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What is England?

I have been chosen to represent Dorset in the 'What is England?' photography project. The project is taking place in 2010 and is curated by Stuart Pilkington. The 48 counties in England are each represented by a photographer: http://www.whatisengland.co.uk/ Continue

Added by Paul Russell on November 3, 2009 at 1:42pm — No Comments

CALL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS

SWA CIC will be holding another exhibition late spring/early summer of 2010, and we are looking for the very best of emerging and established artists of contemporary work to come forward and show us what you do... We will be sending out submission forms w/brief for the next show at some point before xmas and successful appplicants will be notified in the new year. So if your interested log onto www.southwest-artwork.co.uk and email us! Look forwar… Continue

Added by Laura Mulhern on October 31, 2009 at 8:53am — No Comments

SWA CIC Awarded The Wessex Watermark Award

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Added by Laura Mulhern on October 16, 2009 at 11:13am — No Comments

hose-A - Contemporary Visual Arts @ Sutton Poyntz Water Museum

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Added by Laura Mulhern on October 16, 2009 at 11:09am — No Comments

Mediabox Info Session

I'm the regional coordinator for Mediabox, the DCFS fund that offers disadvantaged 13-19 year old the oppurtunity to create their own media projects. There are a variety of grants on offer, from £500 to £40,000 for the creation of youth-led media projects. I will be running an information session about the fund in Weymouth on October 13th, 2pm at Weymouth College. I will be running through the various strands, and giving advice on the application process. If you are interested in attending then… Continue

Added by Sas Bonser on October 7, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Hose' A , modern art exhibition at Sutton Poyntz pumping station

Come and see new exhibits at the newly terrorist proof Water Museum at sutton poyntz. Continue

Added by Ed Jones on September 10, 2009 at 7:09pm — No Comments

Olympics comes to Glastonbury Festival

Thanks to the Cultural Olympiad, the line up at this year’s Glastonbury Festival will include myself! I have been selected for the Glastonbury Festival Big Screens,, which is made up of two 25msq screens and is hosted by the arts council and the BBC. They have told me that the Village screen will be showcasing the work of some of the best new digital artists, film-making talent, VJs and games developers from around the UK. They have chosen 7 artists to be at the site to show their work, network… Continue

Added by Joe Stevens on June 19, 2009 at 10:08am — No Comments

oral history

Pleased to say I am now working with a group from Poole / Parkstone, along with Poole museum on a oral history project. We will be investigating the difference in working practices from when people started work in the 1940/50s and compare this with the present day. This is a fantastic project which will enable local people to explore their past and discover how working practices have changed over the years. The group are excellent and it looks to keep me busy for awhile. Continue

Added by Joe Stevens on March 28, 2009 at 7:11pm — No Comments

SWLA Wildlife Artist of the year 2009 Competition

I have just had my painting of the conger eels ("Conger Party") shortlisted in this competition. The exhibition is at the Mall galleries from the 1st - 6th JUne 09. Continue

Added by Cathy Taylor on March 28, 2009 at 5:37pm — No Comments

upcoming framework

Hi exciting news (well for me any way!) My soundworks will be featured in the next edition of framework (one of my personal fav radio programs), airing first on resonanceFM in London this Sunday (1.02.2009) at 10pm local time. One of the work they will be playing is the sound piece “with the window wide open”. This work had its first public airing at the countertext exhibition in Bridport in November last year. This radio show will then be airing on radio zero, Lisbon; radio campus, Brussels,… Continue

Added by Joe Stevens on January 31, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Pump house exhibition called 'The Works' starting on the 15th December, open 10am till 4pm

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Added by Ed Jones on November 24, 2008 at 5:41pm — No Comments

Pump house exhibition

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Added by Ed Jones on November 24, 2008 at 5:23pm — No Comments

artsmatrix

What can ArtsMatrix do to help your creative business or career? One visual artist from Wimborne recently said “I feel like I’ve been liberated!”, after discussing the possibilities of taking a new direction in her artwork with an ArtsMatrix advisor. And she’s not the only one… ArtsMatrix has helped just under 2,200 creative individuals in the South West and is keen to help more. The professional skills & enterprise development agency for the arts and creative industries for the South West… Continue

Added by Ed Jones on November 24, 2008 at 4:59pm — No Comments

Countertext

I want to second Joe in saying Countertext is going to be a cracking little festival with some great digital installation work going on! get down to Bridport; friday 7th Nov- 16th nov Continue

Added by Ed Jones on October 27, 2008 at 7:43pm — No Comments

countertext

a collection of transmedia installations and events to complement the bridport literary festival08. Featuring; David Rogers, Nigel Slight, Joe Stevens, Ed Jones, Peter Dibdin, Sammy Izri, Samuel St.Leger, Laura Mulhern, Andras Crociani, Richard Mabb and Charlotte Fleischmann. From Friday 7 November 2008 – Monday 10 November 2008 Various venues, see http://www.electricbackroom.org.uk/programme08.html and… Continue

Added by Joe Stevens on October 26, 2008 at 12:01pm — No Comments

B-Side funding for WAN artists

B-side multi media festival is being held on the 26th,27th and 28th of September 2008. There is a £2400 grant given by Weymouth and Portland Partnership for WAN artists to exhibit at this festival. This money has been divided up into twelve £200 pound bursaries that individual WAN artists can apply for. This 200 pound has to cover your materials and presentation for the artwork. Collabrations are welcome. Its important before applying for a bursary to have a good look at www.b-side.org.uk to… Continue

Added by Laura Mulhern on July 24, 2008 at 5:59pm — No Comments

Keystone project

Looks like the project may be put off till next year, but i think i will have this year to make the purbeck stone artwork so all pretty positive. Continue

Added by Phil Anslow on May 29, 2008 at 4:26pm — No Comments

High Angle, Dead Drop - Video Screening

High Angle, Dead Drop 19th June 2008 6.30pm-9.30pm Conference Theatre, Portland Spa Conference Centre, Southwell Business Park, Portland, Dorset, DT5 2NA Admission Free Please note- the entrance to the theatre is through the restaurant foyer Tel. 01305 826000 Web. www.theportlandspa.com A free screening of a series of video works made on the Isle of Portland, being shown in what was the cinema of the Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment. Visitors are free to drop in and out whe… Continue

Added by dan walwin on May 21, 2008 at 9:36am — No Comments

Purbeck Keystone Project, in at the start.

Had my first meeting with Louise Robinson, from the Keystone Project, which went very well, and very positive feedback from Louise. 3 days later i dropped my line drawing in to Louise of the proposed project in Durlston.Waiting now for the cogs to turn and the project to be approved. Will keep you informed. Continue

Added by Phil Anslow on May 17, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Cactus Cafe for B side artists?

Ive found what could be a good base/venue for Waners. Its the Cactus Tea rooms on the Pavillion pier. It has upstairs and downstairs space for lots of artwork, its going to be bulldozered coz of the Pavillion development so absolute freedom for artistic interpretation. Most importantly it has a Bar aswell. I will upload photos shortly but I think it will be a great place as it is felt that the B sides will start at this venue. check it out Continue

Added by Ed Jones on May 8, 2008 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments