Fringe Benefits 09 – 12 September 2021 This year, why don't you be the artist? Join the festival by creating art in your front window/garden/garage/driveway, celebrating the Isle of Portland! We are inviting everyone across the Isle of Portland to take part in this year's festival by creating something that celebrates the Isle of Portland. It could…
Sunday 12 September, 4.00 – 6pm. Meet at Easton Gardens. We will be parading through the streets of Portland and everyone is invited to take part. Portland has a tradition of parades – we would like to revive this custom and end our festival with a celebratory gathering through the streets of Portland led by you…
New Artists commissioned by Dorset Council to undertake a Weymouth Public Art Trail Community art programme – ‘Past Present and Future’ Following a successful Arts Council England application by Dorset Council, interviews were held last week in which two Bristol based artists – Alec Stevens and Jo Kimber were appointed. Jo is a Creative Producer…
09 – 12 September 2021 We are very excited to announce our new dates for b-side Festival 2021. It's been a busy year for b-side despite the COVID restrictions and we have been regularly in contact with our commissioned artists who created their proposals for the Festival way back in 2019! We realise and fully…
We are thrilled to announce that b-side has been granted an Arts Council England, Cultural Recovery Fund. We will receive £34,958 and this award will enable us to create a COVID safe, accessible environment for our visitors to the festival this September. We will also be able to commission some innovative new digital art, and…
FEE: £500 DEADLINE: 22 March 2021 We are looking for a Weymouth or Portland based artist/illustrator to create a comic strip style illustration of a section of our Annual Report. We are envisaging a visual representation of our report that is accessible and engaging while informing Portland residents (and the world!) about b-side's work. We…
In a unique online awards day held over five sessions on Thursday 4 February this year’s Winners and runners up in the Dorset Tourism Awards have been announced. The event saw 61 awards presented in 22 categories with a final ‘Winner of Winners’ award being the final announcement. It was the culmination of an 11 month…
As part of the Government's Kickstart Scheme, we have created 2 new roles at b-side. The Kickstart Scheme is a £2 billion fund that is supporting the direct creation of high quality 6-month work placements aimed at those aged 16-24 who are on Universal Credit and are deemed to be at risk of long-term unemployment. It will…
ABOUT THE NEW ARTIST MENTORING PROGRAMME From March 2021 – March 2022 b-side will train, mentor and support 5 young visual artists from the Borough of Weymouth & Portland (and the surrounding areas in Dorset) to: Develop, try and test new creative ideas that are specific and/or responsive to place Go and see new work made by regional artists…
We are thrilled to announce that Dorset Moon is a Dorset Tourism Awards Finalist! Over three weekends more than 41,000 people enjoyed Luke Jerram’s monumental Museum of the Moon installation in three stunning locations – St Peter’s Church, Bournemouth; Sherborne Abbey and the Nothe Fort at Weymouth. In a unique collaboration between three Dorset arts festivals – b-side,…