Plymouth Arts Weekender in the City Centre
The city centre becomes a hub for diverse artistic experiences, from live performances to engaging installations. Explore unique group activities, striking visual displays, and exhibitions that offer fresh perspectives on art and creativity. It’s a chance to connect with the work of local artists, discover new ideas, and see the city in a new light.
Highlights include;
Gullerobics
Saturday 19th October & Sunday 20th October 12 - 1.30 pm: Old Town Square & roaming further around the city centre.
Step into the webbed feet of a gull with this quirky exercise routine! Join in on three fun routines inspired by the life of a seagull—stretch your wings, scour the streets for cuisine, and soar through the skies in this unique, fun-filled session.
Graffiti in progress
Saturday 19th October & Sunday 20th October from 10 am
Bedford Way / Old Debenhams
Witness graffiti artist Spray Saint transform walls into a vibrant work of art. If you have noticed a small piece of quirky art in an unloved area, or an amazing mural on a wall in Plymouth, then the chances are that it is a Plymouth Artists Together project!
Plymouth Artists Together has worked since 2020 to produce legal street art and galleries in public spaces all over Plymouth.
Still Moving - Everyone you’re looking at is also you
A re-installation of materials used in the series of illuminated text sculptures, originally installed by Still Moving at multiple locations Including at COP 26- Glasgow, COP27- Sharm El-Sheikh, G7 Summit- Cornwall.
Here, they are used to present, in the centenary year of his birth, the words of writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin. As a city Plymouth can embody community cohesion and we believe this phrase emphasises that.
‘Love has never been a popular movement. And no one’s ever wanted, really, to be free. The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people. Otherwise, of course, you can despair. Walk down the street of any city, any afternoon, and look around you. What you’ve got to remember is what you’re looking at is also you. Everyone you’re looking at is also you. You could be that person.’
The above events are supported by the Plymouth City Centre Company are part-funded by the UK government through the Shared Prosperity Fund.
Follow the Dragons Guided Walk
Join Manifest artists Louise Rabey and Gabi Marcellus-Temple for a guided walk where you'll play their point and click adventure game 'Follow the Dragons'. Each route follows the way a disabled person travels between the venues for the New Contemporaries show, with a few stops along the way!
Sunday 2PM - 4PM
www.followthedragons.co.uk
SOAK Live Art CIC
SOAK are delighted to present an evening of bold new performances by Southwest artists as part of the Plymouth Art Weekender at The House! Expect a luscious line-up of live art, moving image, experimental music and the spoken word. Saturday 7:00:00 PM - 10:00:00 PM
PLACE
‘Place’ presents a graphic response to the experience of being present on Dartmoor. The exhibition from Foundation Diploma Students at Arts University Plymouth aims to bring a sense of this relationship between artist and landscape to the public through large scale frosted decals of the riso print experiments created in response to their time on the moor. The work is exhibited only to the street, there is no entry to the building for the public. Palace Studios 2 Buckwell Street, Plymouth (24 hr public access)
Land Sea Sky: Ingrid Pollard, JMW Turner and Vija Celmins
This major new exhibition at The Box brings together three artists who, although working more than 200 years apart, are connected through their close observation of nature and skilful use of materials. Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM Sunday 10AM - 5 PM
https://www.theboxplymouth.com/events/exhibitions/land-sea-sky
Paul Rooney - Broken Token
At The Box experience a two-screen film by artist Paul Rooney which explores the idea of home during a time of conflict. 'Broken Token' has involved Plymouth veterans, creatives and West Country folk singer Hannah Martin. Free. Saturday and Sunday 10 AM - 5 PM
https://www.theboxplymouth.com/events/exhibitions/paul-rooney-broken-token
Devonport 200
Displayed across multiple spaces at The Box, this celebration of 200 years of Devonport explores its complex history and delves into the city's archives. It includes a brand new commission by filmmakers Naresh Kaushal and Jamie Harper. Free. Saturday and Sunday 10 AM - 5 PM
https://www.theboxplymouth.com/events/exhibitions/devonport-200
Acid Brass & Afterparty
Head to The Box to enjoy a performance of Jeremy Deller’s seminal work 'Acid Brass' (1997) by the Camborne Town Brass Band, conducted by Simon Dobson, followed by an afterparty featuring DJs from across the country, including Jon Dasilva who had a residency at the Hacienda in the 1990s.
This is an 18+ event. Saturday 5:00:00 PM - 10:00:00 PM
https://www.theboxplymouth.com/events/music/acid-brass-and-afterparty
DIY DIGITAL
10 Plymouth-based artists explore how we intentionally and unintentionally involve digital technology into our own everyday lives and creative practice. We ask how do we generate, store and process data and make it into something new? Come to Grow Plymouth to join in the conversation!
Friday 11 AM - 5 PM / Saturday 11 AM - 5 PM / Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM
https://grow-plymouth.squarespace.com
Beyond Objects - Materiality at the Edge of Making
Making Futures 2024 at Arts University Plymouth and St Lukes, The Box, will explore craft encounters with current material innovations where artists, artisans, designers and others work across disciplines and communities toward a more equitable, sustainable and resilient world.
This is an academic conference.https://makingfutures.org.uk
Fri 9am - 5pm / Sat 9am - 5pm
Canvas - New contemporary gallery arriving in Plymouth
Canvas, 56 Ebrington Street, PL4 9AF A new locally curated gallery, showing contemporary fine art, photography and sculpture. Friday 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM / Saturday 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM / Sunday 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
www.canvasgallery.co.uk