The sea gooseberries are arriving in Folkestone. As ancient beacons of hope and light, what stories do they tell?
Beacons is an exciting arts project coming to Folkestone that will lead people to an ambitious, magical outdoor arts experience on the beach in late 2021. Led by artist and scenographer Alison Neighbour and composed by Emily Peasgood, with involvement from local community groups and artists. To be enjoyed by people of all ages, the project will encourage visitors to embrace the outdoors, and support local business. For more info, please follow our social media channels @seagooseberries
Produced by SparkedEcho in partnership with Creative Folkestone, we gratefully acknowledge support from Arts Council England, PRS for Music Foundation, South East Creatives, Folkestone Town Council and private donations.
Beacons is an exciting arts project coming to Folkestone that will lead people to an ambitious, magical outdoor arts experience on the beach in late 2021. Led by artist and scenographer Alison Neighbour and composed by Emily Peasgood, with involvement from local community groups and artists. To be enjoyed by people of all ages, the project will encourage visitors to embrace the outdoors, and support local business. For more info, please follow our social media channels @seagooseberries
Produced by SparkedEcho in partnership with Creative Folkestone, we gratefully acknowledge support from Arts Council England, PRS for Music Foundation, South East Creatives, Folkestone Town Council and private donations.
Sea Gooseberry Guardians have been chosen
Thank you to all who applied for the role of Sea Gooseberry Guardian. *Applications have now closed*
Co-produced in partnership with Creative Folkestone, we are on the hunt for Guardians! If you love your community, chatty, know secrets about your area, or if you just enjoy getting involved, then we’d love you to hear from you. We’re looking for 13 people – one to work in each of the wards of Folkestone, Hythe & Romney Marsh – to be a Sea Gooseberry Guardian. You do not have to live in the ward, but you should have a strong connection to the community there as it’s where we’ll ask you to carry out your work.
Sea Gooseberry Guardians will engage with local groups, businesses, places and individuals to create excitement about Beacons and gather stories. Each Guardian will be involved in finding hosts for the Sea Gooseberries in the run up to the treasure hunt.
About Beacons
SparkedEcho and Creative Folkestone are excited to invite audiences on a quest to find the illuminating beacons and help us decipher the message they bring to us. Together we will reflect and consider the place we call home and the natural environment that needs our help.
A treasure hunt will begin to find lost Sea Gooseberries - and are amongst the world’s oldest creatures gliding through the oceans, in balance with nature. From time to time, particularly in spring and early summer, they wash up on to the beaches of Folkestone. Containing millennia of experience could they be beacons we all need as we seek a way to save our world. Through a series of events and workshops, culminating in a theatrical happening of music and light, Beacons will bring people together on the beach, later in 2021.
How to get involved:
To apply to be a Sea Gooseberry Guardian, please click Become a Sea Gooseberry Guardian
Closing date 4 March 2021, 5pm
*Applications have now closed*
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