Projects
From innovative local projects to national scale initiatives, we love working with the wider creative community on creative projects and collaborations. Click the images below to find out about some of the projects we have been partnering on.
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ONGOING and recent projects
The Slightest Gesture is a socially-engaged sculpture, dance and film project by artist Tabatha Andrews, made for and with learning-disabled and neurodiverse communities of Exeter.
Our annual short film festival which nurtures new and emerging talent through selected screenings, commissions, and our famous 48 Hour Film Challenge!
Our youth arts group for 13-16yr olds which aims to create a welcoming and safe space to socialize, share ideas and opinions and develop creative projects together.
Pack your picnic and join us in Rougemont Gardens this Summer for some theatre & spoken word out in the open!
An informal, safe and nurturing space for local creatives to talk through their ideas and connect with fellow creatives about the kind of work they want to create on a monthly basis.
8,700 feet of 16mm film footage dating from the 1930s-1950s, donated to Exeter Phoenix. The project includes commissions, screenings of unseen footage, and community workshops.
An annual open submission exhibition, providing an important national platform for contemporary visual art with an emphasis on supporting emerging talent alongside more established artists.
A development scheme that brings together filmmakers from across Devon. The aim is to inspire and enable participants through networking, film screenings and talks, fostering documentary film talent.
Social [practice] is a programme of events that offers an alternative platform for artists and creative producers to meet and make together in a series of practical projects hosted by creative practitioners.
A free festival to raise awareness of the climate crisis, shine a light on the many ways that we can all do our bit, and celebrate the excellent work taking place across all sectors locally.
An outdoor cinema event that shows cult classics, family favourites and new releases over four summer evenings.
Exeter Phoenix is a proud supporter of the best new music talent. New Band Showcase brings you a free event of the most exciting new artists and bands from the South West.
Come As You Are is a free festival, celebrating the Trans, Non-Binary & Gender Diverse community in Devon & the South West.
A regular group offering young people with complex support needs a space to to explore the arts, develop their potential and to access networks of support.
A free, one-day mental health festival to encourage and enable discussion, raise awareness of local support services and to utilise creativity as a tool for self-expression.
An evening to take new ideas further with support for local performance development. Successful applicants receive rehearsal space, the chance to perform their work to an audience and £150.
Discover a world of food on film with a compilation of documentaries, features and shorts from around the world, scheduled across four seasons.
PAST projects
Exeter Phoenix developed a young audience panel aimed at strengthening the cinema's visibility, and to find new ways to reach under 25s.
Hyperlocal Commissions (2020) 10 micro-commissions by Devon and Cornwall based freelance artists.
Culture, Data, Projector
Neoreplicants (2012) Thirty artists commissioned by Exeter Phoenix and the University of Exeter to explore the possibilities of emerging 3D printing technologies to their art making practice.
The Exeter Cinema Heritage Project (2022) documented and recorded the stories of Exeter residents and their earliest memories of cinema going in the city.
Lockdown Blues
Sean Lynch
Hopes and Fears Project
A Song For Us
Laura Loft #4LoveProject
Redefining Print (2015) was a mentoring, exhibition and symposium partnership with Double Elephant Print Workshop exploring possible redefinitions of printmaking with contemporary artists.
#WhereTo
Brood Film Festival
We have been working on projects within the community for many years. You can find an archive of past projects we have supported here >>
PARTNERS
Positive Light Projects
Exeter Phoenix is proud to be partnering with Positive Light Projects on an exciting new visual arts space on Sidwell Street.