:
This is a practical, supportive conversation — no prior experience needed.
If you’d like to be considered, tick the box on the online booking form [PAPER FORM AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE to be emailed to info@originalprojects.co.uk].
We will confrim 'Evaluation & Reflection Session' participants at lunchtime on Friday 28 November.
Background:
Over the past two years, originalprojects; has been asking a simple but radical question:
What if the whole of Great Yarmouth was the art school?
This week of activity [otherwsie... intensive] grows from two years of research. It began with Razing the Agenda (2023), an online workshop bringing together artists, activists and cultural organisations from across England to discuss cultural work in “Priority Places” and what local cultural needs and ambitions look like when shaped by the people who live there. This led to the CONTRAcurricular Summit (March 2024) in Great Yarmouth — a day on radical and alternative arts education, exploring how new models of teaching and learning are emerging in places without traditional art schools, and placing Great Yarmouth inside the national conversation about new forms of learning.
Building on this, our Research on the Great Yarmouth Exploded Art School (2024–25), supported by Freelands Foundation, began developing the concept of a town-wide art school campus — using the assets of our place - outdoor spaces, shops, cafés, beaches, museums, parks, and organisations as learning sites - and the interests and expertise held amongst us.
Our research asked:
This work has also involved travel and peer dialogue — joining Blackwater Polytechnic as part of the Anglian Embassy at the Supermarket Independent Art Fair in Stockholm, taking part in Sluice Art Fair in Iceland (hosted at LungA School), and contributing to the Juxtapose Think Tank in Aarhus — learning from international artist-led schools, cooperative learning models, and place-based education practices.
We also explored the ethos of the Danish Folk High School (Højskole) tradition — focused on communal learning, shared purpose, and education rooted in everyday life — see: danishfolkhighschools.com.
otherwise… [Intensive]
A public prototype for the Great Yarmouth Exploded Art School — testing new ways of learning together through workshops, talks and shared meals, while gathering insights and inviting participants to become paid evaluators.
HOW TO ACCESS: Access / Cost / Food
PAPER FORM AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE email to info@originalprojects.co.uk
We will be in touch before events begin with relevant details to help orientate you. We look forward to seeing you soon.
ABOUT:
otherwise… [intensive] is... a real-world test.
A prototype Great Yarmouth Exploded Art School — in action, across the town, with the public.
A full week of activity will provide:
OTHERWISE… [Intensive] is not just a programme of events — it is part of our learning. This week is also a research and production process.
Throughout the week, we will gather:
Your participation will directly shape our findings and feed into the development of the Great Yarmouth Exploded Art School. [Information about paid roles in supporting evaluation are included below]
WHAT THE WEEK WILL LOOK LIKE:
Paid role: Community Evaluators
We are inviting five people who attend the highest number of sessions to join an 'Evaluation & Reflection Session' led by artist Richard Layzell.
Each will receive £150 to help us reflect on:
This is a practical, supportive conversation — no prior experience needed.
If you’d like to be considered, tick the box on the online booking form [PAPER FORM AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE to be emailed to info@originalprojects.co.uk].
We will confrim 'Evaluation & Reflection Session' participants at lunchtime on Friday 28 November.
Background:
Over the past two years, originalprojects; has been asking a simple but radical question:
What if the whole of Great Yarmouth was the art school?
This week of activity [otherwsie... intensive] grows from two years of research. It began with Razing the Agenda (2023), an online workshop bringing together artists, activists and cultural organisations from across England to discuss cultural work in “Priority Places” and what local cultural needs and ambitions look like when shaped by the people who live there. This led to the CONTRAcurricular Summit (March 2024) in Great Yarmouth — a day on radical and alternative arts education, exploring how new models of teaching and learning are emerging in places without traditional art schools, and placing Great Yarmouth inside the national conversation about new forms of learning.
Building on this, our Research on the Great Yarmouth Exploded Art School (2024–25), supported by Freelands Foundation, began developing the concept of a town-wide art school campus — using the assets of our place - outdoor spaces, shops, cafés, beaches, museums, parks, and organisations as learning sites - and the interests and expertise held amongst us.
Our research asked:
This work has also involved travel and peer dialogue — joining Blackwater Polytechnic as part of the Anglian Embassy at the Supermarket Independent Art Fair in Stockholm, taking part in Sluice Art Fair in Iceland (hosted at LungA School), and contributing to the Juxtapose Think Tank in Aarhus — learning from international artist-led schools, cooperative learning models, and place-based education practices.
We also explored the ethos of the Danish Folk High School (Højskole) tradition — focused on communal learning, shared purpose, and education rooted in everyday life — see: danishfolkhighschools.com.
