Projects

Watch this Wallspace: a public gallery for everyone. Transforming an unloved space overlooking a car park by the sea in Sidmouth. Wallspace features a diverse range of artworks from a growing number of contributors - already nearly 100 - of all ages, interests and backgrounds.  

Sidmouth Coastal Community Hub working with Sidmouth School of Art is delivering SMArt - a two-year public art project to develop Sidmouth people as the artists and Sidmouth as the artwork. Connecting people with their own creativity, with each other and with the space around us. At total of seven SMArt public art projects will be featured here.

Sidmouth has a rich and eclectic mix of places, spaces, people, groups and events that contribute to its cultural life. Sidmouth School of Art wanted to explore this diversity - to celebrate it, collaborate and explore new opportunities. So, we commissioned Emma Molony to conduct community research and create an artwork to represent what she found.

Art, entrepreneurship and building confidence for life are integral to a hopeful future. Working with Meraki Arts School and Sidmouth-based Buzz Coffee, we are developing an innovative joyful collaboration to empower young people aged 15 to 18, to create a new art work as part of a creative and employment skills project.  

A fun project with children aged 5 to 10 years, exploring the joys of creativity, making conkers and linden berries, making at scale and exhibiting in the community.

Local artists provided free collage and paint workshops for all ages and abilities - expressive and free - connecting people to their minds, bodies and souls through the power of live music.

A people and place based project in collaboration with artist photographer Robert Darch, teaching and mentoring local photographers to develop their own projects and artworks for Sidmouth Wallspace.