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Our Natural Blue Spaces is a project dedicated to exploring and celebrating the beauty of Blue Spaces—rivers, lakes, canals, and ponds—within the Central Bedfordshire area. Through a blend of art, workshops and community engagement, we will create an interactive map, with artist Kremena Dimitrova, that encapsulates these natural spaces, both in physical and digital formats.…
Read MoreTastes Like Home is an audio food trail project based in Bedford, a concept developed by Alex Levene, Creative Producer & Company Director of WordSetFree and Radhika Aggarwal, award-winning Voice Over and Actor, Artist and Presenter. Bedford is a town pulsating with the influences of Italian, Caribbean, Indian, Pakistani, and Polish communities. Tastes like Home…
Read MoreFrom Tuesday 5 March to Saturday 9 March 2024, LegalAliens in collaboration with Bedford Creative Arts ran theatre workshops dedicated to Bedford-based migrants, refugees and asylum seekers interested in acting, performing and having their voices heard. LegalAliens is a theatre company that includes migrants as artists, creatives, participants and audiences. All workshop facilitators are migrants…
Read MoreBedford Producer Hub aims to support practitioners creating a diverse range of projects which benefit local participants and audiences and are relevant to local needs and wants. We have recruited a cohort of 10 practitioners who are looking for sustained support to develop their projects and careers. Between November 2023 and July 2024, we are…
Read MoreBCA and Fujifilm have provided participants, through artist led workshops, the opportunity to produce individual portraits.
Read MoreRiver/ Flow/ Connect is a project delivered by Bedford Creative Arts that aims to develop resident engagement in the areas of Kempston, Queen’s Park, Kingsbrook & Cauldwell and Great Denham with the River Great Ouse on their doorstep through artistic installations and creative activity. This long-term project aims to install a series of community co-commissioned,…
Read MoreHow it works BCA negotiates permission with an empty shop’s landlord to exhibit art in their shop window until a new tenant is found. The letting agent will continue to promote the vacant unit throughout the project. BCA invites local artists to apply for exhibition space. Artists are matched with appropriate windows and provided with…
Read MoreDigital Ghost Signs is a project that combines public art with digital technology to bring to life the stories behind two murals located in Bedford Town Centre. Students from Bedford College will work with digital artist Clemence Debaig to create an app which will use augmented reality to offer a deeper experience of the Ghost…
Read MoreThe Vault Game is an interactive puzzle that explores key landmarks and invites viewers to learn about the high street in a fun and interactive way. The game is based on a local urban myth that a bank vault is still buried underneath the site of the old bank. In 2021, Bedford Creative Arts commissioned…
Read MoreCulture Clubs is a pilot project that aims to raise the creative career aspirations for students between years 9-11. In partnership with the University of Bedfordshire, we are working with Goldington Academy, Mark Rutherford and Oak Bank School to develop young people’s skills in creative subjects and increase their awareness of pathways into the cultural…
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