Wolves & Apples. Training for aspiring children’s writers.
03/10/2015
From 2015 we ran a series of conferences and masterclasses aimed at aspiring writers for children and young adults. Conference speakers included authors Anne Fine,…
Read moreMantle Lane Press
29/01/2013
Mantle Arts had published books before but in 2013 we created a publishing arm called Mantle Lane…
Read moreLantern Processions
27/09/2000
Mantle Arts first Lantern Procession was in 2000. Over the years we have worked on similar events, employing artists to work with schools, and youth…
Read moreJewels in the Town – Public Art Project
01/01/1997
In 1996, in partnership with NW Leicestershire District Council, Mantle Arts commissioned artists to work with various community groups on its first ever public art project. The…
Read moreMarking Time, Voices from Bardon
01/01/1995
Bardon is a lost village of Leicestershire, demolished in 1989 to make way for a quarry and it’s inhabitants rehoused. Marking Time is a record…
Read moreThe move to Springboard Centre
01/01/1994
When the mining industry declined in the early ’80s a semi-derelict building, originally a wagon works for building railway rolling stock, was turned into separate…
Read moreGetting the Coal
01/01/1992
Getting the Coal tells the story of a Leicestershire mining community, in the words of the people who lived there, from the early years of…
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Mantle Community Arts begins.
01/06/1985
Mantle Community Arts was founded as a voluntary organisation by a group of local people in North West Leicestershire. The organisation is initially focused on…
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