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A photograph of two people looking at a laptop. The person on the left is seated, the are wearing a green dress and back boots, and have mid-length afro hair. The person on the right is standing, they are wearing blue jeans and a check short and have short hair. The room has large windows through which trees and greenery can be seen

Artist-led: The Hide

An ongo­ing series pro­fil­ing artist-led ini­tia­tives and groups in the South West. This month we are cel­e­brat­ing The Hide.
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24/04/25
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Artist-led: Pool­net

An ongo­ing series pro­fil­ing artist-led ini­tia­tives and groups in the South West. This month we are cel­e­brat­ing Poolnet.
Posted
01/04/25
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A series of over 40 red and black ink drawings of different sizes on paper, displayed in a group. We see drawings of cows, gates buildings and more.

Artist-led: Field System

An ongo­ing series pro­fil­ing artist-led ini­tia­tives and groups in the South West. This month we are cel­e­brat­ing Field System.
Posted
05/03/25
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A photograph of three people standing together. Two of the people are holding cds, which say 'Sounds of Sudan'. The person on the left is a white man with grey hair, a blue t shirt and grey shirt. The person in the middle is a Black woman in a pink and yellow dress with hijab. The person on the right is a Black woman with a turquoise dress and hijab.

Bris­tol Refugee Artist Col­lec­tive Film

A film made by Bris­tol Refugee Artist Col­lec­tive (BRAC) as part of their WEVAA R&D Fellowship.
Posted
03/02/25
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Artist-led: FORM-ICA

An ongo­ing series pro­fil­ing artist-led ini­tia­tives and groups in the South West. This month we are cel­e­brat­ing FORM-ICA
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01/02/25
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Three people are walking together holding on to each other as they cross a log over a muddy puddle in a rural environment. They are dresses in outdoor wet weather gear and laughing at the situation.

PaC: a com­mons of exchange and support

Artist Alys Scott-Hawkins reflects on PaC, an artist peer group who reg­u­lar­ly meet in the New Forest.
Posted
13/01/25
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A group of people are gathered in a forest, stood and sat in a circle. They are holding pieces of paper listening to a person speak. There are blankets and flasks on the ground.

Rur­al Facets — reflec­tion and artists edition

Artist Lau­ra Eldret reflects on a trio of gath­er­ings con­vened in part­ner­ship with More Than Ponies & VASW as part of How Can I Stay?
Posted
06/01/25
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A golden Labrador is sat in an empty studio space, with a white bricked wall in the background. The dog is looking at the camera.

Artist-led: Rame Projects

An ongo­ing series pro­fil­ing artist-led ini­tia­tives and groups in the South West. This month we are cel­e­brat­ing Rame Projects
Posted
01/01/25
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A colourful artwork created using paint and oil pastel. The work consists of abstract shapes and patterns, with more figurative elements such as a two people's faces, people walking and cycling, and the outline of a building. Some marks appear to indicate clouds and rain.

Prac­tice in Place — Frank Morris

Frank Mor­ris shares his expe­ri­ences of liv­ing and work­ing as an artist in Bristol.
Posted
24/10/24
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A handmade A5 paper zine positioned upright on a table. The front cover has a painted hand print, cut outs from magazines and the text 'How Do I Stay?'

Con­nec­tion, Com­mu­ni­ty, Hope

Writer and researcher Lizzie Lloyd reflects on Con­nec­tion, Com­mu­ni­ty, Hope, a gath­er­ing in Barn­sta­ble deliv­ered by Stu­dio Kind, Ruth Bate­man and VASW
Posted
22/10/24
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A group of 15 people are stood outside in a field. Most of the group are stood in an informal line looking towards a woman who has her hands to her hips

How Can I Stay? Set­ting up freedoms

Jes­si­ca Tag­gart Rose reflects on ​‘Set­ting up free­doms’ deliv­ered by b‑side in part­ner­ship with VASW as part of the ​‘How Can I Stay’ programme
Posted
23/09/24
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Shap­ing Rurality

Artist & cura­tor Anna Har­ris reflects on ​‘Remote Work­ing’ deliv­ered by Flamm in part­ner­ship with VASW as part of the ​‘How Can I Stay’ programme
Posted
12/08/24
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A black and white portrait photograph of Amanda Lynch, holding a laptop with Zoom text, with bandages around her head and Bobby the love bird
Disability arts

