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Issues, Opportunities, and Challenges. Wednesday 08 March, 6pm – 8.30pm This event explored the sustainability-related experiences, potentials, opportunities, and the challenges associated with making in the art and craft sectors. How might art and craft-making positively contribute to a sustainable present and future?This public seminar brought together academics, practitioners, organisations,…

In this Bricks podcast episode, Rowan Bishop meets with Synnøve Fredericks and takes a walk around the beautiful trees of Bristol's Ashton Court estate, discussing the process of creating the Trinity Vortex, her practice, her love of nature and the outdoors, and her hopes for the impact that the work will have!

Welcome to BRIZ The community newsletter for all things Brislington. BRIZ has been put together by Bricks with the support of people who live and work in Brislington. The idea and intention has come from residents in the Brislington community who would like a place to share opportunities, events, classes,…

We loved hearing all your brilliant ideas and applications! We are so happy to announce the projects that have been funded through the first BRIZ Community pot.  A pot of £2500 to support groups and individuals in the two Brislington wards to run community-led events, activities and initiatives.  This is…

Something Close to Nothing.
A Bricks Podcast by Tim Ryan about the Fishermen of The Feeder Road.

Mondays, 11am – 12pm Come a long for a free group, hosted in our cosy living room, with young parents who want to connect and meet each other. There’s free hot drinks, books, games, and, soft furnishings to put your feet up and relax! You can just turn up…

Madame Ceski (Francesca Simmons) is an artist with a special interest in folk and craft traditions, and in this podcast she explores these questions through the lens of how we busied ourselves during lockdown. Through interviews with those who discovered a new found hobby or passion during the pandemic, and with a focus on Francesca’s current work exploring using touch to create sound within craft mediums, we look at the surprising things that happen when people ‘have a go’, & how taking part allows us to reconnect with ourselves & immediate environment.

Thursday, 16 Feb, 6.30pm – 8pm, Free, St Anne’s House What is Demostage?  Demostage is an informal, temporary space for new ideas. Open to people who make creative projects of any kind (think theatre, music, games, sound, whatever), the event encourages collaboration, sharing and critical discourse.Presenters have five…

Local experimental musical artist Madame Ceski (Francesca Simmons) worked on a life-sized stone circle sound installation during December 2022. The project invited you to step inside the sound circle to be enveloped in a ritual soundscape and touch the tactile stones to trigger sounds, in this transformative musical experience. Inspired…

Back in October 2022 we opened the doors to St Anne’s Community Living Room. A warm, welcoming, and open space for everyone to come into, enjoy free drinks and food, internet, books, activities, games, and information on support services available for all. Between 10am – 5pm, you could come in,…