Knowle West Media Centre

We’re excited to be attending this year’s Open Living Lab Days in Romania! We’ll be running workshops and joining panels sharing our arts practices for making change.

If you're a living labber, public official, entrepreneur, or academic, this is your must-attend event...

The wait is over: the Days 2024 agenda is finally here!
Get ready to dive into the world of Living Labs and join us in , Romania, from September 25 to 27, 2024.

Explore the exciting theme of "LIVING LABS FRONTIERS: Driving systemic change through Soci(et)al Engagement, for real impact” through interactive workshops, sessions, research presentations, and open talks.

The day before the main conference, our Learning Lab Day 0 will kick off the event with a full-day training session on key Living Labs topics led by expert trainers.

Explore Timisoara's Innovative Soul: on September 27th, embark on one (or more!) of our curated site visits and guided city tour to discover the city’s unique and innovative spirit.

What if we close our three-day flagship event on Living Labs with a free concert? Can you imagine that?

Stay tuned for all key news on , and follow us on our official profile Days 2024!

Have a look here to check our agenda: https://bit.ly/3Y7tKQj

Our joint statement with We Can Make on the recent racist and Islamophobic riots that have taken place across the UK and Bristol.

If you are a local person or group looking for a welcoming space to stay connected, please get in touch with us.

If you’re free tomorrow, come and visit us at Knowle West Health Park’s community fun day! 🎉

The Summer Fun day is on Wednesday! come along between 11am-3pm for fun activities, drop in health checks, and the chance to get your bike safety checked by Dr Bike.

We are so excited to be Design Partners on the Sharing Stories project!

Bristol Museums and Libraries are working with Acta Theatre and Filwood Community Centre to capture local voices through a Sharing Stories project, having received £89k from the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Our role as Design Partners means we’ll be co-creating interactive exhibitions in Bedminster Library and Filwood Library using our maker space KWMC The Factory. Excited to share more once we start designing!

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Bristol Libraries

More info: tinyurl.com/sharing-stories-bristol

👣 🌍 Take a step further in the Living Labs world, and explore the transformative potential of including art and artists in your Living Lab.

Our 2nd 2024 Deep Dive Session, co-designed with Knowle West Media Centre, will equip you with tangible examples of how creative tools and activities can boost user engagement, spark innovation, and achieve positive long-term results in your Living Lab! 🎨🧠

Today, let’s meet our hosts and trainers, who will guide us through interactive sessions, practical workshops, and the on-site discovering of the innovative and creative Living Labs environment of Bristol!💡

Martha King, Creative Co-Director at Knowle West Media Center
Julia Costa Carneiro, Research Lead at West Media Center
Clara Collett, Data and Insights Lead at Knowle West Media Center

We are waiting for you! 🙏 Register now and join us in Bristol, UK, on November 13-14 for a new incredible learning adventure: https://bit.ly/45Xl6Wr 📑

We've had an inspiring term at Maker City! Our young people have been very busy working on collaborative and personal design projects, all while learning how to use digital fabrication kit: from 3D printing little zip charms to vinyl cutting/heat pressing big stage backdrops for Knowle West Fest

Alongside all that, we also invited three special guests to run sessions with us, introducing our young people to different industries and perspectives:

🏠 Nudge Group - designing for the new Temple Quarter developments.

🚌 Curiosity Unltd - learning about the Bristol Bus Boycott and getting stuck in with social action.

🎌 Alice Gabb - co-creating social action banners.

Do you know a young person who’d like to join Maker City? We are now accepting signups for our 2024-25 programmes! Link in bio or visit: tinyurl.com/kwmc-ypp

Did you know that incorporating art and artists in your Living Lab can boost innovation? 👨‍🎨 💡

Discover how art can transform your Living Lab through our Deep Dive Session "How to Work with Arts and Artists to Enhance your Living Labs!"

📆 13-14 November, 2024
📍 Bristol, UK

This new edition of our 2-day training, hosted and facilitated by West Media Centre, will provide Living Lab practitioners with tangible examples of what art can bring to our Living Labs and how to harness the power of art and artists in different real-life contexts. 🖌 ⚙

Check our website to read more about this training and to register: https://bit.ly/45Xl6Wr. Only 12 spots available: book yours now! ⏳

We are thrilled to be part of the Transforming Energy Together project, working with , and local people to explore pathways towards scalable community energy!