In Prac­tice, dis­abil­i­ty rep­re­sen­ta­tion in the visu­al arts

Aman­da Lynch reflects on In Prac­tice, an online pro­gramme of events and train­ing that pri­ori­tised access and dis­abil­i­ty representation.
Posted
30/07/24
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Two people sitting in front of an audience in a brightly lit room. The woman is wearing a green dress and the man has on a light grey sweatshirt. Both are laughing,

Prac­tice in Place — Ashish Ghadiali

Ashish Gha­di­ali shares his expe­ri­ences of liv­ing and work­ing as an artist, film­mak­er and writer in rur­al Devon.
Posted
09/07/24
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Prac­tice in Place — Simon Lee Dicker

Simon Lee Dick­er shares his expe­ri­ence of liv­ing as an artist in rur­al Somerset.
Posted
25/06/24
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Black and white photo of an artwork consisting of sports trophies with engraved plaques detailing myths, caricatures and prejudices related to Black people
Multidisciplinary

Things Arrive Togeth­er as Suf­fused and Insep­a­ra­ble: Don­ald Rodney

Jareh Das, Car­olyn Lazard and Robert Leck­ie con­sid­er Rodney’s work, and how his lega­cy rever­ber­ates among younger gen­er­a­tions of artists.
Posted
13/06/24
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A person wearing a tartan headscarf which cover their face is pushing against a standing stone in moorland

Prac­tice in Place — Oren Shoesmith

Oren Shoe­smith shares his expe­ri­ence of liv­ing between Corn­wall and Scotland.
Posted
23/05/24
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Writing

WIT­TA verse Film

Inter­views and mate­ri­als gath­ered at an infor­mal week-long cre­ative residency/​experiment called ​‘WIT­TA verse’, led by Lizzie Lloyd and Kit Poulson.
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01/05/24
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Multidisciplinary

Bone Idle

Daisy Hvn­ter, recip­i­ent of a WEVAA R&D Bur­sary, reflects on Bone Idle, a project born out of the pan­dem­ic and expe­ri­ences as a dis­abled artist.
Posted
23/04/24
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Think­ing and Prac­tise on the ten year anniver­sary of the recog­ni­tion of the Cor­nish as a Nation­al Minority

Artist Sovay Ber­ri­man shares what the Cor­nish Nation­al Minor­i­ty Sta­tus means to her.
Posted
26/03/24
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Prac­tice in Place — Lau­ra Eldret

Lau­ra Eldret shares her expe­ri­ence as an artist liv­ing and work­ing in Dorset
Posted
01/02/24
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People looking at an installation of an artwork including a large wooden frame sculpture with a painted sail.
Multidisciplinary

Place Por­trait Conversation

Anna Hay­dock-Wil­son, Ryan Con­very-Moroney, Caitlin Dawkes, Hol­ly Humphries and Tsi­po­ra St. Clair Knights reflect on cre­at­ing a com­mis­sion together.
Posted
25/01/24
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Multidisciplinary

Com­mu­ni­ties of Resistance

dhaqan col­lec­tive reflect on their pro­gramme, which includ­ed dia­logues about cli­mate jus­tice, racial & social pre­car­i­ty, and resistance.
Posted
25/01/24
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Multidisciplinary

Shap­ing the Visu­al Arts Nationally

Cre­ative coach and entre­pre­neur Ceri Hand inter­views CVAN’s nation­al direc­tor, artist and cura­tor Paula Orrell about mak­ing the arts more equitable.
Posted
11/01/24
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Moving Image

Film as Paint: Dis­ar­tic­u­lat­ing Authorship

Artist and film­mak­er Vicky Smith, recip­i­ent of a WEVAA R&D Bur­sary, reflects on 30 years of exper­i­men­tal film practice.
Posted
09/01/24
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Prac­tice in Place — Ellen Gillett

Ellen Gillett shares her expe­ri­ence as an artist liv­ing and work­ing in Southampton
Posted
19/12/23
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Sound

Inter­view with Music to Come and Jabu

As part of the Music to Come launch, Noods Radio inter­view mem­bers of the new artist-led plat­form and artist Jabu.
Posted
28/11/23
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Performance

