Seed Sedgemoor

Next week at Bridgwater Fair you can make your mark on the Thirsty Bear Forge collaborative metal sculpture. Have a go at real blacksmithing and test your metal! More info 👇👇👇

Thirsty Bear Forge - Seed Sedgemoor Artist Jake Bowers invites you to join him at Bridgwater Fair and take part in an exciting collaborative public art project by helping to forge the mane and tail of a life-sized Gypsy Cob. By crafting a piece of steel into a lock of hair, you can contribute to the creation of this magnificent steel....

Colourful new mosaic unveiled by community art group at Highbridge's Morland Hub A colourful new mosaic has been unveiled by a community art group at Highbridge's Morland Hub this week.

Two new additions at the popup

Highbridge artist to premiere new work in Bridgwater A young artist from Highbridge, who won the Robert Richards Award, will showcase his new work at an exhibition in Bridgwater this month

We were proud to award Ezra Metcalfe with the Robert Richards Award digital art commission with the support of Arts Council England, this opportunity is for an artist under the age of 20 to receive a fee and access to materials and support to create a new piece of digital art. The new work created by Ezra will be shown to the public for the first time on Saturday 21st September when it will be projected as part of the ‘Twilight’ event taking place from 7.30pm at SL-ATE in Bridgwater.

Creative Director Deb Richardson explained “We support the creation of new work by artists throughout the year in a variety of ways and wanted to spotlight some of the emerging young talent in the county in memory of our late Chair Robert Richards. Ezra plans to study GCSE Art this year and already takes commissions for custom Pokemon characters. They are clearly a talent to watch for the future and we’re delighted to be able to share what they have created with audiences.”

The award is named after the late Robert Richards, who was our Chair of Trustees for over twenty years and was passionate about supporting emerging talent. Robert was well known in Somerset for his work as a trustee for Glastonbury Abbey and for his role at Glastonbury Festival.

Artist Ezra Metcalfe said “Digital formats are so convenient and there’s always an ‘undo’ button. I used an application called Procreate, which allows you to create animations and still images. My inspiration for the piece was from some of the dystopian fiction I read, which often have themes of the environment and hope. I’m motivated to do more about the climate crisis and one of the simplest things we can do is simply ask companies to stop creating unnecessary packaging, especially supermarkets. I didn’t expect to be awarded it. There are lots of young talented people in Somerset so to be selected is an honour and a surprise.”

Say you're attending: Bridgwater TWILIGHT Trail: Projections

We have launched our Robert Richards Award Sound Art Commission, find out more: www.somersetfilm.com/community

Just a reminder you can find a bit more info and a schedule for the current Individuality Project exhibition at the Seed Creative Popup here

Seed Creative Popup - Seed Sedgemoor The Creative Popup is at Angel Place shopping centre in Bridgwater. and will offer a range of activities over the next twelve months! Based on feedback received from Bridgwater residents at our Creative Accelerators where we were told that not enough creative activities were happening in the town ce...

Arts charity launches exhibition to represent Sedgemoor’s community An arts charity has launched an exhibition featuring clay figures that represent “our community and our individuality”.

The popup at Angel Place will be open again at 11am tomorrow - do drop in!

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National Gallery's Art Road Trip is heading to Burnham-On-Sea this month Burnham-On-Sea is set to host the National Gallery’s travelling art studio this month.

Pop down to Angel Place today and check out the first exhibition of the new Creative Popup, The Individuality Project!

In depth article to go with the radio and news coverage today

Bridgwater clay figures inspired by Antony Gormley go on show More than 1,300 clay figures have been individually sculpted by residents and community groups.

We had a fantastic time opening our popup space at Angel Place in Bridgwater today. Watch 'Points West' tonight and tomorrow lunch time and check out radio coverage on Andy Bennetts show today (Director Scott and Participant Nikita speak to Andy from 1:50 onwards on the 30 August episode)

BBC Radio Somerset - Andy Bennett on BBC Radio Somerset, 30/08/2024 Andy brings you music, news, travel and sport for your weekday afternoon.

Love to sing but tremble at the thought of doing it anywhere but the shower?? Jessica Cunningham has you covered!

'Singing for the Slightly Terrified' workshops set to start at Highbridge church New singing workshops are set to launch in Highbridge this September and over the winter.

☀️ SUMMER WALK 'N' TALKS - AUGUST DATES ☀️

Our Young Somerset Wellbeing team are hosting a variety of walks for young people (13+) across Somerset throughout this August.

