Fantastic course for emerging creatives! Agency for Creative Production is collaborating with @usp_creativearts on a 1-year UAL Creative Enterprise Level 4 Professional Diploma.

Such a fantastic new addition to Southend - congratulations to Natalie and the many people who pulled out all the stops to make this happen!

📣 The 'Towns and the Cultural Economies of Recovery: A Multidisciplinary Mapping' report is out now! From @nicky_marsh Catherine Clarke @mjhowcroft Will May for Arts and Humanities Research Council, combining disciplines to understand towns, culture and regeneration. Read it here andtowns.co.uk/reports

New report out today - a really compelling read by @kasperdegraaf. Includes a piece by me on what's been going on in #Southend #ThamesEstuary with Estuary Festival Agency for Creative Production and Metal Southend CreativeEstuary

So excited that we are launching Grounding Technologies from @Bristol_BathRD. We are looking for six brilliant ideas (up to £15k each) which explore how creative technology can be used to support climate action. watershed.co.uk/studio/project…

Estuary Festival is thrilled to have been awarded a grant from Culture Essex to develop a new project on Canvey with artists Breakwater (Taey Iohe & Youngsook Choi) & Emma Mills with Buglife RSPB The Land Trust estuaryfestival.com/blog/detail/ca…

Thank you so much Culture Essex and everyone that joined the journey into Canvey's "submarine consciousness". More soon! 🌊🐝🌱🌊

Great article on the Canvey Community Archive website about our work on Canvey. Thanks Janet! canveyisland.org/today-2/estuar…

Some good news!

THIS IS US! Convening creative conversations about what life is like in Castle Point - now and in the future.✨

Calling all artists & creatives of Castle Point! @EstuaryFestival & @metalsouthend are keen to make contact with artists, creatives & makers living and/or working in the borough of Castle Point. Join the database here: form.jotform.com/233232313266043 #UKSPF

Join our ‘Finding the Flow of Things’ workshop on 14 March at HOFS. Let your imagination flow as we explore themes related to 'Vessels' – the driving concept for Estuary 2025 – through activities, prompts and discussion. More info & book here: bit.ly/3ONjO99

It hailed, it sleeted and then the ☀️ shone. Enormous fun to make in my native Essex and featuring Thea Behrman, Tom King of the Southend Echo and the wonderful folk of the Foulness Island Heritage Centre which is well worth a visit!

Experience the Broomway vicariously via Radio 4's Open Country! It was a pleasure to speak to Helen Mark about the inspiration of the Thames Estuary for artists and thinkers. Listen here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… BBC Open Country Helen Mark

The Estuary Anthology Expression of Interest is now live! An open invitation for creative activities that are connected with Estuary themes, within the region, and coinciding with the festival dates: estuaryfestival.com/blog/detail/es… Arts Council England, South East CreativeEstuary Castle Point Borough Council

Join us on 22 May for a hands-on workshop to expand ideas, connect with fellow creatives and be a part of the growing, vibrant arts scene in Castle Point! eventbrite.co.uk/e/estuary-anth… Castle Point Borough Council HOFS CreativeEstuary Arts Council England, South East

Fantastic opportunity for emerging photographers in Castle Point 📸

Come and join the adventure!

🌊 Come join us! 🌊 Happy to have an informal chat with anyone considering applying.

What can the Thames Estuary teach us? And how might this link to other bodies of water? Join us for a ‘Connecting Oceans’ discussion event on 22 July at Loughborough University London, Here East. Produced by Curating the Sea dr pandora @artandwildlife estuaryfestival.com/event2025/deta…