BOSCOMBE PRECINCT STREET FESTIVAL OPENING DAY : URBAN FURNITURE PERSPECTIVE, ECO-CAB Too many events at BEAF and too little time to see them all? Grab an ECO-CAB from outside BEAF New Arts Space on Boscombe High Street and get dropped off at your chosen destination within the precinct. ECO-CAB: the friendly cabbie with zero carbon […]
An exhibition of new work at Vita Nova's Fourth Wall Gallery, created by our members around the theme of 'Reawakening', with British contemporary artist Mark David Lloyd. Vita Nova is a community theatre and arts group for people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.We are pleased to present four new pieces of work […]
An exhibition of a quilt created in response to the pandemic. Vita Nova is a community theatre and arts group for people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.We are pleased to present four new pieces of work reflecting on recovery and transformation, lockdown, and the current situations facing humanity. Suggested donation: £4. Suitable […]
What narratives are told when women are the storytellers? In this pre-recorded online performance and accompanying exhibition, Valise Noire Storytelling Theatre will share new writing created by local women who have experienced male violence against women. These Women of Words speak to female narratives from Dorset’s past and present. The group’s evocative writing amplifies unique […]
IMOGEN CHARLESTON : HAND AND EARTH Hand and Earth at the Red House Museum and Gardens The connection people have with the land through making objects from clay dates back over 20,000 years. Imogen shares the story of our local geology with an exhibition of vessels made from local wild clay. Inspired by Guy Sydenham, who worked […]
Interactive storytelling pop-up, creating a story written by visitors; they grow the fairy tale by adding a paragraph, and the tree by decorating with paper-cut leaves. 3D-story starts from seed and grows into fully-fledged tree. Including paper-cut workshops and story-generator to nurture ideas. Organised by Rebecca Hougham and Mel Bennett Creativate Bespoke Art Tuition Location: […]
NEVILLE COOPER : VISUAL LANGUAGE IN LANGUAGE AND COLOUR The Exhibition is a retrospective of Neville Cooper's work from the last 50 years. Neville initially came across the work of Jasper Johns while studying at the West Surrey College of Art & Design in 1978 and has been inspired to create abstract paintings ever since. He […]
ROYAL ARCADE : UNIT 11 AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO REALITY ‘An appropriate response to reality’ is an exhibition curated by Aaron Peever and Callum Stacey. The exhibition will showcase works by Alice Cunniffe, Jack Earls, Aaron Peever, and Callum Stacey. This exhibition responds to this year’s BEAF theme 2B Human through artworks made in restricted […]
BOSCOMBE PRECINCT STREET FESTIVAL OPENING DAY : URBAN FURNITURE PERSPECTIVE, ECO-CAB Too many events at BEAF and too little time to see them all? Grab an ECO-CAB from outside BEAF New Arts Space on Boscombe High Street and get dropped off at your chosen destination within the precinct. ECO-CAB: the friendly cabbie with zero carbon […]
Join us at TOSH for a mini market, bringing you products made by our awesome resident local creatives as part of BEAF festival's launch! Browse and buy items made by the emerging creative business who are graduating from our Start Up Programme, and experience our taster workshops. We'll be hosting Sustainable Scrunchie Sewing with Studio […]
An illustrated travel experience celebrating planet earth and the diverse natural environments found around the globe, consisting of 2D prints and large scale 3D elements and scenes. Join us to explore 4 microcosms, Jungle, Desert, Mountain and Underwater ARTIST WEBSITE HERE COVID-19 AND GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES We will be following Government guidelines for all events to […]
DENISE WEBBER : RECENT DRAWINGS “I hear the vixen in the early hours, crying for a mate. It’s a primeval sound. She has no need of sanction or permission. But when I am drawing the sparrow, I think of the sound of its wingbeats: somewhere between a murmur and a shiver. A bird, being a creature […]
William Kentridge is one of the world’s greatest living artists, and has had an expansive career which has seen him design opera sets, stage multi-disciplinary performances and create hard-hitting and poignant drawings and animations. His work explores the legacy of apartheid, as well as the human condition, and the ever-repeating cycles of history and memory. […]
Seeking Refuge is a photographic project led by Bournemouth based fine art photographer and community activist Caroline Beale Johnson. It shows images and words from the lives of refugees and migrants currently seeking asylum and living in Bournemouth. For this project Caroline selected and worked with six emerging and established photographers to provide an insight into the […]