The Bridport Arts Centre was the venue for the Fifth Jurassic Coast Annual Seminar on December 16th. The event is normally held each December to review the year and explore in more detail a theme of relevance to the World Heritage Site. Past Annual Seminars have looked at areas such as the arts or community…
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The Jurassic Coast Arts Programme is really gaining momentum as we approach Spring 2011. Most of the projects that we have been working on over the last two and a half years are bearing fruit over the coming months and we’re really excited to share the resulting great art with you. We will be launching…
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It’s rather like waiting for your exam results…the decision of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) committee was expected on the 8th December and from lunchtime onwards I anticipated the telephone call from Simon Williams of Weymouth & Portland Borough Council. Since the round 2 bid for £550,000 was submitted in August, I’ve wondered: Was it…
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Thank you so much to everyone who joined us at one or another of the Earth Festival Stakeholder meetings. We have been overwhelmed and delighted by the level of interest, and excited at the prospect of working together to create something that is not only memorable and significant during the Olympic and Paralympic year, but that…
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An exciting processional festival shedding light on ancient English celebrations will take place in March 2011, inspired by the cultural heritage of the Jurassic Coast. On the night of 26 March when the clocks go forward, Poole quay will be transformed from 6.30pm by a spectacular contemporary procession created by local Bournemouth & Poole schools…
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The Jurassic Coast is getting ready to celebrate the 2012 Olympic Games in a big way! In Spring 2011, we will be launching our exciting new schools programme called “The Big Jurassic Classroom” which will be part of the Jurassic Coast Earth Festival 2012. We want every school in Dorset and East Devon to take…
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The first winners of the new awards were announced at the recent Jurassic Coast Annual Seminar – a fitting occasion to recognise those who have made such a big contribution to the Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage SIte. The Jurassic Coast Award was open to anyone who had shown an outstanding dedication to the conservation and enhancement…
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In July, I travelled to Japan courtesy of the British Council. I had been asked to talk about the Jurassic Coast Earth Festival to a group of specially selected promising graduates. The 47 delegates from 22 countries across Europe and Asia were all people who had been part of the Asia Europe Foundation summer University The alumni…
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The start of September saw the launch of Stony Bones, an exciting new community education project in Swanage led by local artists Antonia Phillips and Annie Campbell. The aim is to work with teachers and schoolchildren over the coming year to learn about the Jurassic Coast through a range of visits, creative workshops and classroom…
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