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Climate in Crisis: post-discussion networking event
10 October 2019Saturday 26 October Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, BH15 1UG 1 hr event (8.15pm – 9.15pm) FREE An informal networking event. The event is hosted by Environmental Arts Practise Research Collective (EAP Collective) and begins at approx 8.15pm. It is …

Climate in Crisis – can Art inspire Action?
8 October 2019inspired by michael pinsky’s pollution pods Performance: Single Event FREE Join us for a lively panel discussion around climate change, pollution and air quality. Bring your ideas, questions and opinions. Saturday 26 October 2019 6.00pm (for a prompt 6.30pm start) …

Pollution Pods on Brownsea Island
27 September 2019Friday 25 – Tuesday 29 October 2019 NOTE POLLUTION PODS WILL BE UNAVAILABLE TO VISIT ON SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER AS BROWNSEA ISLAND HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WINDS. Church Field, Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour 10am – 4.30pm FREE (ferry …
Jerwood Arts Funding Success
2 December 2019Activate are delighted to be recipients of funding from Jerwood Arts*. This will help co-commission 2 artists to create new art works as part of our biennial festival Inside Out Dorset in September 2020. Lorna Rees, photo, Richard Budd Artists …
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Inside Out Dorset 2016 Promo
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what people say
Inside Out Dorset has been offering extraordinary events in extraordinary places since 2007, gaining a strong reputation for contempoary arts. Here’s what the art world had to say:
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