The Community Arts Festival at Chiswick House & Gardens will take place on September 24-25, 2011. The festival aims to celebrate the site through family activities and workshops on the first day, and allow local groups to display their talents through art, music, and drama on the second day. The target audiences are families on the first day and young people on the second. The festival is funded by a grant from the Culture 2000 programme of the European Union as part of an arts regeneration project at the historic site.

1. COMMUNITY ARTS FESTIVAL AT CHISWICK HOUSE & GARDENS 24th and 25th of September 2011

2. THE ARTISTIC POLICY OF THE FESTIVAL The Artistic policy of the festival is to celebrate the works at Chiswick House and Gardens. The first aim is to focus on families doing activities and work shops. The second aim is to allow local people and groups to display their talents in response to the site through art works, performance, music and drama.

3. THE PROGRAMME CONTENT Family activities and workshops. craft and food stalls Sunday will provide a platform for local people and groups to display their talents and responses to the site through art works, performance, music and drama. Community groups Youth clubs and schools across Hounslow Performances and projects to be showcased over the festival weekend. Animals from Hounslow is Urban Farm will be on site on the Saturday. walled garden will be open over the weekend, showcasing the work of the Chiswick Horticultural Society.

4. TARGET AUDIENCE The target audience for the festival is aimed at families as the first day of the festival highlights families trough activities and workshops. Sunday will provide a platform for young people so young people are another target audience to this festival, young people display their talents and responses to the site through art works, performance, music and drama.

5. HOW ITIS FUNDED? The Community arts festival at Chiswick House and Gardens, developed and delivered by the English Heritage Outreach and Education teams, with the support of the Culture 2000 programme of the European Union, is part of a major regeneration project for the site in pursuit of the vision. The Culture 2000 programme of the European Union supported the festival do that is how it was funded.