Wac Arts offers high-quality access to the arts for people who face the worst barriers to participation. We are also custodians of our Grade 2 listed Old Town Hall in Camden. Inside Out Wac Arts (IOWA) is our project to make our home more accessible, sustainable and open for people of all ages. Be a Change Maker We invite you […]

Urban Motivation began in 2012 and is based at Wac Arts which offers young people aged 5-26, inclusive performing arts and media programmes, on weekday evenings and weekends. The Urban Motivation group meets every Wednesday evening, during the term time, to work on projects. The group welcomes young people aged 18-26 years old with disabilities, using dance, drama, music and […]

From the 16th to the 18th of April Wac Arts Ignite Easter project saw students thinking about the history of the Old Town Hall building in Belsize Park, home of Wac Arts. The result was a digital storytelling podcast (listen below) project called Tales from the WAWA which included elements of drama, sound design, music, interviews, visual art, research and […]

The young people from Wonder Wac Arts (a Disability and Inclusion programme at Wac Arts) spent the afternoon with Dominique, our Digital Content Creator to find out why our staff (and our young people) love Wac Arts. The young people had a great time being behind (and in front of!) the camera and we loved having the chance to support […]

Bare Peas “Healthy is Wealthy” Award winning game is available for Camden Youth Organisations to test – for free! The young people at Wac Arts have created a video game promote healthy living – much needed at a time when 13% of the world’s adult population are classified as obese. Wac Arts Urban Motivation are a group of 18-30 years […]

We are delighted to be launching our new Youth Voices Project, funded by Arts Council England, forming the beginning of our journey towards authentic youth governance. This programme will be giving our students the opportunity to have their say about our existing classes and upcoming events. We want our students to have a forum to express their views and to […]

Wac Arts Birthday Schedule Spring 2019 Wac Arts believes in the infinite power of the arts to unleash the extraordinary potential of young people. Wac Arts is celebrating 40 years of empowering young people and our 2019 Birthday schedule is shaping up to be full of vibrant activity that showcases our young people! Support our programmes and the young people […]

Drama and physical movement activities can elicit some of the most unexpected and profound outcomes when working with young people with SEN. It is important to allow young people to explore abilities beyond their prescribed statement of needs and outside of their comfort zones. Drama is an art form that allows individuals and groups to safely test boundaries, make mistakes […]

Wac Arts has launched a 40th Birthday logo creation project and we would love for you to be involved. You can create a logo in various ways either digitally using Photoshop or an alternative design programme or an app like SuperImpose. You could also paint, draw or get crafty with different materials! All we need is the logo sent to us digitally so we can upload to our website.

As Senior Wac Arts students returned for a new year of classes last Sunday, we opened our doors to the local community for the We Are Wac Arts Open Day, launching our year long celebrations for Wac Arts’ 40th Birthday. The Open Day team didn’t let the rain stop them from making the space look and feel special for visitors […]