During 2023-2025, Imagineer is working with Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council, Warwickshire Country Council and arts organisation Artichoke to produce Creative Explorers, a programme of cultural events in the borough.
This work started with an Imagine Bamboo is Everywhere event at Bedworth Miners Park in July 2023. We ran away with the bamboo circus, made music with bamboo and made our own creations in the bamboo crafting zone.
Imagine Bamboo is Everywhere began with a community day in July 2023
Since then, local artists have taken part in an online creative exchange lab with bamboo specialists from India, Ghana, Bali and UK. They have developed ideas for large-scale artworks made from bamboo.
These artworks have been created with input from local community groups in Nuneaton and Bedworth.
Local artists have explored the uses of bamboo to make new sculptural works
Local people have also worked on The Harmony Project, a giant outdoor musical instrument made from bamboo, in collaboration with Australian artists collective, Cave Urban.
Now it's time to pull all the bamboo threads together!
Imagine Bamboo Nuneaton and Bedworth is a celebratory open day on Saturday 14 September in Riversley Park, Nuneaton.
You can see all the bamboo artworks created by local artists and groups, alongside Nofit State's BAMBOO circus show and guest bamboo artworks from Liverpool and Cardiff. You can also join in with bamboo circus workshops and make your own creations in the crafting area.
Highlights of Imagine Bamboo in Nuneaton & Bedworth so far:
Bamboo musical instruments entertained us
Circus equipment made of bamboo
Trikes filled with bamboo contraptions
Imaginations ran loose in the Bamboo Crafting Zone
Imagine Bamboo is Everywhere is part of the Creative Explorers programme, presented by Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council with Imagineer and Artichoke.