Call­ing Call­ing: a gath­er­ing of voices

Watch the com­mis­sioned film of Call­ing Call­ing, an expand­ed vocal project by the Brunswick Club.
Posted
24/11/23
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Multidisciplinary

Art in and with Public/​s Conversation

A con­ver­sa­tion between Can Altay, Lumi­nara Flo­res­cu, Anna Hay­dock-Wil­son, Young In Hong, Susie Olczak and Ellie Shipman
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23/11/23
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Prac­tice in Place — Aman­da Lynch

Aman­da Lynch shares her expe­ri­ence as an artist liv­ing and work­ing in Somerset
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05/10/23
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Multidisciplinary

Inter­view with Asmaa Jama

Asmaa Jama reflects on the process of cre­at­ing and pro­duc­ing Except this time noth­ing returns from the ash­es with cura­tor Car­men Juliá.
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06/09/23
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July Region­al Visits

Han­nah Rose, VASW’s Sec­tor Devel­op­ment Man­ag­er, spent time in July meet­ing with dif­fer­ent arts organ­i­sa­tions in Som­er­set, N.Devon & Cornwall
Posted
21/07/23
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Performance

Live Drawn Stages

Camille Aubry, recip­i­ent of a WEVAA R&D Bur­sary, reflects on a project and col­lab­o­ra­tion with per­former Tom Marsh­man & pho­tog­ra­ph­er Khali Ackford.
Posted
28/06/23
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Prac­tice in Place — Ashan­ti Hare

Ashan­ti Hare shares their expe­ri­ence of what it’s like to live and work as an artist in Plymouth.
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19/05/23
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Region­al Vis­its — Exeter

Han­nah Rose, VASW’s Sec­tor Devel­op­ment Man­ag­er, spent the day in Exeter meet­ing with dif­fer­ent arts pro­fes­sion­als and hear­ing more about what they do.
Posted
17/05/23
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Multidisciplinary

Inter­view with Katy Connor

Katy Con­nor, recip­i­ent of a WEVAA R&D Bur­sary, reflects on the devel­op­ment of her project HydroPo­et­ics, in con­ver­sa­tion with Lucy Badrocke from VASW
Posted
18/04/23
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Bristol
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Multidisciplinary

SUPER DUPER ST. ANNE’S F.C.

Jonathan Kel­ham, recip­i­ent of a WEVAA R&D Bur­sary, reflects on Super Duper St. Anne’s F.C., a project cre­at­ed dur­ing a res­i­den­cy at Bricks.
Posted
23/03/23
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Bristol
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Prac­tice in Place — Geor­gia Gendall

Geor­gia Gen­dall shares her expe­ri­ence of what it’s like to live and work as an artist on the Rose­land in Cornwall.
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17/03/23
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Sculpture

Priv­i­lege Feeds Priv­i­lege: On the Top­pling of Edward Col­ston and What Came Next

Bris­tol based Savin­der Bual, artist, and Ang­ie Bual, Artis­tic Direc­tor of Trig­ger Stuff, share their thoughts on Marc Quin­n’s stat­ue of Jen Reid.
Posted
22/07/20
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Bristol
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Jenreid

A Con­tex­tu­al­iza­tion of My Response to Marc Quinn’s Stat­ue of Jen Reid

Suta­pa Biswas reflects on the events that led to the removal of the Edward Col­ston stat­ue in Bris­tol and com­ments on Marc Quinn’s stat­ue of Jen Reid.
Posted
22/07/20
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Sharing and Support

‘Shar­ing and Sup­port’ with Som­er­set Art Works

Paul New­man of SAW looks back on recent ​‘Devel­op and Cre­ate your Project’ ses­sion and the ways in which these work­shops help mem­bers devel­op ideas.
Posted
08/04/20
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Digital

Reflec­tions on the COVID-19 Crisis

Kim Wide, Direc­tor of Take A Part, looks at how we can remain present in new ways that sup­ports peo­ple to take part in art.
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02/04/20
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Kamina at the BE IT launch event

We are Young – Cre­ative – Inclu­sive – Rad­i­cal – Adap­tive – Provoca­tive. We are Rising.

Kam­i­na Wal­ton, Founder and Direc­tor of Ris­ing Arts Agency, shares her vision of gen­er­a­tive social change and the future of lead­er­ship in the arts.
Posted
09/03/20
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Bristol
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