Making Space For Live Performance
The Lonely Organ
Maketank, Paris Street, 15th December 2020
In autumn 2020 Maketank invited Emma Welton to make a piece on the Hammond organ that is resident in its building on Paris Street. We wondered what the organ might have to say during this time of locked down arts and culture, alone in a former showroom in central Exeter. And now we wonder what others will make in response to Emma's composition. Join us in the Creative Circle. And please support Emma Welton at emmawelton.net/
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Our Story So Far...
We've been on Paris Street since February 2019, here's what you might have missed:
A mini festival of new local work with 5 artists and artistic organisations (Living Spaces)
A sell out performance of Achilles by Company of Wolves
A pilot of Writer’s Den to support writers in development
6 networking/collaborative meetings with artists across disciplines.
We had
820 audience members attending events at Maketank
3,000+ viewings of window exhibits
We supported 24 artists/companies with block amounts of subsidised rehearsal space.
We established an internship programme which supported 5 interns to work with Maketank.
We provided space for community generated exhibition
We supported
3 artists from communities with low engagement with the arts.
and provided visibility for 27 other live performance events and organisations within the city, through a window display and regular newsletter.
