Our Approach
At the heart of Encounters practice is an Invitation for people to come
together across difference as creative collaborators, co-authors, stakeholders
and audiences to share their experiences and stories. We aim to inspire
creativity, promote dialogue and enable positive change. Through stimulating
and augmenting a diversity of voice we create ambitious and transformative
arts and cultural experiences leading to a more interconnected and caring
world where all can thrive. We create beautiful, integrated spaces and
processes for people from all walks of life to explore their relationship
withthemselves, each other, where they live and the wider world. Through
celebrations, performances, feasts, journeys, street based interventions, coauthored installations, publications and uniquely tailored events, the
Invitation is to re-look at who and how we are in the world at this time and
together to explore new interconnected stories to live by on individual,
local, city wide and global levels.
community simply by
listening. They create
art by allowing
people a place to
come to a place to
talk about our lives
and our world
participant
participant
The memories,
the pictures and
testimonies are
really powerful. I
feel humbled that
people are
empowered to
share their
interesting, simple
and often difficult
life experiences.
thank you.
participant
We work by....
Creating and convening spaces for
people to share experiences, views and
visions across difference
Bringing people together for dialogue
and exchange through creative
engagement programmes
Advocating for the role of the arts in
stimulating and catalysing social and
ecological change
Training and mentoring people in how
to engage others
Co-authoring evolving artworks with
people and places about the past
present and future
Andover
Shop
1:1 room
Venice
Bienale of
Architecture
Grandmothers,
South Devon
A Little
Patch of
GroundD
Devon
Diary
Keepers,
Tamar
Valley
Museum of
Now, Torbay
DATE
LOCATION
May 2010
July 2009
April - July 2009
January - July 2009
December 2008 - March 2009
October 2008 - March 2009
Batley, Yorkshire
Sheeld
Winchester
Liverpool
Sheeld
Liverpool
Sheeld
Venice
Sheeld
Ripley
Sheeld
October 2003
Sheeld
Encounters Shops
Sheeld
Sheeld
FUNDER/COMMISSIONER
www.Encounters-arts.org.uk
ruth@encounters-arts.org.uk
07870698333