Community Projects

Dean is encouraging charities, business associations, councils, community organisations, broadcasting companies, individuals to contact him as he hopes we can work together to get children & the public be entertained!

Community & commercially funded workshops are so important for society no matter what age you are, creed or disability, in Dean The Art Wizard’s opinion community projects are all about having fun, learning amazing art & design skills or techniques but most importantly its all about 'working together'.

My workshops have allowed corporate businesses to give something back to society such as Provident in the community, children from Mowmacre Hill Playground & parents have been given the opportunity to work with Dean. Due to Provident’s funding we have created several creative projects which have enhanced a new warm welcoming feeling to the playground, this is still an ongoing project & keep a look out for new projects coming soon. ( Please take a look below & see what has been achieved during the last 4 years.)

Please contact Dean on 07717 281466 or email Dean at dean@artwiz.co.uk to discuss your requirements completely free of charge.

Coming soon

Provident & Mowmacre Hill Playground 2011-2012
Project Outline = (Create an animated short film) Young people will be encouraged to create stop frame characters, animations, scripts, storyboards, voiceovers, music & much more!
More details = Coming soon

Advanced Tapes Competition 2012

BBC & LOCOG = Leicester big screen 2011
Project Outline = (Celebrate 1 year remaining to the 2012 Olympics) This unique experience allowed anyone to get involved or just watch us having a great fun day
More details = Click link http://www.magi-cam.co.uk/

Provident & Mowmacre Hill Playground 2011
Project Outline = Summer Holiday Camp (Create a fence mural with young people to enhance the area around the playground) Dean also helped children creating themselves using recycled tape.
More details = Click examples below

Charnwood Borough Council 2011
Project Outline = Encourage the community to celebrate the Olympic Games in 2012
More details = Dean & the public created wire armature athletes which participants took home; for more details please contact Charnwood Arts - http://www.charnwoodarts.com/

Kaleidoscope Arts 2011
Project Outline = Encourage the local community to celebrate ‘The Manor’
More details = Participants of all ages created a huge mural from recycled tape of an image of the Manor. For further details contact The Manor or Kaleidoscope Arts

Nottingham City Council 2011
Project Outline = (Create a huge picture in Nottingham City Centre to celebrate St George’s Day which will allow the community of Nottingham to take part in this fun & historic day.
More details = Click link 

Medicinema Charity 2011
Project Outline = (Create an animated film with children from Hoton, all proceeds of workshop was given to the Medicinema Charity. This project was also used to enhance are growing popularity using my new equipment called the Magicam.
More details = Click link

Provident & Mowmacre Hill Playground 2010
Project Outline = (Dean was encouraged to get young people enhance the look of the playground. Young people ages 7-16 to worked together to create a huge recycled CD Mural which reflected the togetherness of Mowmacre Hill Playground)
More details = Click link

Lunchbox Films
Project Outline = (To create an animation film with children for a Saturday afternoon workshop based around a Christmas theme
More details = Click link

Redmore Theatre Company 2010
Project Outline = (Create recycled superheroes to demonstrate the plight to recycle using time lapse photography & animation)
More details = Click link

The Hub Arts Center 2010
Project Outline = (Create an image of Bob Marley with the community of Lincolnshire to promote vinyl records, this artwork was created out of vinyl records, cd’s & video tapes.)
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Summer Sundae Festival 2010
Project Outline = (Dean was asked to create a sculpture which which uses recycled materials from items thrown away from people attending the festival. We created a huge Summer Sundae vase which resembles the Summer Sundae logo, a huge recycled guitar was created on top from recycled tin cans! Impressive in what you can do over a weekend!)
More details = Click link

Lunchbox Films & Lutterworth extended Services
Project Outline = Summer Play-scheme At Uppingham Primary School 2010 with experimental animation.
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Blaby District Council 2010
Project Outline = (Fun day creating artwork & animation using recycled CD’s)
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The Big Difference Company (Special Olympics) 2009
Project Outline = (This free workshop was to encourage actual athletes at the Special Olympics to relax & create wire Olympic athletes.)
More details = For more info contact the Big Difference Company - http://www.bigdifferencecompany.co.uk/

Leicester City Council 2010
Project Outline = (Fun On The Frith was to allow the community of Braunstone Frith & Newparks to enjoy a fun day out. We had so much fun allowing participants to take part and create animated fun things!
More details = Click link 

Melton Borough Council 2009
Project Outline = (With Swallowdale Primary School & the assistance of Melton Borough Council we paraded a giant dragon in Melton town to celebrate St George & The Dragon)
More details = Please contact Samantha Berry from Melton Borough Council.

Biffa 2010/2009
Project Outline = Promoting Recycling in the community & the previous year we demonstrated how we can reuse carrier bags
More details - see image below.

Corby Council 2009
Project Outline = (This animation project was my first professional community animation project created in Summer 2009. Still good fun, but things have moved on since then! Keep a look out for new work coming soon!)
More details = Click link

HorseWorld 2009
Project Outline = (Create a recycled horse to assist and raise awareness of a fantastic charity called ‘Horseworld’. This became the only 11ft Cd in the world & gained coverage from BBC East Midlands Today, BBC radio Leicester, Leicester Mercury & much more!) If you would like to know where this horse sculpture is now please contact us.
More details = Click here.