Open School Creative Launch

Are you an artist living within Dorset or the wider South West?

Help us shape our programming for Open School Creative 2024 by joining us at TOSH for our launch night! We’ll be discussing what kind of support, workshops or events you would find most useful, with FREE snacks, drinks and activities.

We particularly encourage attendance from diverse and lesser heard voices in the arts, including those who may feel they do not have formal arts education backgrounds.

Please sign up to our mailing list at BEAF Arts Co or TOSH to hear more about OSC.

Open School Creative (OSC) is a creative development network for all artists and creative practitioners operating within Dorset and the wider South West.

OSC is a collaboration between BEAF Arts Co and TOSH (The Old School House) to support our community of artists and their artistic development at all stages of their career. OSC events and workshops are for artists interested in collaboration, skills development, community and networking.

TOSH is a creative community and coworking space, and is a Grade II listed building based in the centre of Boscombe. TOSH supports local creative businesses with workspace packages and meeting rooms, as well as free drop-in Cowork Club mornings and Creative Hub nights. TOSH also offers regular arts workshops to join, and is available for hire for events.

BEAF Arts Co is an open-access, multi-art form festival and year round arts programme based on the south coast in Boscombe, Bournemouth. We are an innovative and independent organisation of freelancers and volunteers, who feel passionately that culture changes communities for the better.

Image © John Saborido

Getting to us at TOSH:

If you are coming by foot or by bus, take the M2 bus and get off near Boscanova if coming from Southbourne, or the stop after Aldi if coming from Poole and Bournemouth. If you are coming by car we would recommend parking in the sovereign centre car park.

Pokesdown for Boscombe train station is a 15-20 minute walk from B.A.D. along Christchurch Road.

TOSH has accessible toilets and kitchen facilities. If you have any access needs you would like to let us know about you can email us at gotbeaf@gmail.com