2012 is the 20th anniversary of the discovery of Dover’s 3,500-year-old Bronze Age Boat. In response to this, artist Clare Smith is creating two pieces of work, inspired by her interest in the symbolism of boats as vehicles of transition and their connection to mortuary rituals. The project explores personal and collective memory through shared, communal making.

Memorialisation: Commemorating the Past, Creating the Future

Memorialisation is the process of preserving memories of people or events or places, both physically and virtually. Memorialisation involves heritage, memory and identity. 

After days of winding wool round cardboard templates and seemingly endless trimming of "ones made earlier", work started on creating the Celebration Arch commissioned by The World Famous for ‘Song for Dover’ – Olympic Torch Evening Celebration, in partnership with Dover District Council and Kent County Council, funded by Arts

Regular users of Dover’s Underpass and local residents will have noticed that the ceiling has been cleaned and repainted and the drains unblocked so that the area remains dry. The works, undertaken by Kevin Hopper, were coordinated by DAD, with the support of the town council, in preparation for the Olympic torch passing through on July 18th.  Following the works to clean up the underpass a a  “red carpet” has been painted through the middle providing a ceremonial welcome to all those walking through to the seafront.