With cultural buildings such as theatres, galleries, cinemas and music venues remaining closed even as the coronavirus lockdown eases – and outdoor festivals and gatherings cancelled or postponed until next year – artists are facing the hardest of hard times. Emergency funding has been made available through various Government-backed schemes, but many artists who lost…
Who can apply? Freelance creatives living and working in Dorset (this includes Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) who are experiencing severe financial hardship due to COVID-19. This fund is for individuals who aren’t able to receive support from other resources and are ‘falling through the gaps’ and not eligible or meeting the criteria for other funds like this one. This…
b-side & Inside Out Dorset JOINT PRESS RELEASE Two of Dorset’s most popular arts festivals – b-side & Inside Out Dorset – are to be postponed until next year as a consequence of the on-going coronavirus pandemic. Both biennial events had been set to return this September, Inside Out Dorset hosted by Dorchester-based outdoor…
B-SIDE FESTIVAL – NEW DATES To all our friends and followers, The b-side team and directors have decided that the b-side Festival 2020 will be postponed until 11-19 September 2021. We are all really disappointed but the safety of our Portland community, artists, festival-goers, volunteers, team, and partner organisations all have to come first. We cannot even…
B-SIDE’S STATEMENT b-side would like to reassure artists and our partner organisations that we are here to talk about the impact Coronavirus is having on your work. We are committed to continuing our support of the many artists we commission across our programme, and, where possible, to offer support to artists in our region. As an…
Hello to all our supporters, we very much hope that you and yours are healthy and safe at this time. Along with lots of other organisations, we are looking at how our public-facing programmes and events will be impacted by the immediate and future Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. We are actively monitoring this situation – the health…
B-SIDE ADMINISTRATOR & FESTIVAL ASSISTANT If you have a passion for art & culture and like working as part of a busy team (no two days are alike and we like that), then we want to hear from you. You will be assisting the b-side team in all aspects of programme management to include – festival…
We are thrilled to announce that b-side have been awarded a grant of £9,000 from Alice Ellen Cooper Dean to develop our bursary and mentoring scheme for young visual artists. From March 2020 – March 2021 we will train, mentor and support 5 young artists from the Borough of Weymouth & Portland (and surrounding areas) to…
We are really excited to be welcoming photographer Gina Bolt to our Board. Gina actively participated in Culture+ (European and Arts Council funded) Early Careers Network Programme learning business skills, marketing and self-promotion, managing money – budgets, tax, evaluation, impact and diversity, leadership and presentation skills. She is currently part of the Board Diversity Training Programme…
Portland Museum and b-side have commissioned award-winning director, designer and audio/visual specialist Dan Shorten of Guildhall School of Music & Drama to create an inspiring and innovative piece of work to show at the museum during b-side festival in September 2020. As part of The History, Myths and Legends of Church Ope Cove project the…