Partnerships

ARTlife partnerships work on several levels, from consortium membership to joint projects in the district, with arts and non-arts agencies.

Along with the other Somerset local authorities, we regularly fund four Key Strategic Organisations, who deliver work across the county and who specialise in particular art forms or areas of arts work. As well as supporting their core work, we also offer the chance to develop new projects in West Somerset and to create partnerships across the district.

Key Strategic Organisations supported by ARTlife

Somerset Film & Video is a publicly funded body set up to promote moving image and multi-media production and training in Somerset. The project encourages and facilitates a wide range of media production from 'grass-roots' to commissioned broadcast. It also provides an extensive means of networking both amateur and professional practitioners throughout the region through its comprehensive on-line network. The opening of the Engine Room in Bridgwater has provided a permanent base for learning about and developing moving image work in the county.

www.somersetfilm.com
email: info@somersetfilm.com
telephone: 01278 433 187

SAW Ltd promotes visual arts and provides opportunities for Somerset artists. Developing from Somerset Art Week, a biennial open studios event across the county, the company leads the way in terms of professional training, collaborations, community arts projects and international links, as well as continuing with the art week.

www.somersetartweek.org.uk
email: arts@somersetartweek.org.uk
telephone: 01460 259 324

Take Art is Somerset's Rural Arts Development Agency. Since 1987, many village halls and rural venues in West Somerset have been taking part in their Village Performance Scheme. The scheme exists to bring top quality touring professional arts events to rural communities at an affordable rate. By working together, memorable social events can be organised in areas where people live and meet and so provide a way for communities to come together socially.
Alongside the Village Performance Scheme, Take Art also initiates an artist-in-residence programme, runs Dance Somerset and the Theatre Locality Plan for Somerset.

www.takeart.org
email: info@takeart.org
telephone: 01460 249 450

Actiontrack Performance Company Ltd is a registered charity that provides workshops, and participatory arts projects for educational, social and community organisations.
Projects can involve any combination of music, theatre, design, dance, and spectacle and are always practical and totally participatory in nature. Equipment, materials and expertise are provided to collaborate with any group, irrespective of experience or ability, towards productions of unique distinctive musical shows, community and/or touring theatre, concerts, site specific events, cd's and celebrations.

www.actiontrack.org.uk
email: action.track@btconnect.com
telephone: 01460 240 472

To find out more about the arts across Somerset,
visit Somerset County Council’s website at www.somersetarts.com