Culture, creativity and heritage makes Torbay a better place in which to live, work, learn and visit. Torbay Culture was set up with support from Arts Council England to provide strategic leadership for the local culture sector, and progress the cultural strategy which is focused around people and place.
Torbay Culture would like to commission an artist(s) to work with the community of Chelston, Torquay, to celebrate the place and its people. We seek expressions of interest from creative practitioners with a commitment to social engagement. The successful artist will be informed by Chelston’s residents and will work with them to create an artwork or artworks, culminating in June 2020. Click through for the full details.
Torbay Council, in partnership with Torbay Culture and TDA, is seeking an experienced heritage consultant to review and update its Heritage Strategy. Please note that this opportunity is being re-advertised and the brief has been slightly revised.
Torbay Culture and Torbay Community Development Trust are looking for an experienced and inspiring Creative Facilitator to support a new test-and-learn community project in Chelston, Torquay, inspired by Arts Council England’s Creative People & Places programme.
A new guide to Torquay’s literary heritage will reveal facts about Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Bovril, war poetry, Frankenstein and evolution.
Torquay’s literary connections will be brought to life in Writers on the Riviera, a beautifully illustrated printed map and guidewhich highlights writers who have taken inspiration from the area.
Torbay Culture is seeking a consultant with a record of achievement in securing funding for cultural, creative and social development programmes, to raise funding to support delivery of Torbay’s cultural strategy.
Torbay Culture is hosting a free conference on Monday 30 September at the Palace Theatre, Paignton. The conference is structured around Torbay’s ten-year Cultural Strategy Enjoy, Talk, Do, Be and the Great Place Scheme themes of Building Resilience, Changing Lives, Engaging Audiences and Shaping Place. We will explore common issues that are relevant for Torbay, allowing attendees to hear from inspirational voices and learn more about the changing context in which we are working.
Writers on the Riviera will be a guide to Torquay’s literary heritage. It is currently being developed and will be the first guide in a series as part of a Cultural Tourism Project under Torbay’s Great Place Scheme.
A beautifully illustrated printed map and guide of the town will celebrate literary figures connected to the area.
We invite submissions from artists, designers and technologists for projects culminating in November 2019 as part of Eyeview, Torbay’s Great Place Scheme Cultural Programme. Wavelength will focus on experimental commissions with artists and technologists, culminating in a celebration of sound and light, illuminating Torbay, the overlooked and unexpected.
Following the launch of our Torbay Culture Ambassadors programme earlier this year, we are seeking a freelance individual or organisation to co-ordinate the programme and support the wonderful volunteers who have signed up.
Torbay Culture is looking for sewing enthusiasts, ‘human seahorses’ and people to wear grass costumes during (extra)ordinary – ten days of performances, events and activities offering fresh perspectives onTorbay’s unusual places and spaces.
A dance performance will bring together three dancers from Singapore with a Torbay community cast to perform in the dramatic landscape of Berry Head.
Silence Between Waveswill explore through movement and sound what it means to be ‘home’. The performance will feature in (extra)ordinary– ten days of performances, events and activities offering fresh perspectives on Torbay’s unusual places and spaces.
Torbay Culture, TDA and the English Riviera BID Company have together set their sights on increasing the number of cultural tourists coming to the Bay by developing holiday itineraries, trails and guides to share the real story of the area.
