Introductions to the WHY? written by Finn McEvoy We met for the second time, on a Thursday evening in Dorchester’s Dorford Centre. At this meeting, first we began to discuss possible partners for our WHY? Festival. There are so many fantastic organisations in Dorset and the surrounding areas that we can get involved with our festival.…
b-side are excited to announce the apppointment of Bea Moyes as the project Research Coordinator on their Heritage Lottery Funded project 'Portland Pathways'. Bea is an independent researcher and filmmaker, with a background working with archive collections. She will be coordinating a team of community researchers to explore the historic origins of the rights of way…
The [intransit] Producers are 5 under 25s working together for a specific aim – they are producing and programming their very own WHY? Festival. The WHY? Festival stands for What’s Happening for the Young? And is a festival that was launched in 2014 by the Southbank Centre. The festival itself is always produced by young people’s…
Portland Pathways b-side has been awarded Heritage Lottery funding for a project exploring the historic origins of footpaths on the Isle of Portland, Dorset and their relationship to the landscapes and sites they connect. For this project we would like to commission an artist to respond to information gathered by the community research team to…
Jennie Dutton, The Dementia Darnings, 2011 www.jennidutton.com "Making my mother the subject and focus of my work, while I was looking after her helped me to deal with her decline into dementia." Jenni Dutton was another artist on the panel and her personal life also played a big part in her practice. Jenni lives and works…
We are delighted to announce that b-side will be a recipient of Arts Council England’s Catalyst Small Grants programme. Catalyst Small Grants is designed to help organisations build their fundraising capacity and become more resilient. This funding enables us to invest more time into strategic planning, fundraising, partnership building and develop new ways of bringing investment into…
'Into Dust' has been selected as a finalist for the 2018 Winter Pride Art Awards! This year Winter Pride received over 700 applications for their annual competition and our project 'Into Dust' was 1 of the 17 projects to be selected! Into Dust is an LGBT music video commissioned by b-side. Music produced by Adam Coombs, Brontë Shande & Rosina Buck.…
In 2017 we welcomed new members to our Board of Directors! John Tizard (Chair) “I delighted to Chair the b-side board. It is a privilege to be part of such a dynamic and creative team. We combine the power of art with the power of community. This is awesome and empowering.” John Tizard is a strategic advisor and…
Tuesday 5th December – Saturday 9th December, 12pm – 5pm. Outpost, 77 Fortuneswell, DT5 1LY Admission FREE We are hosting artwork by a selection of foreign nationals detained at the Immigration Removal Centre on Portland. The work to be exhibited at Outpost – b-side’s project space on Portland, and will include work on a variety…
A new initiative b-side have started is called 'b-side assemblies' where people can book a place for a day of conversation, featuring contributions from artists, producers and curators. The discussion is usually linked with the exhibition currently on at Outpost (Outpost is b-side's office and gallery space). The event I attended was called 'b-side Assemblies No 2: Embracing…