Our projects create tangible, meaningful interventions in the city
Making change happen.
The Creative Arc projects each speak to an area of focus that addresses outcomes identified within the Shared Prosperity Fund and the University Strategy. These can be further developed through facilitated Design Thinking sessions with communities, stakeholders, partners and the Creative Arc Steering Group.
Our themes for this programme are Health & Wellbeing, Environmental Sustainability, and People & Place-shaping.
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Health & Wellbeing
This is where we share details, documentation and outputs about projects within the Health & Wellbeing theme.
Image: A Design Thinking training session looking at the future of Exeter. Photo by Theo Moye.
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Environmental Sustainability
This is where we’ll share details, documentation and outputs about projects within the Environmental Sustainability theme.
Image: A moth made as part of Art & Energy Collective’s ‘Moths to a Flame’ project. Photo by Jim Wileman.
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People & Place-shaping
This is where we share details, documentation and outputs about projects within the People & Place-shaping theme.
Image: A model created during the RAMM About Town project, reimagining the High Street. Photo by Art Work Exeter.
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NEW COMMISSION: Inky Fingers Workshop - Rebel Zine
A new edition of the Rebel Zine imprint, created through workshopping the ideas of how the population, fabric and activity of the city is perceived, its potential and how it might develop in the near future.
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NEW COMMISSION: Exeter Scrapstore
A series of creative training workshops for school teachers, educators, community builders and activists.
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NEW COMMISSION: Honeyscribe - Plant Pharmacy Studio
Further development of Plant Prescriptions, this pop-up project will provide a series of free drop-in creative encounters for staff at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital in the TLC Café.
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NEW COMMISSION: Our Exeter - Whipton Sewing Bank
This project builds around participants learning new skills in needle arts, providing opportunities to volunteer and develop self-confidence, esteem and self-worth whilst working towards achieving a sustainable community hub being operational after the Initial project ends.
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NEW COMMISSION: Davina Quinlivan - Storytrails
Intertwining themes of myth, migration and folklore associated with the history and heritage of Exeter, this project will lead to the creation of six ‘discovery’ walks through hidden, strange or ‘mythical’ places within St David’s.
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NEW COMMISSION: Lightbear Lane - 'Proud to Be' St Thomas
Further development of the methodology to work with communities on mapping their community assets and learning creative skills.
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NEW COMMISSION: Documental Productions - new Newsicals!
Further developing the opportunities for PWLDs and their carers to develop their singing and songwriting skills, plus a consultation activity with relevant community groups.
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NEW COMMISSION: Positive Light Projects - Pelican Prints
the next stage of development of this previously funded project, supporting the Pelican Project participants to design and produce high-quality, consistent, limited-edition prints for public sale. The works will be sold through a dedicated window-gallery/shop space.
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NEW COMMISSION: Exeter Science Centre
project will work with the community in Exwick to empower residents to envision a positive future for their own locality - creating a tangible, community-owned vision (a public mural) and galvanising local changemakers to turn that vision into action.
Let’s connect and explore how we can work together to make change happen.
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