You’ve heard of the village butcher, baker and candlestick maker right?

well what about the village artist?

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The Village Artist was a radical new arts project, specifically tailored for the people and places of Bowling Village West Dunbartonshire during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

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Throughout 2020 with an entirely community focused art and creative output, this year-long endeavour sought to legitimise the role of the ‘artist’ in village life, especially at a time of community and social crisis.

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During this time a wide range of accessible artistic and creative events and workshops were offered to the residents of Bowling Village, to both identify and continue to support the kind of arts practice that already existed in the village, and to give people a creative output during the pandemic. 

 

Through this project Hydra Arts began to interrogate the role and skills of artists during a crisis, and what we can do to service our local communities. 

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