🌟 Yeovil
🌟 Frome
🌟 Shepton Mallet
🌟 Bridgwater
🌟 Wellington
🌟 Highbridge
🌟 Minehead

🖥️ FULL LIST OF DATES ON OUR WEBSITE - To book your place and find out more information visit our website - https://www.youngsomerset.org.uk/Event/summer-walk-n-talks

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Artist call-out for commission!📣📣📣
We are looking for a mural artist for the entrance to the Creative Popup space in Bridgwater. More details on our website link in bio! Shares to artist networks appreciated!🎨🖌️

Another artist call-out‼️📣📣📣
We are looking for a talented mural artist to create an inspiring, engaging piece for the Seed Creative Popup. 🎨🖌️
Shares to artist’s networks appreciated!
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Dear Young People,

What you’re seeing in the news and on social media might be scary, remember it’s ok to feel worried, upset, sad or even angry – other people including the adults in your life might be feeling the same.

Every young person deserves to feel safe and valued, no matter their background.

If you've been affected, please reach out for support:

🔵 Mindline Somerset - www.mindinsomerset.org.uk

🔵 SARI - saricharity.org.uk

🔵 Avon and Somerset Police - www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/report/hate-crime

🔵 Email - [email protected]

🔵 Stop Hate UK - https://www.stophateuk.org/

The Front Garden Music Festival Highlights video by Jody Barnard is now live on our Youtube channel‼️while you're there give the channel a follow to make sure you keep up to date with all Seed related activities and projects happening over the coming months!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cTOPQZQ80Q

300 clay figures set to go on display in Highbridge church in unique exhibition An exhibition of clay figures, uniquely created by members of the public, is coming to St John’s Church in Highbridge for one day only, on Saturday 31st August.

‼️Artist callout‼️ We are opening commissions for Bridgwater projects including our upcoming Creative popup space! We are looking for artists or artistic groups in any medium at any stage of their career to bring exciting, engaging projects to the Bridgwater community!💡🩰🎨🎭🎹👇 Everything you need to know 👇

New Opportunities for artists and the Seed Creative Popup - Seed Sedgemoor Seed is looking to commission artists, community groups and organisations to engage the community of Bridgwater in new creative opportunities. Seed commissions are designed to support a wide range of artistic endeavors, from visual arts and crafts to performance and multimedia projects. We encourage...

Go check this out at the Engine Room if you can!

Menhir Exhibition by Elizabeth Woodger Launches Tomorrow!

An exhibition of photographs celebrating the twelve special qualities of the Mendip Landscape will be the first work to be shown using the new digital facilities at The Engine Room in Bridgwater. “Menhir” by Somerset artist Elizabeth Woodger opens on Saturday 20th July to coincide with “Super Saturday”, a day of cultural events taking place in the town centre.

The exhibition, ‘Menhir’, takes its name from the neothilic standing stones and asks the question: what makes a landscape - geological processes or human actions? The images blend the cultural and natural histories of the region by printing photographs onto local rock specimens and then embedding them in the environment.

It was first seen by audiences projected onto the rock faces of Cheddar Gorge last October as part of the Moments on Mendip Contemporary art project. Artist and photographer Elizabeth Woodger created the work to mark the 50th anniversary of the Mendip Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership, now known as the Mendip Hills National Landscape, thanks to funds from Seed Sedgemoor and Arts Council England. As a former geologist, with a PhD in palaeoclimatology, Elizabeth’s creative practice represents a form of environmental and ecological research.

The exhibition is free to view and will be open Monday to Friday 10am - 4pm and on Saturday 27th July 11am - 2pm, with the final date to catch the work will be Friday 2nd August.

https://www.facebook.com/SomersetFilm/posts/pfbid0pPZEkTENWSk5eYpgEcw7oYA6FfaTjamZXM2XRh1LotteDX4dEFbQ9GtgEmtRjKdJl



Elizabeth Woodger

Spent a brilliant morning in Taunton meeting Nick from Actiontrack who I'm delighted to say will be partnering with us to deliver Blues in the Pews next year, through their Make Music: Repeat project! We discussed the importance of keeping what we love about BITP front and centre, while also looking at ways to grow what we're doing to help more musicians, and help existing musicians to develop and grow! All good news for BITP, for St John's Church, and for Highbridge. I also got to look round their great studio in the centre of Taunton which is well worth a visit!

~ Martin