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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”

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”

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 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”

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”

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”

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”