ArtPort Portishead Arts Festival

Saturday 23rd - Sunday 24th September
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| ARTSTORIES |

Directed by Barry Wilkinson, produced by BW Film;
co-produced by Mellony Taper.
Made in association with ArtPort, Portishead Arts Festival.

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ARTSTORIES Director, Barry Wilkinson

ArtPort is delighted to be able to share news of our exclusive new film collaboration with award-winning film maker Barry Wilkinson. ARTSTORIES is a series of short films profiling Portishead artists, continuing ArtPort’s commitment to championing the arts in our wonderful location on the edge of the Severn Sea, that continues to draw artists in search of light, unique landscape and huge skies.

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ARTISTS & EVENTS at the BEACON HUB

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ART at the FOLK HALL

ARTISTS & EVENTS at SOMERSET HALL

WORLD PREMIER OF NEW FILM • 41 DEGREES NORTH

Pianist & Composer James Oram will be our special guest giving an exclusive performance of original works to a specially invited audience at our opening event.

A UNIQUE COMMUNITY ARTWORK WITH A FREE ARTWORK FOR EVERYONE

BROWSE 50 SOUTH WEST ARTISTS & MAKERS

FREE FAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITY

BEGINNERS’ PRINT WORKSHOPS

BOOK READING & CHAT WITH YA AUTHOR RICH COLLIS

OUR HUGELY POPULAR GRAFFITI WORKSHOPS ARE BACK!

JOIN WILDLIFE ARTIST HILARY KINGTON AND SEE NATURE THROUGH HER EYES

WALK & TALK OF PORTISHEAD’S PUBLIC ART

FAMILY-FRIENDLY PORTISHEAD

POETRY OPEN MIC - SHOW US YOUR BEST WORDS

POETRY DOUBLE HEADER

SHORT FILMS ABOUT PORTISHEAD ARTISTS

BROWSE EXHIBITING ARTISTS A-Z

Toe tapping doowap vintage vibes at their best!

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FREE DROP-IN SESSION!

The Great Big Community Music Competition

ENTER OUR AMATEUR PHOTO COMP & EXHIBITION

Save and Remade star John Osborne brings his industrial modern furniture to ArtPort

Artist Simon McCouaig’s latest commission to Heaven on the Hill in Portishead

Do something amazing for your community!

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ArtPort champions the artists and makers of Portishead, North Somerset and the south west. Check out some of our featured artists exhibiting at this year’s festival. All south west artists and makers! Look out for our full listings of all exhibiting artists coming soon.
Background image: Sarah Boden.

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FIELD

Sculpture installation by Hamish Young RWA MRSS

ART FOR EVERYONE
A UNIQUE, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ART EVENT
IS COMING TO PORTISHEAD

Artist Hamish Young is creating an art installation of 27,000 hand-cast plaster shells, moulded from shells collected from around the coastline of the southwest.
EVERYONE is invited to come to the Folk Hall, to take part in this amazing community experience!
Choose a shell and take it away with you - a tiny, original artwork that is part of the whole - just like a community.

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ArtPort can’t happen without our amazing volunteers - and we always need more. If you can help, email our Volunteer Manager Wendy Smith
today. Wendy will match you up with a volunteer role and tell you all about the benefits of being a apart of this wonderful community event.

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