sculpture
KEYWORDS:
SCULPTURE, BUNTING, COMMUNITY, UPCYCLING, CULTURAL OLYMPIAD, HOSPITALITY, BRANCUSI, BUNTING,
START:
JULY 2011
LOCATION:
DOVER

DAD ORGANISES LONDON 2012 OPEN WEEKEND IN DOVER

As part of London 2012 Open Weekend, DAD is delivering a programme of 3 related events to celebrate the one year to go countdown to the Olympic and Paralimpic Games in 2012: The Table, Bunting Forever and Dysarticulate 2.

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research
KEYWORDS:
SOCIAL MEDIA, AUDIENCE BUILDING, COMMUNITY,
START:
OCTOBER 2010
END:
MARCH 2011
LOCATION:
DOVER, VIRTUAL AND REAL
TEAM:
DAD

BOXME.IN: A NEW AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH PROJECT

Boxmein is a new project by Dover Arts Development Ltd (DAD) to test the effectiveness of social media as audience building tools. We will be asking people what they think about our work through a new facebook page and a dedicated website. We will be focusing on specific DAD events to collect our data.

 

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collaborations
KEYWORDS:
SOCIAL NETWORKING, BOXMEIN,
START:
JANUARY 2011
LOCATION:
DOVER, VIRTUAL AND REAL

DAD+ MARK JOHN SMITH

DAD+ is the new name for projects which have arisen in connection with DAD projects.

DAD invited Mark John Smith to create a piece of work in celebration of the Chinese year of the Rabbit, in connection with our boxmein project.

Mark invites you to follow the project participants online.

Photos courtesy Mark John Smith, copyright Arkyna Keyes, Kaori Sugai

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studio
KEYWORDS:
STUDIO SPACE, ARTS, DOVER,
START:
JANUARY 2011
LOCATION:
DOVER

DAD MOVES INTO NEW STUDIO SPACE

DAD has a large studio space in the former Royal Mail sorting office. Space in the studio can be rented as a studio share, subject to availability, and for projects.

Studio projects

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map
KEYWORDS:
NORTH DOWNS WAY, END OF TRAIL MARKER, MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY
START:
NOVEMBER 2010
TEAM:
DAD, EDDA JONES

DAD CREATES A NEW GUIDE: SEA & WALK

Inspired by the new Esplanade by London-based architects Tonkin Liu and the newly commissioned North Downs Way End of Trail Marker by artist Alma Tischler Wood, both on Dover’s seafront, Dover Arts Development (DAD) asked photographer Nigel Green to explore the trail and document some other interesting examples of 20th and 21st Century architecture. read more

film
START:
JULY 2010
END:
JULY 2010
LOCATION:
DOVER

DAD RUNS TWO CULTURAL OLYMPIAD EVENTS IN DOVER

DAD has been awarded funding to run two events as part of Dover's Cultural Olympiad Open Weekend programme over the weekend of 24 and 25 July 2010: a film screening event in Dover's Grand Shaft from 1pm - 6pm on Saturday 24 July and from 1pm - 5pm on Sunday 25 July and a filmmaking workshop for young filmmakers.

Entrance to the Grand Shaft is from Snargate Street CT17 9DA or from South Military Road (Western Heights).

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local engagement
KEYWORDS:
WALKING, HEALTH, PILGRIMAGE, HERITAGE, BUILT ENVIRONMENT, ARCHITECTURE, ARTS, DOVER, SCHOOLS
START:
JANUARY 2010
END:
JUNE 2010
LOCATION:
DOVER
TEAM:
DAD

DAD AWARDED FUNDING FOR NORTH DOWNS WAY PROJECT

This project is a 'spin off' from the North Downs Way consultancy work DAD did on the process of commissioning an artist to create a piece of work to mark the new finish of the North Downs Way National Trail on Dover's seafront. read more

store
KEYWORDS:
UPCYCLING, DESIGN, WASTE, COMMUNITY
START:
NOVEMBER 2009
LOCATION:
DOVER
TEAM:
JOANNA, CLARE, EDDA AT DAD, SARAH LANG AT DOVER PRIDE

REMADE IN DOVER GETS GO AHEAD

Remade in Dover is a new project which has just been awarded £10,000 by Kent County Council.  DAD will be working in partnership with Dover Pride to deliver the project, which will see Dover’s former post office become ‘Recreation’: a new shop that will be home to the project for three months starting in mid November.

‘Recreation’ will be a place to come and buy locally produced and crafted upcycled items; see, buy and be inspired by beautiful international upcycled pieces; bring your items to workshops to be upcycled into something new; share your knowledge and craft skills with other people; and also to swap something you no longer use with something someone else has left in the dedicated swap shop area. In case you weren’t aware of what upcycle means, to ‘upcycle’ is to make something new from a waste product or something you no longer use. read more

cross-channel
KEYWORDS:
RESIDENCY, INTERNATIONAL, IDENTITY
START:
SEPTEMBER 2009
LOCATION:
ST. OMER, FR AND DOVER, UK
TEAM:
DAD, ESPACE 36, PIERRE-YVES BREST, SHARON HAWARD

RÉSIDER/RESIDE

Working with partners, Espace 36 in Saint-Omer, we are developing a project which explores issues around location, residence, migration and what it means to be a European in the newly defined territory of Europe.

