![Iconic Lightship LV21 Anchors at Chatham’s Historic Dockyard. The iconic LV21, a National Historic...]()
Iconic Lightship LV21 Anchors at Chatham’s Historic Dockyard.
The iconic LV21, a National Historic Ship (No. 2330), has this week returned to Medway and docked at The Historic Dockyard Chatham, marking a significant moment in its journey. Temporarily moored at Anchor Wharf for up to 12 months, the vessel will await its permanent home at Medway Riverfront, bringing with it a unique blend of maritime heritage and cultural innovation.
LV21, National Historic Ships UK’s Flagship of the Year 2023, is a 40-metre steel-hulled historic lightship that has been transformed into a unique floating cultural hub. It serves as a dynamic art space and performance facility, designed to deliver innovative and immersive experiences across art forms. The vessel champions the creative industries while honouring its rich maritime heritage, making it a standout venue in Kent’s cultural landscape, and bridging the gap between arts and heritage.
👉 Read the full story on https://thedockyard.co.uk
PLEASE NOTE: LV21 IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC
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Have you made your sustainability pledge yet? 🌱
Find out more via our blog. Link in bio!
If you’ve already made your pledge let us know in the comments 👇🏻
📸 Photo credit: @simonmartin.ph @pitt.jane
#CreativeMedway #Substainability #SusbtainabilityPledge #CarbonLiteracyTraining![📣 Calling all Medway live and electronic rehearsal and recording studios, promoters, festivals and...]()
📣 Calling all Medway live and electronic rehearsal and recording studios, promoters, festivals and venues! 🎶
Join Arts Council England, Creative Medway and Medway Council Culture Team to find out more about @aceagrams funding to support grassroots music to bring live and electronic music to the public and to support talent development.
📅 Mon 9 Dec 2024
⏰ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
📍Online, Zoom
🎟️ Follow the 🔗 in bio
#CreativeMedway #ArtsCouncilFunding #LiveMusic #GrassrootsMusic #ElectronicMusic #Medway![📣 Calling all Medway events venues!! Join the Creative Medway Events and Venues Accessibility...]()
📣 Calling all Medway events venues!!
Join the Creative Medway Events and Venues Accessibility Pledge today!
Help make events and venues accessible to everyone in Medway! We have launched a checklist, pledge and guidance to help events-makers and venues take action around accessibility.
Sign up to commit to being transparent about your accessibility and tackle barriers faced by disabled audiences, artists, and professionals!
To learn more and get involved 👉 click the link in bio!
This pledge was created with @attitudeiseverythinghq and Creative Medway’s Access & Inclusion Working Group.
Help tag local music venues in the comments for them to see this!! Thank you 🤩
#CreativeMedway #AccessibilityForAll #InclusiveArts #BreakBarriers #SignThePledge![A Digital Future for Medway: Unleashing the Power of Creative Technology! Want to find out more...]()
A Digital Future for Medway: Unleashing the Power of Creative Technology!
Want to find out more about The @dockingstationmedway ? Head over to our website now to read the new blog!
👉 link in bio!
#CreativeMedway #CreativeMedwayBlog #iCCi #Medway #DockingStation![Reposted from our friends • @medway_arts Happy 30th Birthday National Lottery! For the last 30...]()
Reposted from our friends • @medway_arts
Happy 30th Birthday National Lottery!
For the last 30 years, National Lottery players have been making incredible things happen all over the country and Medway has seen some fantastic festivals and events because of this.
In celebration of #NationalLottery30 we are reminiscing on some of the major game changing moments that funding from The National Lottery has helped us to collaborate with the Cultural Sector to create inspiring events, life changing activities and extraordinary festivals.
- Theatre31 enabled children with no or low access to culture to take part in free performing arts activities during 2019 to 2022.
- Light Nights – a spectacular festival of light extravaganza in 2022 and 2023 with interactive installations, lantern processions and immersive experiences of lights, sounds, and theatre.
- Sweeps Festival – 2024 saw Sunday of the festival becoming a showcase for Morris and International Folk Dance and Music, and more creative content and engagement activities for attendees. Including workshops, ceramic tile art and sound installation, interactive art installations and a fairy trail plus more.
