Wildwriting! Dorset poetry
Dorset writer and poet, Sarah Acton, created Wildwriting! Dorset as part of Activate’s micro commission programme, Creative Communities in Quarantine. Wildwriting! Dorset is in partnership with Stepping into Nature.
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Artists together
Two artists both working on projects as part of our micro commission programme, Creative Communities in Quarantine, got together on a video call.
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Fuel freelance taskforce
Activate are pleased to be supporting the Freelance Task Force. This national initiative has been set up by Fuel Theatre with 165 other arts and cultural organisations who are committing to ensuring a fair deal for Freelancers.
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CREATE! Developing Your Idea. Online Course for young people aged 16-25 years.
This course has now finished. Find out more about the participants’ experiences over in our News section. Are you 16 – 25 years old? Do you live in Dorset (including Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) & have an enthusiasm for Arts & Culture? Want to learn how to turn your creative idea into an event? I […]
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Responding to Coronavirus
As the public health situation surrounding Covid-19 escalates, Activate are putting measures in place to ensure the safety of staff, artists, participants and audiences across all areas of our work:
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Your help needed to secure future arts funding in Dorset
Dorset Council are proposing significant changes to how grants are awarded to organisations in the culture, community and voluntary sectors in our county. Please let Dorset Council know that you value the contribution arts makes to life in Dorset. We think the arts has a huge impact in Dorset. Click HERE to access the survey. The arts empowers […]
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Jerwood Arts Funding Success
Activate are delighted to be recipients of funding from Jerwood Arts*. This will help co-commission 2 artists to create new art works as part of our biennial festival Inside Out Dorset in September 2020.
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Pollution Pods – Press Release
PRESS RELEASE POLLUTION PODS Friday 25 – Tuesday 29 October 2019 Church Field, Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour 10am – 4.30pm. FREE (ferry fare and National Trust admission charges apply) After giving world leaders gathering today (23 September) in New York for the UN Climate Action Summit a taste of the toxic air pollution that affects ninety per cent of the population in cities worldwide, artist Michael Pinsky’s groundbreaking installation Pollution Pods will next be seen on Brownsea Island in Dorset. The series of interlinked geodesic domes were […]
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Dorset Moon – a resounding success
DORSET MOON
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Important – Dorset Moon Bournemouth, venue change
Dorset Moon, the summer season spectacle starring installation artist Luke Jerram’s renowned Museum of the Moon, which opens in Bournemouth on Friday 26 June has been forced to head inside to St. Peter’s Church.
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Dorset Moon – 7 New Commissions Announced
Dorset Moon is delighted to announce it has commissioned seven new art and performance pieces that will be FREE to enjoy. They will be part of a series of events called ‘Under The Moon’ that will compliment Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon in each of its spectacular locations.
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Dorset Moon
Friday 28 – Sunday 30 June St. Peter’s Church, Bournemouth Friday 5 – Sunday 7 July Sherborne Abbey Friday 12 – Sunday 14 July Nothe Fort, Weymouth Fifty years on from the first moon landing, three Dorset arts festivals join forces to present DORSET MOON, an exciting new addition to the summer […]
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