1 UK and 1 French artist will each spend up to 15 days in each region to develop their work. The residencies will be based in Dover and Saint-Omer; the county of Kent and Côte d'Opale will form the project's areas of research. The artists' work will be exhibited together: 6 September – 10 October 2009 in the gallery of Espace 36 in Saint-Omer and 24 October – 28 November 2009 in a non-gallery space in Dover. The interpretation/mediation of the artists' work to the public in Saint-Omer and Dover is an integral part of the project and will be led by the mediation co-ordinator with Espace 36, in liaison with the artists and partners. read more

workshops
START:
JUNE 2009
END:
JULY 2009
LOCATION:
DOVER DISCOVERY CENTRE

HERE & NOW

DAD was commissioned by Sea Change Dover to run a series of 5 free creative workshops during the Sea Change Exhibition at Dover Discovery Centre from 15 July to 29 August 2009. One of the aims of the workshops was to raise awareness of the pool of professional artists (dance, visual and culinary arts) living in Dover and design activities and opportunities for the public to engage with this talent.

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visual art
START:
JANUARY 2007
END:
DECEMBER 2008
LOCATION:
DOVER, DEAL, WALMER, ST OMER

EMBARKATION

 

Embarkation is Dover Arts Development's first major programme of international contemporary visual art for Dover Town and District. Embarkation has two strands:

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film
START:
SEPTEMBER 2008
END:
SEPTEMBER 2008

HIDDEN TREASURES

Hidden Treasures is a national programme developed by Screen South, in conjunction with the UK Film Council's Digital Film Archive Fund (DFAF), which aims to increase access to archive-based screenings.

DAD is working together with White Nave cic to deliver Why not start here? - an exciting programme of film as part of the Hidden Treasures project on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th September in Dover. This weekend celebrates the launch of the Cultural Olympiad. 

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cross-border
START:
JANUARY 2005
END:
DECEMBER 2006
LOCATION:
DEAL, ST OMER

DEFEND / DÉFENDRE

Defend/Défendre was initiated by Christine Gist, in her capacity as independent curator, in partnership with Benoît Warzée, Directeur of Espace 36, Saint-Omer. It provided an opportunity to develop new cultural links between the twin towns of Deal and Saint-Omer as well as giving the artists a platform to create place specific works. The juxtaposition of artists' temporary interventions within heritage sites offered audiences in Dover District and the Saint-Omer region a new reading of visual art and location.

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consultancy
KEYWORDS:
WALKING, HEALTH, PILGRIMAGE, HERITAGE, WILDLIFE
LOCATION:
DOVER

DAD BROUGHT IN AS CONSULTANTS IN DOVER

An artist will be commissioned to create a work to mark the new finish of the North Downs Way National Trail on Dover's Sea Front.

DAD will also be working with local school pupils and residents to raise awareness of the North Downs Way Trail and promote the health aspects of walking and interest in the Tonkin Liu design for the Esplanade in which the marker will be integrated.

The purpose of the marker is to

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sculpture
KEYWORDS:
SCULPTURE, COMMUNITY, UPCYCLING, OPEN WEEKEND, HOSPITALITY, BRANCUSI,
LOCATION:
DOVER, VIRTUAL AND REAL
TEAM:
ANTHONY HEYWOOD, UWE DERKESEN, MARTA PATLEWICZ, SEBASTIAN KAYE, CLARE AND JOANNA AT DAD. PETER GREEN

THE TABLE: BRANCUSI REVISITED

The Table is a symbol of peace and is inspired by Brancusi’s Table of Silence, part of a sculptural ensemble built as a war memorial to peace at Turgu jui Romania in 1937. The Table is constructed from timber reclaimed from iconic buildings in Dover which have recently been demolished, namely the Britannia pub and Buckland paper mill. read more

sculpture
KEYWORDS:
SCULPTURE, COMMUNITY, UPCYCLING, OPEN WEEKEND, HOSPITALITY, BRANCUSI,
LOCATION:
DOVER, VIRTUAL AND REAL
TEAM:
ANTHONY HEYWOOD, UWE DERKESEN, MARTA PATLEWICZ, SEBASTIAN KAYE, CLARE AND JOANNA AT DAD. PETER GREEN

THE TABLE: BRANCUSI REVISITED

The Table is a symbol of peace and is inspired by Brancusi’s Table of Silence, part of a sculptural ensemble built as a war memorial to peace at Turgu jui Romania in 1937. The Table is constructed from timber reclaimed from iconic buildings in Dover which have recently been demolished, namely the Britannia pub and Buckland paper mill. read more