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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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
This series of art events was inspired by the work of Andy Goldsworthy and took place at a whole host of pop-up festival events over the summer of 2018. Goldsworthy’s natural sculptures use only organic material and are organic in nature, that is, they grow as they are built and then degrade over time. His […]
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 […]
In July 2019 we were excited to be able to visit the Priory Mews Care Home, to take part in their annual Care Home Open Day, which this year was themed Celebrating Art in Care. Well-being coordinator Ben contacted us and asked if we would like to be involved and we jumped at the chance […]