The Creative Talent Programme identifies young and emerging artists and organisations who have the potential to become excellent creative practitioners and gives them the artistic, business and strategic support to become flourishing, challenging, exciting organisations of the future.
Applications for the 2020 – 21 Programme are now open.
The Creative Talent Programme is generously supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
Due to the national and international developments in regard to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the International Youth Arts Festival 2020 will not take place in Kingston planned.
This is not a decision that we have taken lightly but we have to act in the best interests of the companies and individuals taking part, our audiences, our volunteers and our staff.
We will be hosting an online festival from 3 – 5 July and look forward to sharing more information shortly.
The International Youth Arts Festival is one of the UK’s biggest multi-arts festival for performers aged under 27, featuring some of the best new work from talented rising stars.
The 10-day festival hosts around 200 events, including: performances at Kingston’s famous Rose Theatre with circular auditorium and the Arthur Cotterell Theatre, free live music outdoor stage at the historic Market Place, and carnival procession around the town.
The Festival takes place in Kingston upon Thames every July.
Creative Youth enables young people, aged 5 – 26, to realise their potential through the arts, involving them in innovative, original and ambitious projects. We believe that every young person has the right to access the arts and creativity and should be encouraged to take initiatives, risks and push boundaries in a safe inclusive environment.
We are the Kingston-based charity behind the International Youth Arts Festival each July
Find out how you can support the charity as an individual, local business or sponsor.
As a non-for-profit organisation, Creative Youth works with Partners and Supporters to help bring Kingston to life and provide young people locally, nationally and internationally with opportunities to develop through the arts.
