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​The Arts Society Amersham Grants for Young Art

Each year we give over a thousand pounds in awards to enable our local young people to have high quality artistic and and creative opportunities. We reach out as wide as possible by supporting a variety of organisations and differing projects.

 Young Arts 2026 

The aim is to promote and stimulate creativity, knowledge and development in a wide sense.  Any official organisation can receive some funding, if feasible and approved by the committee. The grants awarded from 2025 have been towards the following:

1. Art Bytes

This is a not-for-profit national organisation which organises annual digital exhibitions with entries from Years 5 and 9.  TASA has sponsored St Mary’s Church of England Primary School most recently.

2. ‘Matilda’

Amersham School made a musical production of Roald Dahl’s story of ‘Matilda’. The TASA grant was used for hiring microphones and contributing towards costumes. 

3. Landscape with the Fall of Icarus – Pieter Bruegel the Elder

A workshop with an artist was organised through Amersham Library, funded by TASA.  The painting along with the myth provided a stimulus for the children’s polystyrene prints. .

4. Paints for the Summer Term Exhibition

Thomas Harding Junior School in Chesham is receiving a grant towards individual watercolour paint palettes.  These are for pupils’ use in the school’s Summer Term art exhibition, 2026 and will remain with each child throughout their journey at school.

5. A mosaic at the entrance of school to welcome all-comers

St George’s Church of England Infant and Primary School is being funded for materials to create a mosaic, expected to be finished by the end of Summer Term, 2026.

6. Portraiture at Chesham Library

A workshop with an artist was organised through Chesham Library, funded by TASA.  A visiting artist explored portraiture in many dimensions.  The historical perspective of artists painting self-portraits provided a stepping stone to consider the differences between an individual’s exterior and interior, which can be extended to social media. Observation skills were encouraged. Children had keepsake books, to take home.

7. The Winds of the World Project, Amersham Festival of Music

TASA is giving a grant to the project and sponsoring Our Lady’s Roman Catholic Primary School in Chesham Bois.  This is the 1st year of the project.

The targeted state schools are ones which have the least music provision.  Experienced and trained musicians support and guide the teachers, so that they have a programme which can continue beyond the project year.

The project begins in the Autumn of 2026 and culminates in participating schools coming together at the end of the Spring Term 2027 to perform their creations alongside a live band and narrator.

Feedback

The grants are small but have enabled schools to extend their activities and other organisations to do community outreach.  There has been very positive feedback and appreciation.  It is always expected that TASA gets attribution!

 

​The Arts Society Amersham Grants for Young Art

Each year we give over a thousand pounds in awards to enable our local young people to have high quality artistic and and creative opportunities. We reach out as wide as possible by supporting a variety of organisations and differing projects.

 Young Arts 2026 

The aim is to promote and stimulate creativity, knowledge and development in a wide sense.  Any official organisation can receive some funding, if feasible and approved by the committee. The grants awarded from 2025 have been towards the following:

1. Art Bytes

This is a not-for-profit national organisation which organises annual digital exhibitions with entries from Years 5 and 9.  TASA has sponsored St Mary’s Church of England Primary School most recently.

2. ‘Matilda’

Amersham School made a musical production of Roald Dahl’s story of ‘Matilda’. The TASA grant was used for hiring microphones and contributing towards costumes. 

3. Landscape with the Fall of Icarus – Pieter Bruegel the Elder

A workshop with an artist was organised through Amersham Library, funded by TASA.  The painting along with the myth provided a stimulus for the children’s polystyrene prints. .

4. Paints for the Summer Term Exhibition

Thomas Harding Junior School in Chesham is receiving a grant towards individual watercolour paint palettes.  These are for pupils’ use in the school’s Summer Term art exhibition, 2026 and will remain with each child throughout their journey at school.

5. A mosaic at the entrance of school to welcome all-comers

St George’s Church of England Infant and Primary School is being funded for materials to create a mosaic, expected to be finished by the end of Summer Term, 2026.

6. Portraiture at Chesham Library

A workshop with an artist was organised through Chesham Library, funded by TASA.  A visiting artist explored portraiture in many dimensions.  The historical perspective of artists painting self-portraits provided a stepping stone to consider the differences between an individual’s exterior and interior, which can be extended to social media. Observation skills were encouraged. Children had keepsake books, to take home.

7. The Winds of the World Project, Amersham Festival of Music

TASA is giving a grant to the project and sponsoring Our Lady’s Roman Catholic Primary School in Chesham Bois.  This is the 1st year of the project.

The targeted state schools are ones which have the least music provision.  Experienced and trained musicians support and guide the teachers, so that they have a programme which can continue beyond the project year.

The project begins in the Autumn of 2026 and culminates in participating schools coming together at the end of the Spring Term 2027 to perform their creations alongside a live band and narrator.

Feedback

The grants are small but have enabled schools to extend their activities and other organisations to do community outreach.  There has been very positive feedback and appreciation.  It is always expected that TASA gets attribution!