‘The only nation I have now is my imagination’
Diversity, Collaboration, Passion, Celebration, Conversation

ION is a five year national participatory art project that captures the imagination of communities and youth of today – the citizens who will shape the future.
It is a national conversation that culminates in 2012 with a celebratory gathering of the thousands of participants from the 9 regions and 3 nations of the UK!

Champions of our Communities coming together for the first time.

Atom the DetermiNation Champion

The new puppet has been revealed, and has begun to visit the little Champions.

We welcome the new Champion puppet named Atom by children from the South East, designed and created by Kinetika artists. He made his first public appearance in Brighton where he met South East Champions, Brook and Prince Sunflower. There are a number of events coming up that Atom is appearing at, as well as residencies with partners across the country. Click on 'More about this project' to find out more...