Exciting news to share... along with Knowle West Media Centre and Southmead Development Trust we have been awarded funding through the Transforming Energy Together programme to work with residents to understand their energy priorities and develop solutions together.

The funding will enable us to partner with residents in developing community-based projects that generate clean energy locally and reduce energy usage in homes and neighbourhoods, ultimately cutting energy bills, improving home comfort, creating green job opportunities, and driving sustainable investment at a community level.

This is an exciting addition to our Community Climate Action project that will end next year.

The programme is delivered by Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership Centre For Sustainable Energy and Bristol Energy Network and is part of the Innovate UK funded Net Zero Project, led by Bristol City Council

Learn more and get involved https://buff.ly/4eUlokW

Don't forget about our latest opportunity to join our lovely team as a Creative Communities Coordinator! Apply by 22nd July.

Job Opportunity: Creative Communities Coordinator - KWMC We are looking for someone to work with our creative team to support the engagement, delivery and administration of creative programmes at KWMC. You will mostly be working with our Young People’s programme, co-developing and delivering activities for young people, with a focus on new and emerging ...

Today!! No booking required, pop into KWMC anytime before 12.

This Wednesday we will have a very special Creative Cuppa! Join artists Megan Clark-Bagnall and Tom Marshman for a fun tea party filled with cake, poetry, performance and an opportunity to explore what ‘home’ means to you. ☕️🍰

Come have a play with us or just sit back to enjoy a cuppa and a slice of cake while cracking on with your own making.

All welcome, totally free as usual, no booking required.

🗓️ Weds 10th July
⏰ 10am-12pm drop in
📍 KWMC (Leinster Ave, South Bristol)

📷 Mark Gray

This Wednesday we will have a very special Creative Cuppa! Join artists Megan Clark-Bagnall and Tom Marshman for a fun tea party filled with cake, poetry, performance and an opportunity to explore what ‘home’ means to you. ☕️🍰

Come have a play with us or just sit back to enjoy a cuppa and a slice of cake while cracking on with your own making.

All welcome, totally free as usual, no booking required.

🗓️ Weds 10th July
⏰ 10am-12pm drop in
📍 KWMC (Leinster Ave, South Bristol)

📷 Mark Gray

✨ Job Opportunity: Creative Communities Coordinator! ✨

We are looking for someone to work with our creative team to support the engagement, delivery and administration of creative programmes at KWMC. You will mostly be working with our Young People’s programme, co-developing and delivering activities for young people, with a focus on new and emerging creative technology.

💸 Starting at £25,933 per annum (pro rata)

⏰ Part time, 4 days a week, open to applications for 3 days a week.

📍 Knowle West Media Centre, Leinster Avenue, Bristol, BS4 1NL (open to some remote working)

Apply by midday 22nd July! For more info, head to: kwmc.org.uk/coordinator-job

📸 Ibi Feher

We had an incredible time at Knowle West Fest where we hosted workshops creating fabric designs, using mobile phones to connect with nature, and 360 photography.

It was amazing to see everyone come together, learn new skills, and create beautiful crafts. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

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Creative Cuppa next week at Knowle West Media Centre

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We recently had a super inspiring Creative Cuppa with PRRRRRT! showing us how to craft electronic pompoms which make different noises depending on how they're squeezed, as well as noisy electronic drawings! 🤯

Huge thanks to Jasmine Butt from PRRRRRT! for sharing this playful approach to physical computing.

Creative Cuppa is on Wednesdays 10am-12pm at KWMC. If you'd like to join us and don't usually attend Creative Cuppa, please contact [email protected]. All ages and total beginners are very welcome.

📷 Ibi Feher

At this week’s Creative Cuppa there will also be an extra space next door to drop in with any digital privacy questions!

The clinic is running on Weds 26th June 10am-2pm. 💻

Our recent Family Fun Day was packed full of art and tech activities for all ages! 🎨

Together we created soundscapes of the KWMC garden, crafted creatures with artists Silvia Rimat and Charli Clark played with robot balls plus building blocks with We Can Make, made plant markers on the laser cutter, and co-created a Soundwave banner for Knowle West Fest!

