Explore our current projects
b-side is not just a festival, we commission a whole range of art, research, events and activities throughout the year – take a look below.
FEATURED PROJECTS
FEATURED PROJECTS
Explore our archive
Uncover some of the inspiring art projects we’ve been running in and around Portland since 2008.
08/09/2022
Festival 2022
b-side is back this year 08 - 11 September 2022 with a whole new exciting program of Events and Artists.
14/04/2022
Platform Bursary 2022
Platform bursaries are aimed at emerging visual artists or established artists interested in exploring new ways of working.
25/04/2022
Souvenirs of Place and Love
A Jubilee community project to celebrate all that we cherish and love.
31/03/2022
New Artist Mentoring Programme 21/22
A programme of mentoring, training, networking opportunities with financial support for new artists.
Over
14/02/2022
Weymouth Sculpture Trail - between beach and backwater
Six brand new artworks for Weymouth
Following a national open call, six artists (three
01/12/2021
Here To Stay
An exploration of plant colonisation centered on a sculptural installation by artist Leni Dothan.
09/09/2021
b-side festival 2021
A thousand ideas, one amazing island. Showcasing the very best in contemporary art made in response to the beautiful and intriguing Isle of Portland.
09/09/2021
New Curators
A programme of mentoring and training for emerging curators and producers.
Suppo
09/09/2021
That Other Place
Explore That Other Place a mirror image of the Isle of Portland, a parallel universe - but not the same.
13/03/2021
New Artists Mentoring Programme 20/21
A programme of mentoring, training, networking opportunities with financial support for new artists.
11/08/2020
B-side Assemblies 05: Show and Tell
We know that there is immense value to the sharing of intimate, small scale, creative moments with par
03/08/2020
CREATE! Developing Your Idea
b-side and Activate Performing Arts teamed up to deliver a FREE sh
01/06/2020
OUTPOST LOCKDOWN EXHIBITIONS
During the lockdown, many people have been rekindling their love of making - baking, sewing, painting, d
27/02/2020
The Resident Residency
Resident artists receive financial and creative support for the development of an idea over a period of ti
22/11/2019
Common Lands
Common Lands is the over-arching theme for our programme of work over the coming years.
01/11/2019
Platform Bursary Programme 2021
Platform bursaries are aimed at emerging visual artists or established artists interested in exploring new way
04/10/2019
The History, Myths and Legends of Church Ope Cove
From stories of the fishermen, smugglers, leisure seekers and hut owners who have used the cove for centuries,
12/07/2019
Dorset Moon at Nothe Fort
Over three weekends more than 41,000 people enjoyed Luke Jerram's monumental Museum of the Moon installation
28/06/2019
Pollution Pods
The Pollution Pods were created by artist Michael Pinsky for the Norwegian University of Science and Technolog
28/06/2019
b-side Assemblies 04: Making Art in Times of Crisis
We face one of the biggest catastrophes in our planet's history. Climate change and environmental destruct
01/01/2019
And the Crowd Goes Wild
In 2019 b-side was awarded funding from The Heritage Lottery Sharing Heritage fund to work with artist Laura H
13/09/2018
WHY? Festival 2018
The WHY? festival took place over one weekend during b-side 2018 festival. Produced and programmed by our cur
07/09/2018
b-side Festival 2018
The festival showcased the very best in contemporary art, made in response to this beautiful, intriguing and e
03/09/2018
Intransit Producers
In 2018 we worked with a group of young people who were particularly interested in social activism, youn
01/04/2018
Portland Pathways
Many of the footpaths and bridleways we use today have their origins in routes travelled hundreds or thousands
28/09/2017
b-side Assemblies No 2: Embracing Change, Embracing Dementia
b-side convened an afternoon of discussion exploring how work by artists using the theme of dementia is helpin
17/06/2017
b-side Assemblies 01: Art & Activism
b-side Assemblies: No 1 featured contributions from: Dickie Beau
09/09/2016
Festival 2016
b-side returned to the Isle of Portland in September 2016 showcasing the very best in contemporary art made in
01/01/2015
Outpost Project Space
Situated on Fortuneswell High Street on the isle of Portland, Outpost is a space managed by b-side for the use
05/09/2014
b-side Festival 2014
A programme of original work sometimes poignant or challenging, sometimes celebratory and frequently witty.
02/06/2014
Text Outside a Book
Tophill Library and The Sugar Loaf Cafe welcomed b-side artists Ania Bas and Paul Soulellis.
Ania Bas
01/01/2013
b-roads Youth Employment Programme
"An exceptional pilot project that has far exceeded expectations and outcomes.</span
01/09/2012
b-side Festival 2012
b-side festival 2012 took place in Weymouth & Portland across two sites as part of the Maritime Mix Cultu
01/06/2011
Impossible Architexture
Portland Rocks are a group of local young musicians, working with artists Ivon Oates and David Roger
02/05/2011
Portrait Dance
Portrait are the youth contemporary dance group for Dorset managed by Activate. Working with their choreograph
01/04/2011
Cut and Paste
Young people from Littlemoor in Weymouth, worked with artist Peter Snelling looking at ways of creating
04/01/2011
The BabyGrow Project
Young people from Westfield Arts College, All Saints School and youth groups at NACRO, Tides and Compass worke
16/05/2015
End Matter - The Loss Adjusters
Portland has been shaped and hollowed out over centuries by convicts and quarrymen to provide stone for some o