What's on
We curate the BEAF arts festival but also programme events throughout the year from our pop-up venue, Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), at our workshop and events space, The Old School House, (TOSH) or at temporary locations, depending on the event. For example, in 2022 we brought a performance of Julius Caesar from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre to Boscombe’s Sovereign Centre carpark. Regular events include a Wednesday night film programme in our lounge cinema in B.A.D. plus our weekly specialist workshops linked to our projects, The Outsiders Project and Seeking Refuge Project. We announce all our upcoming events via our newsletter and on social media.
We also work with our partners at TOSH to programme workshops and courses to support professional practice for artists, including meetup events, mentoring and business support. See further information here.
Current projects and events
OSC Events
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.
OSC Lucky Draw
No strings attached £500 support fund for artists and creatives based in the Bournemouth (BH) Postcode area to develop your professional arts practice.
Apply just once and if eligible you will be entered into every Lucky Draw for 12 months.
Winter Deadline: Mon 24 November
Access BEAF Global Majority meet-up
Thurs 4 Dec, 6-8pm at TOSH
If you are a global majority creative and are part of Access BEAF, or thinking of joining please join us for a creative meet up.
If you want to be part of a growing creative community and receive artist development support we’d love if you could join us at TOSH to meet each other, find out more about each other’s work and share any work that you would like to bring along.
It’s an informal creative meet up with drinks and snacks.
There is also no pressure to share any work if you don’t want to.
Exhibition Catalogue You're Not Alone: Women In Art 2025
Discover more about the exhibition with our beautifully produced 30-page softcover catalogue. It features full-cloloured images of the artworks and artists, alongside an insightful introduction to the exhibition’s theme by Sonia Boué, an Anglo‑Spanish multiform visual artist, writer, and consultant deeply engaged with themes of home, displacement, postmemory, and neurodiversity. You’ll also find short biographies of each participating artist, offering a deeper understanding of their work.
A limited number of exhibition catalogues are available for purchase for £6. To order your copy, please email gotbeaf@gmail.com.
Lucky Draw for Neurodivergent and Disabled artists
This Lucky Draw is in memory of Yvonne Mabs Francis, one of our artists exhibiting in our summer exhibition, You’re Not Alone: Women in Art 2025, who passed away earlier this year. Yvonne raised the hidden struggles of managing her mental health through her paintings.
Apply below for a chance to win our no strings attached £500 one off support fund – for Neurodivergent and Disabled artists and creatives based in the Bournemouth (BH) Postcode area to develop their professional arts practice.
Summer Deadline: Mon 15 Dec
Weekly workshops
Creative writing with the Outsiders Project
Mondays 11.30am-1pm
Tuesdays 6-8pm
Wednesdays 6-8pm (bi-weekly only starting from the 15 Jan) is a LGBT+ writing group.
All at at TOSH.
We run weekly creative writing workshops throughout the year with marginalised communities in Boscombe. They help to develop skills, confidence and self-belief.
To read more about who these workshops are for and our criteria click here.
No experience is necessary for all of our workshops. If you are interested in joining our workshops, please email us at theoutsidersproj@gmail.com
Photography with the Outsiders Project
Specific Saturdays in the day throughout the year
We run weekly photography workshops, developing skills in analogue and digital photography. These workshops are free for people that have been sidelined from society and whose voices have not been heard.
To read more about who these workshops are for and our criteria click here.
No experience is necessary for all of our workshops. If you are interested in joining our workshops, please email us at theoutsidersproj@gmail.com
Thursday Threads by Seeking Refuge
Thursdays 12.30- 2.30pm at TOSH
Seeking Refuge workshops are on going projects that give people seeking asylum, refugees and vulnerable migrants a space to come together and work creatively, as well as meeting new people.
Currently, we run free women’s workshops, called ‘Thursday Threads’, which meet every Thursday, at TOSH, the Old School House, Boscombe. Providing a supportive space, friendship and creative activities to enjoy over a cup of tea. More info here.
Contact Caroline for more info if you or if you know someone that would like to join one of our workshops, at:
caroline.bjohnson@recreatedorset.co.uk