Thanks to everyone who got stuck in. Join our mailing list to hear about future free activities - sign up at the bottom of our website: kwmc.org.uk. 💌

📷 Ibi Feher

We recently celebrated our first ever SoundWave Festival! Young people from SoundWave & SoundWave+ ran workshops and craft activities alongside sharing podcasts they made and fantastic performances. Plus face painting with Jo Jo's facepainting, fresh pizza donated by Pizzarova as well as info on wellbeing from OTR 🤩

We’re also really excited to share that Arlo Edwards from Soundwave+ will be performing at Knowle West Fest on 15th June at 11:45am outside Filwood Community Centre - come along and see them for yourself! 🎉

📷 Ibi Feher

Knowle West Fest 2024 🎉

Join us at Filwood Community Centre and on Filwood Broadway on Saturday 15 June as we celebrate 50 YEARS of Knowle West Fest! 🥳

This year is going to be our best yet with live music 🎵 and theatre acts 🎭, creative activities 🎨, circus skills 🎪, an awesome art exhibition 🖼️ showcasing local talent (as part of ) and all sorts of other stuff! Watch this space to find out more on what’s planned!

The event will run from 11am until 4pm so come for a bit or stay all day ☺️

Filwood Community Centre, Barnstaple Road, Bristol, UK Check out the weekly and special events at Filwood Community Centre. We host a variety of regular activities and events, there's something for everyone.

Another wonderful workshop with our artist in residence Myah Asha Jeffers this week – the rain didn’t stop us from enjoying Springfield Community Allotment 😍☂️

Myah is working with local multi-cultural women to capture their stories and self-portraits using an old film camera. These will be exhibited at Knowle West Fest (South Bristol) on 15th June – everyone is welcome, come and see them for yourself!

Would you like to join us next time? Please feel welcome to message us or email [email protected] more info.

Just a couple days left to apply to our Arts & Tech Producer role, closing June 7th. We can’t wait to hear from you!

kwmc.org.uk/arts-tech-producer/

Job Opportunity: Arts & Tech Producer - KWMC We are looking for someone experienced in developing, delivering and project managing arts and tech programmes, ideally with experience of working in community contexts. We want to welcome into the team someone passionate about supporting artists to develop arts and tech work in and with communities...

We're inviting anyone from a culturally diverse background to join photographer Myah Asha Jeffers at Springfield Community Allotment for a free, fun, informal workshop exploring photography and self-portraits! 📸

🗓️ Tuesday 4th June, 12.30 - 2.45pm

To book a place and find out more, contact Jasmine: [email protected] or 07561 036175.

Can't make this one? No worries, we have two other workshops with Myah: cyanotype printing in the sun on 11th June and exhibition prep/storytelling on 12th June!

We recently learned how to encode words into textiles with Wisterlitz's Knitwitter app at Creative Cuppa!

The Knitwitter app is an open-source tool, so anyone can use it – simply type in your message, then it’ll transform your text into binary code and make pattern suggestions. You can choose a pattern and interpret it however you like – we chose weaving, stickers and crochet! These weaving looms were laser-cut over at our maker space, KWMC The Factory.

We had amazing discussions about craftivism (using crafts to try to achieve political or social change) and data privacy. 💪🏿

Check out knitwitter.com to try it yourself – snap a pic of what you make and tag us!

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Join our Family Fun Day at KWMC (South Bristol) on Tuesday 28th May! 🎨 🤖

Drop in anytime between 11am-3pm for nature inspired art, tech and garden activities for all ages. No need to book. ✨

Any questions? Email [email protected] or call: 01179 030444.

Another great session and lots of ideas for the Community Climate Action Plan at Knowle West Media Centre 🌿

Looking forward to this plan coming together for our community.

A massive thank you to all that attended the event at the Knowle West Media Centre. To all the staff whom were great and up for being painted!! Filwood Community Centre also so lovely to need members of the team. What a community feeling and sense of coming together for the children.
It was so nice and refreshing to see a facility like this and only wished we had something like this for the children in North Bristol. It’s somewhere I felt that children would be heard, safe and educated.
Can’t wait to be back xx