{"id":526527,"date":"2026-04-12T08:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T08:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/526527\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T08:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T08:14:07","slug":"floating-studio-aims-to-get-west-midlands-youngsters-into-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/526527\/","title":{"rendered":"Floating studio aims to get West Midlands youngsters into art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A canal narrowboat which has been turned into a floating arts studio will travel 150 miles (241km) on the region&#8217;s canal networks, offering workshops and opportunities for artists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Slow Boat 2026, launched by Birmingham-based Ikon Gallery, will travel on the canals, mooring up in Birmingham, the Black Country and Coventry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Designed by members of Ikon&#8217;s youth programme, workshops will focus on drawing, painting, sculpture, sound, film and digital media along with nature-based projects and collaborations with local artists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The programme explores themes of heritage, place and shared creativity, linking to the location the narrowboat is moored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A canal narrowboat which has been turned into a floating arts studio will travel 150 miles (241km) on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-526527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}