Bradford Digital Creatives is a pilot project empowering young people to share their stories through a range of digital artforms, working with professional artists from Bradford and beyond.
About the project
The project is delivered by Born in Bradford and the National Science and Media Museum as part of the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture programme. It is funded and supported by Bradford 2025, Born in Bradford, Bradford Council and Arts Council England.
During the two-year pilot, over 1,200 teenagers from six schools where a high proportion of pupils do not engage with arts and culture will work with digital artists to co-create artwork including 360-video, audio storytelling and video games, culminating in a public showcase as part of the summer programme of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
Far-reaching impact
The project, which is backed by the Arts Council, aims to expand cultural participation and aspirations, and contribute to the development of a hub of digital talent within the city which will prepare young Bradfordians for the future jobs market. Bradford Digital Creatives will make use of the extensive research data already collected as part of Born in Bradford, as well as contributing towards internationally significant research into the impact of creativity on young people’s lives, as part of Born in Bradford: Age of Wonder—the world’s largest study of adolescent health and wellbeing.
Cross-sector connectivity
Bradford Digital Creatives will improve connectivity and collaboration across sectors by providing opportunities to develop teachers’ digital skills and confidence in the classroom, complementing the arts and culture curriculum in schools, and developing sustainable and mutually-beneficial relationships between cultural and educational communities in Bradford.
ReelBFD: Digital Arts, Bradford Stories
14 June – 7 September 2025, 10.00–17.00
Free entry
A dynamic showcase of digital artwork including 360° videos, games, soundscapes, animations and much more, created by students as part of this project will be open to the public, for free, from Saturday 14 June until 7 September 2025 at the National Science and Media Museum.
See the creative process through students’ initial sketches and drafts and get hands-on with the technology in a programme of workshops for all ages, beginning on 28 July 2025. Check back in the spring for further details.
Get in touch
If you would like to find out more about the project and how to get involved, please email clare.leavey@scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk
For all media enquiries: aimee.philipson@scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk
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Meet the team
Bradford Digital Creatives is a collaborative project between Born in Bradford, the National Science and Media Museum, Bradford Council, Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture and Bradford Cultural Education Partnership. Find out more about each organisation below.
Meet the team
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