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The Dartford Assembly

Lowfield Street Lowfield Street, Dartford, Kent, United Kingdom

The Dartford Assembly project was the first of its kind in the town with original art works on boards produced following a public call-out for artists, as well as collages from community workshops and local school and college contributions. The central aim of the project was initially to kill two very significant birds with one […]

Plastic Fantastic

In 2016, the Ellandi / Project Dirt grant scheme gave us the opportunity to produce a public work which aimed to stimulate the artistic senses visually, to educate about environmental crises, and to facilitate the general public in an artistic collaboration with local artists. Our core concept centred around the idea of waste and recycling, […]

Silk River

In 2017, the 70th anniversary of India’s independence from Britain, Kinetika, an arts organisation based in Purfleet, undertook a project to highlight the history of the silk trade routes from India to London, with the Thames river channel being a key route. They invited 10 towns situated along the river Thames to take part in […]

Dartford Steam Fair

Central Park Dartford Cranford Rd, Dartford, Kent, United Kingdom

In May 2018 we were keen to get involved with the annual Dartford Steam Fair taking place in Central Park. Members came up with the idea of a creative collaboration; something which would engage all age groups and bring families and community together to create a piece of artwork. DAN member and craft artist Nicola […]

Drastic Plastic Action!

Our Drastic Plastic Action! project aimed to convey an action through message – recycle, re-use and look after your environment locally and nationally! Through our Plastic Fantastic project at the Priory Centre back in 2016, we were able to discover what happens to our plastics when they end up in the sea. Tragically, they very […]

Community Art Project – Tree of Life

Priory Shopping Centre Dartford, Kent, United Kingdom

We were able to run this Community artwork thanks to the funding by KCC and The Priory Shopping Centre. The concept of the Tree of Life was to create a Community Artwork using recycled boxes from the shopping centre and using an Art activity encourage the people of Dartford to tell us “What do trees […]

Dartford Assembly Auction

We were determined that the fabulous artworks from our Dartford Assembly project should continue as a legacy of the history of the Lowfield Street site development, as well as a lasting testament to the creative talents of the Dartford population, and so in September 2019 we arranged for the remaining artworks to be auctioned for […]

DAN PRESENTS: THE ICE-CREAM VAN PROJECT WORKSHOP N.3 / Bird-Making Workshop with Mona Whitton at Ebbsfleet Cultural Festival

Castle Hill, Ebbsfleet

On Saturday 30th July 2022, DAN will deliver our third arts-led workshop as part of the Ebbsfleet Cultural Festival, delivered by EDC, Cohesion Plus and Blueprint Arts. It will be the third and final workshop in our series of public engagement activities in Dartford and surroundings led by Dartford Arts Network and funded by Creative […]