A cast of Devon-based disabled actors will be joined by Coronation Street star Cherylee Houston in a short film which explores isolation in lockdown. ‘When The Wheels Come Off’ is a new drama which will be premiered online on Thursday 29 October. It is produced by CEDA and performed by their drama group, a companyContinue reading “Disabled Actors Joined by Coronation Street Star for Lockdown Play”
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Creative Transitions – Creativity helps wellbeing for vulnerable young people in Torbay
Young carers, young parents, and young disabled people in Torbay are receiving creative packs in the post as part of a project to improve wellbeing. As part of Creative Transitions, artists are using creativity to benefit vulnerable young people who face challenges as they go into adulthood. The project, which is organised by Torbay Culture,Continue reading “Creative Transitions – Creativity helps wellbeing for vulnerable young people in Torbay”
Thousand year old riddle inspires interactive artwork
A thousand-year-old riddle has brought together printmakers, historians, a poet and a filmmaker. Riddle 57 from The Exeter Book has inspired artwork which has been used to create an online interactive version of the riddle. Double Elephant Print Workshop invited visual responses to Riddle 57 from The Exeter Book – one of only four survivingContinue reading “Thousand year old riddle inspires interactive artwork”
Lockdown inspires creativity for Exeter artist
The adversity of lockdown has sparked even more creativity for Exeter-based artist Veronica Gosling. At Studio 36, Veronica has created a quirky, inspiring space within which, in normal times, she has held exhibitions of her own and other artists’ work, and used it as a gathering space for activity groups, and a place for informal performancesContinue reading “Lockdown inspires creativity for Exeter artist”
Night & Refuge
Online premiere hosted by Cement Fields, Noon, Friday 10 July A new film-poem created during a live night-time collaboration by five poets will be premiered on Friday 10 July. Night & Refuge creatively documents the process of writing together online during lockdown, and ends with a reading of the new poem. The project was createdContinue reading “Night & Refuge”
Quarantine Quilt
People from across the country will be contributing to a Quarantine Quilt. The Quilt will be created as part of a project by Devon-based organisation Significant Seams CIC, which has received Arts Council England funding to lead a national stitching project in response to the effect Coronoavirus is having on our lives. People are invitedContinue reading “Quarantine Quilt”
Artist seeks ceramic fragments with stories to tell
Artist David Mach is appealing for broken pieces of pottery with a story behind them. He is asking people to send the fragments to help create a new artwork for St Austell, Cornwall. Ceramic memories might include the handle of a cup that was bought on honeymoon 35 years ago, a shard of a decoratedContinue reading “Artist seeks ceramic fragments with stories to tell”
Spreading creativity in Torquay
People in Chelston, Torquay have been making willow sculptures to decorate their gardens during lockdown. The idea began when a community project to create willow sculptures for the local parks was put on hold. Local people wanted to continue making sculptures, and found a way to share their creations with others. Woven willow hearts andContinue reading “Spreading creativity in Torquay”
Whitegold Ceramics Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Worth over £20,000, the prize is part of the Whitegold Project, an initiative set in St Austell in the heart of Cornwall. The Project aims to create art, craft and design inspired by the area’s industrial and post-industrial landscape and its global china clay connections. Conviviality is the theme of the second Whitegold Prize, toContinue reading “Whitegold Ceramics Prize 2020 shortlist announced”
Museum collections inspire new music
Music in the Galleries Sat 7 March Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter A Chinese gown, a giraffe and a collection of pocket watches are amongst the museum objects that have inspired the composers of new music to be performed in the galleries at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter. The performance isContinue reading “Museum collections inspire new music”
