Following on from last years’s success, Culture Show 2010 a showcase of creative work and happenings in non-gallery spaces in Bideford, will start in mid-September and end on early November. See what the press had to say about last years event: North Devon Journal; Western Morning News
If you’re a Creative person living in the Bideford Area and you’d like to take part in this years Culture Show click here: Download “Culture Show 2010″ for a Word Document or for a PDF click here PDF Document
If you are the owner or manager of a business or ’space’ in Bideford and you’d like to be involved as a host this year please send us an email.
Bideford Bay Creatives are a not-for-profit group of creative practitioners, established in July 2009. Practitioners include visual artists, crafts people, musicians and performers who are based in the Bideford area and who wish to raise their profile, whilst creating opportunities for the local community (people, businesses, voluntary groups, arts and non-arts organisations) to host events and activities and get involved with the arts.
Saturday 7th August saw the first of our Mill Street Moments. The BBC based themselves outside of Froot Loop and made art. Rosie painted, Janis Pasteled, Mike took portraits of passing strangers, Sadie’s developed her art of conversation and Dave made the pinhole photographs below from a wooden cigar box. There was a great deal of interest from the public and much new work was made. More random acts of art will happen soon. If othere members have images from the day please post them here.
Our week long raffle, which started at the Potwalloping Festival and ended on 6th June at the Appledore Arts Festival, was a great success. The first of our six winners chose (photographic award winner) Sarah Gallifent’s mounted print ‘Sunset over Lundy’ as her prize. One of our winners will be receiving Kim Style’s silver sea horse in the post back home in Adelaide Australia. We raised just over £200 towards our funds which will help towards administration costs and publicity for ‘Mill Street Moments’ and ‘Culture Show’ our two prime Summer events.
Having a presence at both festivals has been excellent profile raising for the Creatives; there was a lot of interest in joining and many membership forms were taken. We also had 94 members of the public signed their support towards Bideford Bay Creatives goal to create an ‘Arts Hub’ in Bideford; some physical space where we can have studios, workshop space, meeting room with internet, cafe, gallery, arts administration office, cinema etc.
A big thanks to ‘The Samaritans’ for the use of their gazebo/tent, and to all members who represented us at the festival.
There was a great deal of interest from the public and much new work was made. More random acts of art will happen soon. If othere members have images from the day please post them here.
