Tearing down the statue of Colston will do more to educate people about Britain’s history than leaving it up ever did.

ARTS NEWS 🎭A £1.57 BILLION emergency support package 🩰 Weeks in the making to make this world leading fund to help the arts weather the storm of Covid 🎶 I said I wouldn’t let the arts down. Culture and the arts matter, and this Govt backs you Rishi Sunak Arts Council England

Since this is a performance for one person only at a time, we are not allowed to say anything until the last performance takes place this evening at 9:15 pm.... 🤐🤐🤐🤐 however, WE ARE BURSTING TO SAY SOMETHING/… instagram.com/p/CDECJBVlxBz/…

Sound On: “To those of you who have been faithful in return ...and to the young in HEART ... we dedicate this picture.” A huge thanks to those who booked the tickets and those who@waited two hours to see a five… instagram.com/p/CDHBWTwlBuY/…

Vic Fox for TAPS TAKEOVER * DAY 3 * The lockdown forced me to work smaller and with less messy materials as I had to work from home instead of my studio. My approach to painting is to embrace the chaos. I think… instagram.com/p/CD8vIcDF1tq/…

New podcast from @ArtWorkExeter, featuring #EnvironmentalArtist Rosie Sherwood talking about her latest project 'An Ever-Moving Now'. Perfect for bank holiday listening. 👂Listen here: mixcloud.com/ArtWorkExeter/…

The Plymouth Contemporary open exhibition is back for 2021! 🙌 We invite artists to open up, interrogate, unpick and shake out what it might mean to 'make it' in terms of contemporary art practice in 2021. 👉 ow.ly/xrhZ50BGito #PlymouthContemporary #CallForSubmissions

Artists etc: the next deadline for Elephant Trust applications is 19 October. You don't have to prove your work will add to the UK GDP or that it will save the planet. You don't have to retrain. Just tell us about some good art that needs £2-5k in funding. elephanttrust.org.uk

The idea of this show revolves around the need to be fleet of foot, light touch, quick to respond; turn up, materials under arm, and assemble. Martha May Ronson Eventbrite: bit.ly/3nNVZia

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Sculptor Simone Leigh is the first black woman to represent the US at the Venice Biennale bit.ly/3lMZjZi

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print show over at KOSARcontemporary until 24th distanced booking here eventbrite.com/e/press-play-2…

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EBC NIGHT SCHOOL TERM VII run­ning for 6 weeks in feb/​mar/​apr 2021 online and world­wide 🌍 lim­it­ed places now available eastbristolcontemporary.com/opportunities/…