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Watershed is delighted to welcome Anne Wong-Erven as General Manager and Sharmaine Lovegrove and Parys Gardener to the Watershed Board. Anne Wong-Erven takes up the new role of General Manager and joins the Executive Leadership team, working across the organisation on business and resource development and will share the responsibility and leadership of the organisation….

INVITATION TO APPLY SWCTN is a £6.6 million project to link research to development by expanding the use of creative technologies and supporting business growth across the region. Today SWCTN annouce they are seeking to appoint 24 Data Fellows to the South West Creative Technology Network. This is an exciting and flexible part-time opportunity for…

Today is Bisexual Visibility day. It’s a day to celebrate bisexual people across the globe and highlight the history and culture of the bisexual community and address the issues faced by it. For Bisexual Awareness week , 16- 22 September, I have a message for the bi trade unionists, and my bi friends and family and to…

OVERFLOW – trailer from Alexander Whitley on Vimeo. “Whitley has a fecundity of ideas, the skills to make them theatrical and he floods the stage with feelings and vivid, stimulating dance” – Financial Times Alexander Whitley, renowned choreographer working at the cutting edge of British contemporary dance and with the new creative possibilities opened up…

12 Sep 2019 – 23 Nov 2019 This September, Life Through Extraordinary Mirrors, a group exhibition at October Gallery features the work of Romuald Hazoumè, Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, Cyrus Kabiru, Zak Ové, Alexis Peskine, LR Vandy and Cosmo Whyte. The show will include painting, sculpture, and photography drawing upon themes of place, identity and human experience. The…

Produced by Harry Willmott and Lukus RobbinsHosted by Harry Willmott | A Podcast about the creative technology people and projects in the Southwest and beyond The Southwest Creative Technology Podcast wants to interview, enquire, discuss and learn about all the people, productions, projects or processes that are a part of the rapidly growing network of Creative…

Rights of Women will today launch the only specialist free legal advice line for women in England and Wales experiencing sexual harassment at work. According to the TUC, as many as 1 in 2 of women have experienced sexual harassment at work.  The legal advice will be provided by Rights of Women legal staff and…

Rife magazine is Watershed’s online magazine created for young people, by young people and from 21:00 on 22 July, in support of Rife, Watershed’s CEO Clare Reddington will begin a 24 hour sponsored silence to raise awareness of the need to ensure that young voices are heard. Clare will be handing over her meetings, her social media and…

The first augmented reality (AR) book to inspire families to use British Sign Language (BSL) will be soft launched from 12:30 pm on the 12th July 2019 at The Watershed in Bristol. Where is the Bird? combines illustrations, videos, print and smartphone technology to inspire families to use BSL with their children in the home or…

Hundreds of chronically ill people all over the UK are being denied medical cannabis by the NHS – new campaign calls for national amnesty “I am a criminal only because I cannot maintain a £1400 a month prescription” Carly Barton, June 2019 Wednesday 26 June 2019, London UK: Patients with some of the most painful debilitating…

Discover layers of complex narratives surrounding historical artefacts, learn British Sign Language with your baby using AR and surround yourself with natural soundscapes from around the world First ever Augmented Reality book to inspire families to use British Sign Language with their children created by VIKA books Multi award-winning Triangular Pixels’ game changing system enables creation…