Smart Oxford Playable City® Commission open for submissions The Smart Oxford Playable City Commission puts people and play at the heart of the City of Oxford, inviting creatives from around the world to respond to the theme of the Shared City. Applications open until 20 June. Smart Oxford and Watershed announce a new global call…
Beirut, Lebanon – A multi-country study in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) – covering Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon, and Palestine – reveals the reality of men’s lives behind the headlines. While a majority of men surveyed in the four countries support a wide array of inequitable, traditional attitudes; a sizable minority of men in…
Zak Ové Media Release Black and Blue: The Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness 8 April 2017–3 June 2018 Lower Park Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) welcomes an extraordinary assembly of 80 sculptures by British-Trinidadian artist Zak Ové. Black and Blue: The Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness, a mass of identical two-metre-tall figures,…
Zak Ové’s Moko Jumbie figures are the first major contemporary works by a Caribbean artist on display in the Sainsbury African Galleries. As part of the Celebrating Africa season at the British Museum in 2015 the UK-Trinidadian artist Zak Ové created two spectacular Moko Jumbie figures. One male and one female in striking black and…
International Women’s Day 2017 (IWD) is upon us #BeBoldForChange. How brilliant it is to see the media online and otherwise engaging so fully with the day and all that it represents. The buzz and excitement for IWD is palpable with so many wonderful projects taking place to mark the day. One I am looking forward to in…
As winter thaws and the darkness gives way to the first glimmers of spring… With pleasure, we announce the vibrant and eclectic programme that sees the city of Salisbury resound with artistic encounters of all kinds: the Ageas International Salisbury Arts Festival 2017 The 2017 programme surprises and delights, this year looking westwards across the…
Yesterday was World Book Day 2017 (WBD) a day where schools across the country celebrate books and reading by asking students to attend in fancy dress, representing a character from a book. From the beginning of the week, my little son returned home from school each day, excitedly reporting that his Year 1 form teacher…
The latest Edition of the What Works newsletter for February 2017 is out! Click here to read more and sign up for future editions.
Congratulations to Susanna White who has been nominated for Best Director for Our Kind Of Traitor at the prestigious annual National Film Awards UK taking place on the 29th of March 2017. Furthermore, The National Film Academy has announced that Our Kind of Traitor has been nominated in a further five categories: Best British Film Best Independent Feature…
Media Alert: A Crowdfunded book of topical essays We are thrilled to announce that award-winning Bristol-based author Nikesh Shukla is collaborating with the team of young journalists behind Watershed’s Rife Magazine on their very own book! And we need your help to get this brilliant idea off the ground… Against the tumultuous backdrop of 2017,…
Tuesday 7 February 2017, London UK: A new report out today from drug policy think tank, Volteface, Black Sheep: An Investigation into Existing Support for Problematic Cannabis Use, reveals that a legal regulated market would better support people experiencing problematic cannabis use as the sector is lacking a clear, effective strategy for linking people into…
MEDIA ALERT 6 February 2017 PRESS CONFERENCE, TUESDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2017: FORMER MINEWORKERS, CAREGIVERS AND CHILDREN SPEAK OUT ON THE EFFECTS OF SILICOSIS From today, 6th of February 2017, the City of Cape Town will host the largest conference dedicated to the capitalisation and development of mining interests in Africa. The Investing In African Mining Indaba…