Promenade Weekender

Following the first Promenade Weekender in 2023, we are delighted to present another weekend of local art commissions, activities, and events in Weston-super-Mare alongside flagship RNLI 200 anniversary commission Sea Like a Mirror.

PROMENADE explores place, environment & the natural world through multidisciplinary contemporary arts and socially engaged practice. Rooted in Weston’s unique coastal landscape, Promenade considers an ecology of place, and our relationship with the environment we live in.

New artist commissions and engagement activities respond to Weston’s coastline and feature as part of a weekend programme of location-specific artworks, workshops & activities, music & performance, walks & talks, happenings & interventions taking place along Weston’s promenade.

Five new micro-commissions feature newly developed work from South West early-career artists: Chloe Walker, Simon Hamlyn, Caitlin Dawkes, Simone Marconi and Miranda Collis. The commissioned artists will present new artworks that explore Weston's coastline across a range of disciplines including movement, sculpture, natural textiles, and animated film.

The wider programme also includes a 16mm film commission about Birnbeck Pier by artist Laura Phillips, a poetry commission about the RLNI by Beth Calverley with community-led activities including a showcase from Weston Loxton Art College students, performances by Super Culture Youth Theatre, screenings of One Minute Experimental Sea Films captured by Weston’s communities and more.