COVENTRY residents will be able to discuss their City of Culture 2021 ideas with the team delivering the celebrations.
The City of Culture team will hold a series of public discussions from this month to talk about the cultural events happening in Coventry
They say it will be a chance for residents to share ideas and network with new people – while influencing the City of Culture programme.
The meetings will be the first in a series of ‘Culture Conversations’ every second Tuesday of the month at Alfred’s Café in the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum between 8am and 9am beginning on September 10.
Once a month, a second series of meetings will move around the city and take place between 6-7pm at as yet unspecified venues, to give the whole community an opportunity to attend, share ideas and discover more about the opportunities that come with being UK City of Culture.
The first meetings will be focus on the theme of DIY Culture, including local grassroots culture and creativity.
Creative director of Coventry City of Culture Trust Chenine Bhathena said: “We want to use this platform as an opportunity to ensure we are abreast of all the cultural activity currently happening in the city, understanding everyone’s ambitions as we start to fix the programme for 2021.
“We invite all citizens – whether artists, people working in the city, students and residents – to bring their creativity and great ideas and join us in a lively exchange, to ensure together we create an extraordinary year.
“Our year as UK City of Culture is 16 months away so there is plenty of time to be part of the programme.”
Each Culture Conversation will be free to attend and will be accessible to all. No pre-booking is necessary.
For more information and to stay in touch with the topic for each Culture Conversation go to www.coventry2021.co.uk
