The Meeting Place

 
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Discover the creativity in your community

The Meeting Place is a new participatory arts project designed to inspire, nurture and celebrate grassroots creative talent in the Forest of Dean.

Through a series of artist-led creative performance workshops in locations across the Forest, this exciting project offers local people the opportunity to explore and engage with a wide range of expressive art forms - from dance and drama to songwriting and spoken-word poetry. They are completely free and are open to anyone aged 15-115 with an interest in creative arts - no previous experience required!

Participants will be invited to share any work they create during the project at a live showcase event, being held as part of Coleford Music Festival in July 2022.

Get involved

Workshops will take place during May and June 2022 in community venues in Cinderford, Coleford, Bream, Lydney, and Mitcheldean. Workshop locations and dates are as follows:

  • - SATURDAY 14TH MAY (COLEFORD) The Main Place, Coleford Library, Railway Drive, GL16 8RH

    - SATURDAY 21ST MAY (TIDENHAM) Tidenham Chase Community Hall. NP16 7LX

    - SATURDAY 4TH JUNE (BREAM) West Dean Centre, High Street, GL15 6JW

    - SATURDAY 11th JUNE (CINDERFORD) The Wesley (Former Methodist Church), Belle Vue Road, GL14 2AB

  • - SATURDAY 14TH MAY (TIDENHAM) Tidenham Chase Community Hall. NP16 7LX

    - SATURDAY 21ST MAY (BREAM) West Dean Centre, High Street, GL15 6JW

    - SATURDAY 4TH JUNE (CINDERFORD) The Wesley (Former Methodist Church), Belle Vue Road, GL14 2AB

    - SATURDAY 11th JUNE (COLEFORD) The Main Place, Coleford Library, Railway Drive, GL16 8RH

  • - SATURDAY 14TH MAY (CINDERFORD) The Wesley (Former Methodist Church)

    - SATURDAY 21ST MAY (COLEFORD) The Main Place, Coleford Library, Railway Drive, GL16 8RH

    - SATURDAY 4TH JUNE (LYDNEY) Aylburton Village Hall, High Street, Aylburton, Lydney, GL15 6DL

    - SATURDAY 11th JUNE (BREAM) West Dean Centre, High Street, GL15 6JW

  • - SATURDAY 14TH MAY (BREAM) West Dean Centre, High Street, GL15 6JW

    - SATURDAY 21ST MAY (CINDERFORD) The Wesley (Former Methodist Church), Belle Vue Road, GL14 2AB

    - SATURDAY 4TH JUNE (COLEFORD) The Main Place, Coleford Library, Railway Drive, GL16 8RH

    - SATURDAY 11th JUNE (TIDENHAM) Tidenham Chase Community Hall. NP16 7LX

To get involved or to find out more about taking part, please get in touch by sending an email to hello@wyldwoodarts.co.uk.

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Credits

This project is supported by partners including Gloucestershire County Council, The Ashley Family Foundation and West Dean Parish Council.

 
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