New fundraising role at the Spacex – apply now to help ensure your skill keeps the South West contemporary art scene fizzing
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OrganicARTS is offering two free open days for people and organisations to see the work they do and enjoy some taster workshop events 
Dartfest, MED Theatre’s celebration of young Dartmoor people’s playwriting, promises two nights of emotional performances 
Beatrix Potter reluctantly visited Torquay, and wasn’t that pleased when she got there 2 comments - ()
In the first of what we hope is a regular column for the PRSD, Torbay MP Adrian Sanders bigs up the importance of art for communities, saying it’s clear that cuts to arts funding would be a bad idea, and aren’t include in the Lib Con coaltion document Programme for Government 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. Are you talented Tenor? Dartington International Summer School is looked for one to be the dastard Pinkerton in Madam Buterfly. |
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