Blogs from artists, participants and art centres written during the project, which give insight into the highs and lows of individual Here and Now projects.
After months of research, email correspondence, live YouTube streams, Zoom meetings (and a lot of walking through the People’s Park talking to locals), Jonny & The Baptists handed the songwriting baton over to Gavin Osborn to complete the project. Using stories and direct quotes from the people who make up this diverse community, the aim […]
Lullabies was a project that found common ground between a huge range of people and connected them in an online community and through an inperson sharing and exhibition which celebrated culture and heritage. “In this time of quarantine, childrens’ lives have been turned upside down and many of them are anxious. Singing our children a […]
The play is about and for young people from Poole. It was created in collaboration with and performed by students from Bournemouth & Poole College who took part in several workshops and R&D sessions with playwright Andrew Muir and director Janisè Sadik. The students shared their stories about growing up and their hopes, dreams and […]
It’s 1929. Morris has been planting, harvesting, basket making, and drinking tea on his Somerset willow farm since before he can remember. Every year the same pattern repeats itself. Plant, harvest, weave. Plant, harvest, weave. One day he pulls up a particularly large piece of willow with a girl clinging to the end of it! […]