Saturday 25th February saw the first public event as part of our Spring commission, Lace in Place. A steady stream of people came to Bedford Tourist Information Centre for Conversations in Lace.
The launch of our first Mini Commissions project took place in February 2012 – where we invaded Church Arcade, in Bedford’s town centre, with local painter Kristian Purcell.
21st January 2012 saw the launch of 123CREATE, Bedford Creative Arts’ new creative space for local people to meet and take part in community programmes of arts, music and food culture.
We are pleased to announce that Jacqueline Haddock will be joining us as our Creativity and Wellbeing Activist in 2012. Here at Bedford Creative Arts
We are pleased to announce that we are taking part in the Future Shorts Film Festival this January. Run by the creators of the acclaimed Secret ..
Kathy Hinde’s interactive sound map Echo Location, commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts has been specifically created for Bedford and has been developed over a series of workshops throughout the year. In November this year people were invited to come on ‘Walkshops ‘with Kathy and assistant artist Aaron Head, using their everyday smart phone or the
Konvertible returned for Christmas here at Bedford Creative Arts, with participants making decorations for a whispering Christmas tree. The decorations with a twist were for the annual St Paul’s Church Christmas Tree Festival. Local designer Lisa Tilley (www.uoldbag.com) demonstrated techniques for making handmade decorations and Andy D’Cruz (www.outputarts.com), a London based audio artist, invited participants
Bedford Creative Arts is proud to be part of Eastern Pavilions. Each of the 12 visual art organisations in the East, supported by a local patron of the Arts, commissioned an artist to produce a new unique work which collectively form a Print Portfolio. We are pleased to have commissioned Bedfordshire artist Andy Holden whose
The Mini Commissions are open to professional and amateur artists, curators and producers living in the Bedfordshire area who have a good idea that aligns with our artistic policy. Each season we award £500 to the applicant with the best idea and work with them to make it happen. The Winter Mini Commission was awarded
As part of the ‘The Big Draw’, the National Campaign for Drawing’s nationwide event, we commissioned Jo Roberts for The Excursionist project. Between October 15th and 22nd Jo and supporting artist Arabel Rosillo De Blas took groups of participants on ‘doodle walks’, mapping our local area through drawing, photography and communication. The project was a