Spotlight - Annie Clay, On finding the beauty in the everyday
Based within the creative hub of Bristol at Jamaica Street Studios, Annie Clay’s work finds beauty in the everyday as her captivating landscapes demonstrate the beauty of Bristol and its surroundings. Her style is both unique and distinctive with the time and precision in each piece so evident within her work. There is something about Annie’s work that seems to trigger a sense of familiarity with a place and it was great to sit down and have a chat with Annie about all things inspiration and how working as an artist in Bristol influences her work.
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Spotlight - Jess Knights, Creating Human Connection through Illustration
Jess Knights’ illustrations are certainly ones that you’ll recognise if you’re into your food and drink around Bristol. Her passion for food and drink really shines through within her work as her unique images are rich in texture and life, making what could be considered mundane into art.
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Spotlight - Jasmine Thompson, How Storytelling Can Inspire Change.
Jazz Thompson’s work is so integral to the city of Bristol as her captivating illustrations tell stories of individual experiences and community. Her murals have been placed all over the city from the M Shed, to The Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, speaking of individual experience and displaying a wealth of characters.
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Spotlight - Beth Cub: 'For Me, Womanhood Is About Bonding, Camaraderie'
Living in Stokes Croft, I just ended up being aware of Beth’s work. You pop into Jamaica Street Stores and you see her work, you go to the little shop at the bottom of the hill to end all hills, Nine Tree Hill, and you see more of her work; you pop into the Canteen for a pint and you see posters for the Life Drawing Classes she runs - you just get this sense that she has this momentum behind her; this sense of an artist being woven and fused into a city. That’s always how I saw Beth.
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Echoes And Edges - Open Collab #6
The talented duo Charlie ‘Angel’ and Jake ‘The Magician’ – dubbed by me! – get together every month to grace us with their varied musical talents, presenting live improvised collaborations between music played by them and poetry written and narrated by their devout poetic followers.
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Things We Do Not Know – A Workshop Performance
If someone asked you to tell them something you did not know, what would you say? Would you answer about the weather? Winning lottery numbers? What you are going to have for dinner next Friday night? I can probably tell you one thing it wouldn’t be though; and that is about the work and lives of Bristol’s street sex workers.
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Cracked Battery present: Untitled Party Project 5.3
Cracked Battery are new theatre-adjacent production company who, in their own words, seek to recharge and reanimate over used narratives in storytelling. Esther Bancroft talks to director Clodagh Chapman and producer Hope White about their debut production Untitled Party Project 5.3.
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Heather Hughes: On Body Positivity
When it comes to body image and our appearance, too often, the self-talk which we’ve developed is negative. Most of us would never speak to friends or loved ones in the way that we speak to ourselves about our appearance.
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