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These projects were Amal’s laboratory, the place where ideas were tested and learning and evidence collected about how Muslims want to express their creativity and what helps to break down stereotypes and prejudice. They were also where ways of working between the arts and cultural sectors and Muslim artists and participants were modelled, re-imagined and expanded.
Amal realised it was important to give communities a better sense of the range of artistic activities that was available to them. It partnered with artists from a wide variety of creative practice, who were familiar with Muslim communities, to take workshops into some of the most deprived areas of Birmingham and Bradford. This also gave artists opportunities to develop their careers. Some community organisations built on these workshops to develop creative offerings for their members.
Our Community Engagement Managers in Birmingham and Bradford reached out to and visited our stakeholders - Muslim community groups, artists and arts organisations - to build trust, identify barriers to Muslim creative engagement, and opportunities to overcome them.
Amal held convenings for community groups, Muslim artists, and arts and cultural organisations to share learning and help build a community of practice in the arts sector which is fully representative of Muslims as artists, workers, participants, audiences and leaders.
