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Celebrating young local talent with Rising Arts Agency

  • Bristol Beacon News
A room filled with people watch a band performing on stage, perspective from above and behind the band looking out to the audience.

On 10 February 2022 we collaborated with Rising Arts Agency to create a night that brought together visual art, poetry, dance and live music to showcase and celebrate young local creatives.

At it’s heart the event provided a welcoming space for the young creatives of Bristol to connect, perform and share. Exploring how live performance can create spaces to interact, Make Space For Rising exhibited work throughout our foyer and also offered opportunities for audience members to leave their creative mark themselves.

Performances from local artists included Leeza Awojobi, Charles Tha Dancer, SEPH Group, Amber-Ruth Watson and DJ Adibah as well as visual art by Stacey Olika, Zezima, Parys Gardener, Kiamaco, Lucy Turner, Abbi Bayliss and Jade Ayino.

The takeover of the space and free movement of the audience allowed for Rising’s creativity to fill every brick, tile, and groove of Bristol Beacon. Capturing the heart of the #MakeSpaceForMusic campaign that introduced our 2021 re-brand that was developed in collaboration with Rising Arts Agency.

Make Space For Rising celebrated a journey of transformation, beautifully demonstrating the shared commitment to community.

Sophia Allison, Bristol Beacon Creative Producer

It’s a shame the festivities couldn’t last all night, however it will not be our last celebration of the talent, creativity, and community of the Young Creatives of this city.

Celebrating young creatives

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Celebrating young creatives

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Photography by Stephanie | SEPH Group
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A performer with short, brightly coloured hair speaks into a microphone in front of an audience laughing and smiling.
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A woman writes with a market pen onto glass staircase banister covered in signatures, messages and drawings.
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A man wearing a black leather jacket and red sunglasses looks and holds up a Bristol Beacon tote bag.
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Three young women stand to make speeches on a stage.
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Two people hold each others arms as they greet one another. A man with short brightly dyed hair wearing a patterned jacket looks towards a woman in a black baseball cap, dark jacket and Nike backpack.
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A man in a hood kneels down to write with a market pen on a glass staircase banister covered in signatures, messages and drawings.
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Three people smile in conversation in a gallery space displaying graphic design artwork.
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A male dancer wearing white denim top and red Adidas sneakers holds his hands to his head as if in terror as he performs on stage under bright white light.
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Make Space For Rising, Bristol Beacon, 2022, photography by Stephanie | SEPH Group
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