Dog Ballet | Nigel Barrett & Louise Mari. Photography: Marco Kesseler

Our work is focused on supporting culture-led development in Torbay and the wider region, including:

  • Catalysing project-based work, generating opportunities for a wide range of artists, producers and other creative practitioners

  • Capacity building through developing skills and talent across cultural, community, health, statutory and commercial sectors

  • Collaborative-design and culture-led community engagement

  • Culture & events programme development & delivery

  • Cultural asset/skills/knowledge mapping and development

  • Ongoing action learning enquiry

Projects

About Fungi and Being in the Dark
A collaborative exchange and creation project supporting artists in Thailand and UK - British Council International Collaboration Grants Programme.

Strandline
Artists Steve Sowden and Emma Welton and the community of Paignton uncover hidden histories, culminating in Benchline exhibition.

Stories of Care from the End of Life
Storyteller Sara Hurley collaborates with participants to explore end-of-life care experiences, blending their narratives with poetry by Beth Calverley.

Let Me Show You Around
Conversations and guided walks with Great Parks, Queen Elizabeth Drive residents in Paignton – capturing memories, experiences and local area use – inspires a resident-led approach for social and community resilience.

Wide Open
A cultural programme for Paignton as part of Torbay’s Cultural Development - Paignton Picture House.

[Agri]Culture, Villages in Action
Development and action learning to embed a culturally-driven action network across Devon’s rural communities.

All our stories: Gathering stories from people across Torbay, especially those who have experienced most disadvantage, to inform TCDT and LocalMotion in democratic and inclusive placemaking.

All Our Stories, LocalMotion
Stories gathered from people in Torbay who have experienced disadvantage informs future visions and actions for systemic change in the area.

Eyeview Cultural Programme: Wavelength: Three nights of illumination, sound, curiosity and play that took place in November 2019 in Torquay, bringing together artists, technology and local people after dark.

Eyeview Cultural Programme
Bringing together artists and communities through site-specific commissions, this cultural programme for Torbay’s Great Place Scheme includes participatory projects and community actions.