Culture Show – creative work in town centre premises
The Bideford Bay Creatives are introducing to Bideford a project that was pioneered by the Chair of the Association, Sadie Green, in Northampton in 2000. This project is still successfully running in Northampton (it is called ‘Open Spaces Open Places’, see the website at www.osop.org). the project will be called ‘Culture Show‘ in Bideford and will run for the whole month of October.
The project brings the arts into the public realm; places where people go on a regular basis and as part of their ‘normal’ day to day business. For example shops, cafes, hairdressers, the library, building societies and pubs. These places, in turn, are venues for hanging and placing creative artworks, sounds or performances.
The project brings the arts to the people and places where the public go – the creative works will be both discovered unintentionally by visiting a shop or café and intentionally by following the Culture Trail. It also raises the profile of and promotes creative practitioners in the area. Above all it creates an event that can introduce the arts and practitioners not only to the locals but also adds value as a tourist attraction and a quality cultural experience in Bideford.
A trail map will enable members of the public to follow the Culture trail and to see as many venues and artworks as they wish. Also members of the public will come across creative work as part of their visit to the town centre and the businesses there.
There will be an ‘opening’ of the event to raise awareness of it and for the Culture Show to be officially launched. The BBC group wish to develop the Culture Show into an annual event.
