What makes up your unforgettable night? An online exhibition highlights some of nightlife’s top photographers’ , and asks you to submit your own
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To celebrate the Devon legs of the Tour of Britain, the Bicycle Ballet with pedal their power in Exeter and Exmouth 
Six young artists have seen their work unveiled around Teignbridge after winning a competition to brighten up local recycling lorries. 1 comment - ()
Connecting people through creative events is cool – but hard work. So it’s great when you’ve got an excuse to put in graft. Zion Lights’ book launch at Book Cycle in Exeter for her new novel Mor Things Should Be Thought Out Thus is a great example. The idea is to bring people together creatively with art, performance and poetry Torbay, Dorset and Swindon are looking for an artist to take on a commission in light and sound to build audiences for art and big up some of the events in those counties – the GeoPark status of Torbay’s Rock Walk, for one What a weekend for arts (starting Saturday, June 20). The contemporary dance troupe Task Force, led by Stephan Koplowitz, begin stepping their way around the historic South Devon with their Liquid Landscapes tour. Over on arts+culture there’s a run down of the venues, plus a diary of South Devon artist Helen Snell‘s involvement with Artists are being sought to create ‘an impressive landmark to enhance and promote the new Brixham Fish Quay redevelopment’. Devon Eccentric Colin Shaddick (no it’s official – he came third in this year’s competition), dropped us a poetic line to explain a bit about the origins of his award-winning eccentricity. You could get more of an insight at the Salon del Eccentrica, an Eccentric evening at the Broomhill Art Hotel, Barnstaple on Thursday, 2 comments - ()The weekly column from the world of Geoff Clams Given the media tumult surrounding the Iranian presidential elections, accusations of stolen votes and an inflammatory cultural split, one might be tempted to say that, by comparison, political passions in Britain are either dying, dead or extinct. You know how it is when all the cupboards are bare, and you’ve got so many projects you want to pursue but for a little lolly (that’s money to you). We know that feeling only too well. Well, here’s some funding opportunities that have come across our desk If you’re looking for the creative offerings that Torbay and Devon has to offer, to quote the literature, pop along to Creative Torbay’s Arts Market and Creative Happening, which takes place today (Sunday June 14) at the Palace Avenue Gardens, Paignton. Our friends in the north (that’s North Devon) are up to all kinds of crazy art antics. Powerhouse of the North Devon arts scene Stella Levy, who’s organising this year’s Art Trek, June 19-21 and June 26-28, has started a blog over on artsculture. A few things over on D+CFilm have caught our eye this week, not least South West Screen’s notion that naming something after a Devon myth alienates people from up-country. |
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