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Teasing Out Contingencies at The Higgins Bedford

Militant ‘punk’ artist Quilla Constance brings a new large-scale exhibition to The Higgins in Bedford Artist Quilla Constance (also known as QC) will showcase eight new large-scale oil paintings and a costume-installation at The Higgins Bedford for her solo exhibition Teasing Out Contingencies. The exhibition opens on June 17 and will run until January 7,…

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Take Part Queen’s Park: Lockdown Art Packs

During Lockdowns, when we weren’t able to engage people in the community with the wider Take Part project, we worked with schools in Queen’s Park to provide free art packs to children at home who might not otherwise have access to even basic art materials.  Between July – December 2020 we provided 448 art packs to students on Pupil Premium at three schools in Bedford (Queens Park…

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Dance Beds: Social Impact of ‘800 Lifetimes’

‘800 Lifetimes’ is a 45-minute contemporary dance, sound and voice performance produced and performed by Pell Ensemble. Created with local communities and inspired by modern myth-making, ‘800 Lifetimes’, uses 360 sound technology Flowfal (a wearable app that allowed dancers to move and manipulate the sound in the space in real-time). The movements, material and words were…

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Made in Queen’s Park – Community Café

For one week only – Saturday 23rd October to Friday 29thOctober –  residents of Queen’s Park benefited from a free pop up café offering fun activities for half term. The free event, at the community centre, gave residents the chance to try out arts and crafts while enjoying some tea and cake. The café continued to…

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