Fitting under the umbrella of its Out of the Blue (OOTB) Project, and with most of the sessions taking place in the form of after school clubs, the Bluecoat will lead on an exciting project which will result in a public facing family programme in October 2025 based on the theme of freedom.

Expanding its existing OOTB programme to a new city centre-based school, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary, for the duration of the project, the Bluecoat will engage a group of children aged 8-11 in a range of creative activities, unpicking and understanding the theme of Our Freedom: Then and Now.

The commissioned work will then open in early October with artist-led activities each weekend before concluding in a celebratory programme of events across the October half term for the wider public, and wider audience of children and families visiting the arts centre.