Tamworth arts programme to teach beatboxing, breakdancing

Create Community Tamworth, a six-month arts programme, will launch on 23 July with a collaborative painting created by 30 artists riffing on the theme of heroes and villains.

The programme is run by New Urban Era (NUE), a Staffordshire-based arts group that works with urban arts, graffiti, skate, music and dance.

It is funded from a £29,300 grant from Arts Council England, as well as by the borough council and private sponsorship.

The events and workshops are due to take place in Tamworth and the surrounding villages.

As well as the painting event at North Warwickshire Recreation Centre, which will be backed by cosplay group Central Legion, the programme will include workshops for children in skills such as beatboxing and DJing.

Summer holiday workshops for children aged eight to 17, in collaboration with Staffordshire Space, are set to include lessons in breakdancing and spray can art. 

Local schools have also been invited to participate in a recyclable sculpture trail as part of NUE’s Environmental Arts Festival in September.

"Our aim is to get as many local people as possible to engage in the arts and we have worked tirelessly to make this happen," Founder of NUE Vic Brown told the BBC.