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Plant Power
Plant Power In the summer of 2022 we took our brand new participatory show PLANT POWER on a little tour from Brighton to the Midlands and back again THANK YOU to everyone who answered the call! "The forest needs your help! " Participants who became part of this enchanting performance helped Mouse and all the forest creatures to save their beautiful home. We loved your masks and placards, your chants...
BOARD ‘ANTLER AIRWAYS’ TO SANTA CITY
Antler Airways for Santa City At Brighton Marina Between 17 - 20 December, children and families will have the opportunity to experience something totally unique. The former Franco Manca's restaurant on The Boardwalk will be transformed into a free, interactive Christmas Extravaganza where children and families will start in Brighton but end up at Santa's House.Children will enter the start of the journey and go straight to Passport control where...
Skylarks concert & parade
Fundraising event In celebration of the 150th birthday of Ralph Vaughan Williams Wednesday 12th October 2022 Lantern Parade Local children from Artpod will be parading through Rottingdean and Kipling Gardens with Skylark themed lanterns arriving at St Margaret's Church at 7pm Skylarks Concert St Margaret's Church, The Green, Rottingdean BN2 7HA Doors 7 pm, Concert 7.30 pm Rottingdean violinist Ellie Blackshaw with Brighton & East Sussex Youth Orchestra String Ensemble...
Enchanted Leonardslle summer 2021
For this gorgeous festival in Leonardslee gardens and forest, we created an immersive enchanted glade and invited children and their families to create mystical unicorn and dragon tabards with us Over 600 participants joined us across the festival week. Lead artist Laura upcycled and decorated our giant enchanted dragon eggs which were placed on the trail in the beautiful Forest. Big thanks to the Artpod Trainees Rosie, Roisin, Jemima and...
future creators and virtual school art club
Since August 2019 Artpod director Sharon has worked with Future Creators on their well-being program. One particular project of creativity that we all love is the Virtual school holiday art clubs. Specifically for children and young people across the southeast who are in the care system, these classes offer diverse and exciting creative activities. During the various lockdowns, the classes moved online and we collaborated with Jo Coles to create...
SIBS
During the 2020 & 2021 lockdowns, we worked with an amazing charity called SIIBS. They exist to support people who grow up with or have grown up with a disabled brother or sister. It is the only UK charity representing the needs of over half a million young siblings and over one and a half million adult siblings. We now regularly create a bespoke set of art boxes that are...
Artpod presents – A Christmas grotto calls
For Christmas 2021 the Brighton Marina asked us to create a magical wonderland for families and we did just that. This multi-sensory walking trail included 8 festive themed environments with interactive installations and performers. At the start of the journey participants were entertained with stilt walking elf musicians, an ice king, street dance troupes , a magician and singers. Until the Ice queen summoned children and their families into the...
The Lily Foundation Fundraising Gala Ball: THE GLOW SHOW
It was nearly two years later than planned due to covid lockdowns, but we came back in style with the Glow Show decor for the Lily Foundation`s Gala Ball! The stunning bespoke ribbon canopies, stage backdrop and table centres were created with thousands of eco ribbons, all hand cut & tied together by the Artpod team. At magical moments during the night, the ribbons and table centres lit up &...
Frankie Stew & Harvey Gunn – Set Design
We were commissioned by Frank and Harv to design & build the stage set for their final show at the 02 in Kentish Town as part of their sell out UK Tour. We absolutely loved bringing the boys ideas to life, creating a giant plane & enormous light cloud back drop that filled the stage. The boys could even walk on the wings! This was a very special event for...
12 days of Christmas
12 Alternative days of Christmas Between 19th Dec - 21st Dec, Brighton Marina was transformed into a mixture of magical, wintery window displays, installations & live performances for a themed Christmas trail entitled '12 Alternative Days of Christmas', a comical twist on the traditional Christmas Carol - 12 Days of Christmas. Multi-sensory fun for everyone! Artpod and Fabricate, who created the spooky window trail for Fright on Marina, which sold...