CURRENT PROJECTS
A Little Patch of Ground
A Little Patch of Ground 2011 is a rural/urban food growing and performance project taking place in Dartington, Devon and East London. Each week, beginning in May, 25 local people from the South Devon area meet at Dartington and 25 local people from the East of London meet at Toynbee Studios. The project involves an intergenerational group meeting in each area to create a permaculture inspired vegetable garden, eat together, explore thoughts on food, climate change, sustainability and interdependence, and use creative methods to share stories about our relationship with the natural world. The project will culminate in the creation of a multi–media performance in the autumn which will take place in each location as well as touring within the local area.
For our weekly blog of the project please click here
Each group meet and create their projects independently in their respective localities, although they are also finding ways of sharing their contrasting urban and rural contexts with each other throughout the process and will take a trip to see each other's performance at the end of the project.
This project is in collaboration with Artsadmin and the Dartington Hall Trust and is supported by the Arts Council of England, Transition Town Network and the Permaculture Association.
Performance Dates
Toynbee Studios, London, E1 6AB
7pm, Weds 21st & Friday 23rd September. Tickets: £5/£3 concs
Booking: 020 7650 2350 Mon-Fri 10-6pm / online at artsadmin.co.uk
Studio 6, Dartington Space, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon
7.30pm, Friday 7th and 3pm, Sat 8th October
Tickets: £5/£4 concs + £1 under 16s.
Booking: 01803 847070
Civic Hall, Market Square, Totnes, Devon 7.30pm, Tuesday 11th October. Tickets: £5/£4 concs + £1 under 16s on the door
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Combatants for Peace
Encounters are the UK hosts for Combatants for Peace - a movement of Israeli and Palestinian former combatants now engaged in a non-violent struggle to resolve issues of conflict between Israel and Palestine. Following on from the successful UK tour in 2010, we are pleased to be able to invite another group of 16 members of Combatants for Peace from Israel and Palestine to the UK September 3-10th 2011. We have secured funding for the trip from The Evan Cornish Foundation, and J.A Clark Charitable Trust and will be working again in association with Amnesty International UK.
For overall information about the visit please click here
“Amnesty International were delighted to work with Combatants for Peace in 2010 and to support them in our shared aim of seeing Israelis and Palestinians living peacefully together with their human rights and dignity respected and protected. They are remarkable, tenacious and inspiring individuals and as collective an example of what being the change you want to see in the world looks like.”
Kristyan Benedict – Campaigns Manager, Amnesty International UK.
Public Events - No Victory for Violence evenings
Civic Hall, Market Square, Totnes, Devon 7.30pm, Weds 7th September, tickets £5/£3 concs on the door only
Amnesty International, Human Rights Action Centre, London, EC2A 3E
7pm, Friday 9th September, tickets £5/£3
Bookings online only - click here to book
View PDF flyers for the 'No Victory in Violence' evening event and 'Images of Occupation' Workshop
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Encounters Workshop Programme: Autumn and Winter 2011, Spring 2012
Encounters are delighted to be offering a series of public workshops from October 2011 – March 2012. Our workshop programme focusing on parents, young people and artists will take place in the purpose built studios and the gardens, woods, and riverbanks of The Dartington Hall Estate in South Devon.
The Art of Shared Parenting – a series of five monthly workshops for parents
The Encounters Transition Youth Theatre – for 13-18yr olds
Artists Lab – for those involved in engaged socio-ecological practice
For more details click here
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