We are pleased to announce that artists Tom Hobden and Phoebe Stapleton have been selected for a creative commission that celebrates the 250th anniversary of John Constable’s birth, a partnership between the National Trust in… Read more »
Archives: Commissions
In Winter 2025/26 Gemma Garwood was commissioned for a new creative health project that engages with residents in Tendring. Gemma’s project, Storylines: Remembering Roads to Healing, will use folk lore, practice, art and knowledge as… Read more »
We are pleased to announce that Laura Trevail has been commissioned for a new project that creatively responds to Coalhouse Fort, a partnership between Essex Cultural Diversity Project and Start Thurrock. The commission aims to… Read more »
Kwesi Johnson from the Cultural Assembly was commissioned to deliver a project that creatively responded to Lavenham Guildhall in Suffolk, cared for by the National Trust. For this commission, we were looking for a project… Read more »
We are pleased to announce that Moving House Films has been commissioned to deliver a project that celebrates the changing faces of Diss, in partnership with Diss Corn Hall, DesignerMakers21 and No 8 Market Place.… Read more »
We are delighted to announce that Dulce Duca has been commissioned to develop a new community-driven arts project to be performed at Witham’s Street Entertainment Festival in September 2025. For this commission, Essex Cultural Diversity… Read more »
We are pleased to announce that we are working with Cobnuts Cooperative to deliver a new environment-focussed commission for Brightlingsea in Tendring, Essex. For their commission, Finding Lost Nature Words Cobnuts will trial a creative process… Read more »
A Parade of Self: Spoken word artist TriggerBliss, and artist, writer, prop-maker and learning curator Kim Davey will be at Primadonna Festival 2025
Kirsty Badenoch with Wayward was selected for the Hatfield Forest Commission. In 2024 Essex Cultural Diversity Project and the National Trust invited proposals for a creative project to mark the 100th anniversary of the gifting… Read more »
In 2024, Talia Randall was appointed commissioned artist for Epping Forest, in partnership with Epping Forest Heritage Trust and supported by the City of London Corporation. For her commission, Talia spent time in the forest… Read more »