- Creative Medway and the Cultural Strategy – @CreativeMedway acts as a body that meaningfully represents the creative sector as a Cultural Compact (a model developed by Arts Council England). They are the group responsible for driving the strategic ambition set out in the Cultural Strategy written by the sector for 2020-2030.
- Creative Health – a two-year partnership-driven project that has just begun to transform how the creative and health sectors work together and with communities to make creativity central to wellbeing and preventative health interventions in Medway.
There have been numerous incredible activities beyond these over the years with thanks to National Lottery funding.
What ones have you been a part of?
@nationallotterygoodcauses![This week, as part of the Medway Fest 24, catch the Medway River Lit Festival, buy Christmas gifts...]()
This week, as part of the Medway Fest 24, catch the Medway River Lit Festival, buy Christmas gifts at the Eco Fair and enjoy a magical creature hunt with your little ones…
Explore the Medway Culture Fest 24 year-long programme of events here - https://creativemedway.co.uk/events - link in bio.
📅 1st November - 30th November -
medwayriverlit2024 is a literary festival for Medway, celebrating books, authors and the written word in all of its formats, with talks, workshops and shows.
Full details can be found here - https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk
📅 16th November | 10:30 am - 1:00 pm -
Christmas Eco Fair
Free Christmas Eco Fair with sustainable gifts, climate themed art exhibition, Christmas crafts, green spaces, community groups, plastic free refill products and much more.
📅 14th - 24th Nov -
Child-Friendly Medway’s Magical Creature Trail @childfriendlymedway
The ‘Magical Creature Trail’ is a free Medway family event, and the Child-Friendly Medway team need your help to locate them!
To find full details of these events and many more, head to our webpage - https://creativemedway.co.uk/events - link in bio.
#CreativeMedway #MedwayFest24 #Medway #FamilyFun #CreativeGetTogether #Creative #Culture![📣 Calling all Medway Creatives! Just 4 space left! Are you looking to develop your creative health...]()
📣 Calling all Medway Creatives! Just 4 space left!
Are you looking to develop your creative health work in Medway? Want to learn move about creativity and local health priorities?
We’re excited to partner with creative health expert, Laura Bailey, for this amazing workshop, as part of Medway’s new creative health program. Currently all other sessions are sold out, so book quickly if you want a space!
For full session details and to book 👉 link in bio.
Sessions will take place at the @dockingstationmedway Smitheries Studio at the @dockyard.chatham thanks to @kenticci
#CreativeMedway #CreativeHealth #FreeCreativeHealthSessions @creativehealthstories![Sharing on behalf of our friends @wordsmithery.info If you’d like to learn more about the craft of...]()
Sharing on behalf of our friends @wordsmithery.info
If you’d like to learn more about the craft of writing, medwayriverlit2024 has some great Masterclasses and a workshop for you!
🖊️ Workshop: MedWILD comics and Zine workshop
Sun, 03 Nov, 2pm | Intra Arts
Share your passion for Nature in this workshop showing you how to make mini-zines. Age 18 and above. Tickets are available from Ideas Test. https://ideastest.org.uk/events/medwild-comic-and-zine-workshop/
🖊️ Masterclass & Panel: Historical Fiction Writing with Michael Hughes & Charlotte Byrne
Sat, 09 Nov, 2pm | Chatham Library
allow attendees to develop and experiment with creative writing techniques and begin planning their own historical fiction projects, with an opportunity to share their work with their peers for feedback.
Book your place: https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/event-details-registration/masterclass-panel-historical-fiction-writing-with-michael-hughes-charlotte-byrne-2024-11-09-14-00
🖊️ Masterclass: Historical Crime Fiction with Caitlin Davies
Sat, 16 Nov, 1pm | Strood Library
Come along and learn how to research and write better historical crime fiction with author Caitlin Davis.
Book tickets - https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/event-details-registration/masterclass-historical-crime-fiction-with-caitlin-davies-2024-11-16-13-00
🖊️ Masterclass: Writing Queer and Trans Characters
Sun, 24 Nov, 4pm | Rochester Library
PhD student and writer Charlotte Byrne leads this supportive workshop for creating more fully fleshed queer and trans characters.
Book - https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/event-details-registration/masterclass-writing-queer-and-trans-characters-2024-11-24-16-00
#medwayriverlit2024 #writingworkshop #writingmasterclass
