Voluntary Community Artists Wanted

Orange Street Studios has a number of new opportunities for volunteers aged 16 – 25 to be part of a city-wide art project in partnership with the Pierian Centre and John Easterby.

This project will see the transformation of one of Bristol’s most famous public spaces into an extraordinary ‘tent city’. For a period of 10 days from Saturday September 18th – Sunday September 26th, over fifty tents, printed with artwork by the people of Bristol will stand in College Green as united testament to the diversity of the population of the city.

Seen around the world, the ‘tent city’ symbolises sanctuary and security – often from conflict or crisis. This tent city will acknowledge the many people around the world who have been forced into refugee status and act as a metaphor and statement of Bristol’s rich cultural diversity.

When the project is complete, artwork from fifty different communities, districts, schools and marginalized, disadvantage or excluded groups will be presented as one, in a huge public installation.

The theme of this project is ‘Home, Histories and Hope’ and with one or all of these words in mind during the month of August, we are looking for volunteers to help develop this project.

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