Tag: ACT with the Arts
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ACT With The Arts Climate Festival Report
In June 2024, ACT hosted an eight day festival focused on the arts, writes Amanda Cole. The twin aims were to inspire people to engage with the climate and ecological crisis through the arts and to help people connect to their imaginative and emotional responses to encourage change. The festival was a great success, with…
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Four Choirs Raise Voices in Climate Festival Finale
Ashburton Arts Centre is hosting the final performance of the ACT with the Arts Climate Festival on Saturday 29th June at 7.30pm featuring four choirs. You can buy tickets or reserve them. The choirs The South Devon Singers Community Choir has included environmentally-themed and science-inspired choral songs since it was founded 20 years ago by…
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Drum Up Support for Climate Action at Festival Opening Ceremony
The official opening of the ACT with the Arts Climate Festival will be loudly announced by the Tano Taiko Drummers at 10.30am on Saturday 22nd June at St Leonard’s Clock Tower in Newton Abbot. The audience will then be welcomed by Izzy and Tiana, two young people concerned about what the future holds if we…
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Strong Focus on Endangered Species in Climate Festival Art Exhibitions in Newton Abbot and Bovey Tracey
Visual contemporary artists will showcase their work at the ACT with the Arts Climate Festival from Saturday 22nd – Saturday 29th June 2024 in two galleries in Newton Abbot, and at the Paradiso Gallery in Bovey Tracey. The exhibitions will display thought-provoking visual artworks on themes of climate change awareness, climate justice, and endangered species.…
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ACT Newsletter June 2024
With less than a week to go before the start of our ACT with the Arts Climate Festival, June 22nd-29th, I wanted to update you on all the wonderful events we have organised. There are now more than 350 artists taking part, plus 1,000 children. We have events happening in 13 different locations across Teignbridge.…
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ACT Newsletter February 2024
Welcome to the first ACT Newsletter of 2024. We have a busy year ahead, with much of our attention focused on the ACT with the Arts Climate Festival planned for June this year. With the likelihood of a general election some time this year, we will also be taking a close look at the climate…