Bridport Town Council
Bridport 2024
The Town Council submitted a bid to the Arts Development Company in October 2023 to be the inaugural Dorset Town of Culture (ToC). On February 15th 2024 ADC announced that Bridport would indeed be the pilot for the Dorset Town of Culture initiative in 2024.
The Town Council was excited to accept this accolade and with support from the town’s creative organisations and groups, developed the ideas and funding to run a vibrant and inclusive programme of arts and cultural activities between July and December 2024. The programme was badged as Bridport 2024. Skills training and mentoring programmes was delivered by the town’s arts and cultural groups and was celebrated through youth-led performances, festivals and exhibitions that contributed the new works commissioned for Bridport 2024
The TOC proposal flows from the Bridport Investment Plan and is part of our ambition to embed young people into the future resilience of the town’s arts and cultural activities through co-curation/co-programming and event project management. Longer term, our focus on equipping young people with the skills and confidence to run arts and cultural activities aims to offer resilience to the creative energy of our ‘Eventful Town’.
Exploring the meaning of ‘culture’ in Bridport during Advisory Group Meeting 2
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Advisory Group notes and actions will be reported into the Councils Environment and Social Wellbeing Committee.
County of Culture is an initiative created by Arts Development Company.
Bridport 2024 is funded by Dorset Council with match funding provided by Bridport Town Council.
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