Working Landscapes
The Working in LANDscapes project brings together major arts organisations and festivals which work in outdoor, landscape-based and location specific…
Projects
We are producers, presenters, collaborators and commissioners. Sometimes we are all of these. Here you will find some examples of our work.
Green Space Dark Skies
This project invited 20,000 people, from all paths in life, to make a journey into the landscape together. There, we…
A Day Of Dance
Rhythmic movement and fancy footwork were the order of the day for young people who joined our February half term…
Art in the Landscape – Connecting People to Nature
We celebrate our natural landscape and sense of place. Our team may be small, but we come with a wealth…
LAND
LAND (Land stewards AND artists) is a project that focused on bringing together arts organisations that have a specialist interest…
Live Landscapes
Live Landscapes was a pilot project run in September 2016 to learn if it was technically possible to live stream…
Women Leaders South West (WLSW)
Empowering Women of all Backgrounds to be Leaders in the Arts. Addressing the gender imbalance in the south west arts…
Dusk til Dark Illuminations – Peixos by Sarruga
A spectacular event which delighted thousands who lined the streets of Weymouth as Activate once more, brought a Dusk ’til…
Primordial Mother Speaks for Herself
As part of Inside Out Dorset 2021, Activate commissioned several works in response to Luke Jerram’s Gaia. …
Pages of the Sea
On 11 November 2018, across the UK and Ireland communities gathered on 32 beaches to say a collective goodbye and…
Sura Medura
Activate are a partner organisation in Sura Medura, an International Artist Residency centre in Hikkaduwa, South West Sri Lanka. Established in…
Coasters
Supported by Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring Fund, Coasters was a three year project that brought world-class circus and street…