OSR Projects

Artist Talk
2021-11-04 18:30 - 20:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
We are delighted that Angela Charles will be giving an informal artist talk on Thursday 4 November 6.30 – 8pm BOOKING ESSENTIAL

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
2021-10-15 11:00 - 2021-11-07 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
An exhibition of new work and short film by artist Angela Charles exploring notions of ‘seeing’ in art from the perspective of a visually impaired painter.
Exhibition dates:
15 October – 7 November
11am – 5pm Thursday/Friday/Saturday
11am – 3pm Sunday

Film Premier of WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
2021-10-14 17:30 - 21:00 (Europe/Paris) | West Coker Village Hall, High Street Churlands Close, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9AL, United Kingdom
Film Premier of WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

A short film by Liberty Smith exploring Angela Charles’ journey into making work as a blind painter (duration aprox 15mins) with contributions from Artist Bedwyr Williams and Voice Actor Christopher Flowers. After the film there will be a Q&A with Angela Charles.
Venue: West Coker Village Hall, High Street, West Coker, Somerset BA22 9AL (Parking available at the Village Hall, 5 minute walk to OSR Projects)
Date: 14 October 2021, 6pm screening (doors open at 5:30pm)
**Booking essential
If you have any access requirements or a sign language interpreter please let us know in advance on 01935 862201
Followed by the preview of exhibition of new works
Venue: OSR Projects, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD
Date: 14 October 2021, 6:45pm – 9pm

Lockdown Pottery Community Clay
2021-03-12 10:00 - 17:00 UTC | Somerset
Join our clay community and learn how to make basic ceramics
You will be provided with all materials needed to get you started and we guide you through the three essential hand building techniques. You will also be able to decorate your ceramics with slips and textures and return to us for glazing and firing. When finished you will be able to keep your creations.
Collection/Return of Lockdown Pottery kits from the OSR Projects, Church Street, West Coker, BA22 9BD. (Each pack comes in a large cardboard box, if you need assistance getting the pack home please let us know)
Collection – Friday 12 March (10am-5pm) and Saturday 13 March (10am-1pm)
Return – Friday 19 March (10am-5pm) and Saturday 20 March (10am-1pm)
All instructions will be available (online and printed) and there will be a chance to meet the rest of the new clay community via agroup introduction on Saturday 13 March, and fun on-line show and tell session on Saturday 27 March.
We can provide a maximum 2 packs per family/bubble (enough for 4 people)
Pack includes: clay, basic tools, cloth, coloured slips, rolling pin, thickness battens, wooden disk, paint brush.
We will ask for a £10 returnable deposit when boxes are collected from OSR Projects, Church St, West Coker BA22 9BD.

Od Arts Festival 2020
2020-05-15 08:00 - 2020-05-17 17:00 UTC | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom

Od Songs with Phil Owen
2020-04-11 14:00 - 16:30 UTC | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
Join a unique workshop with the singer and artist Phil Owen.
About a century ago, a group of folklorists travelled through the English countryside, collecting old folk songs from some of the last remaining people who remembered them. Many hundreds of songs were collected in Somerset and Dorset, including in the Cokers.
In a workshop on Saturday 11 April, we will learn a selection of songs from in and around East and West Coker, and find out about the people who sang them. We will also discuss what it might mean to sing the songs today, as a way of engaging in local community heritage.
Phil Owen is a singer and writer from North Somerset. His work is informed by a strong interest in the relationships between voice, heritage and place. With Megan Wakefield, he ran the experimental literary salon Tertulia.
Continuing our relationship with Phil Owen as an artist, this workshop follows a recent performance at Coker Court, and Phil’s outdoor performances of O is this called Lord Bateman’s castle, and is his Lordship here within?, throughout the Cokers for Od Arts Festival 2018.
All singers welcome. The workshop is also open to non-singers who would like to find out more about the songs.
Time: Saturday 11 April, 2-4.30pm
Place: OSR Projects, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD
Cost: Free but ticketed via Eventbrite
Access: the venue is wheelchair accessible, with an accessible toilet. Please contact us if you have other access requirements.
Free but ticketed. Spaces are limited, so we advise early booking. Book your place via Eventbrite

Solitary Encounters
2020-03-13 10:30 - 16:30 UTC | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
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OSR Projects presents:
A day of presentations, conversations and provocations for artists and creative thinkers exploring aloneness through geography, technology and disability.
OSR Projects are excited to announce a one-day seminar, Solitary Encounters taking place on Friday 13 March. This event will bring artists, curators and cultural producers together in rural Somerset to consider the ideas, politics and experiences of solitude, loneliness and isolation through artistic practice.
As part of the Od Arts Festival 2020 – Alone with Everybody, this seminar is relevant to all creative practitioners with an interest in the opportunities as well as the challenges of being alone in the world. As well as presentations by inspiring speakers this event is a chance to meet future collaborators, share food and explore new perspectives through creative interventions and conversations.
Solitary Encounters features a programme of invited speakers and provocateurs including artists who are exploring different notions of aloneness:

For his latest artwork Seeing I 2020, artist Mark Farid will wear a virtual reality headset, experiencing life through the eyes and ears of one person; hearing only what they hear and seeing only what they see for two weeks.
Ten years ago abstract painter Angela Charles was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa and following two years of dramatic deterioration her work has evolved into a material-led practice, and she is now coming out as a blind painter.
Based on Burra Isle in the farthest north easterly corner of the United Kingdom Gaada offer meaningful and critical art activities for the diverse communities of Shetland from their visual art workshop in a converted methodist church.

Solitary Encounters is part of Od Arts Festival 2020 – Alone with Everybody (15-17 May) organised by OSR Projects and supported by Arts Council England.

Common Salt
2020-02-01 | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
Common Salt is a performance around a table – a ‘show and tell’.
It explores the colonial, geographical history of England and India taking an expansive and emotional time-travel, from the first Enclosure Act and the start of the East India Company in the 1600s, to 21st century narratives of trade, race and culture. Sue and Sheila activate insights into our shared past, laying out a ‘home museum’ of objects and stories; of the Great Hedge of India, of borders, and collections – all accompanied by original Shruti box laments.
Common Salt is a reckoning; the interconnectedness between history and global power, artefact and trade, race and memory is hidden in plain sight.
SATURDAY 1st FEB 2020 – 3pm & 7pm
We seat up to 25 people around the table for each performance, so please book in advance.
BOOK TICKETS HERE
or call 07967 756 356/01935 862 201
£5 / £3 Concessions – Students

Party at Coker Court - Fundraiser
2020-01-31 19:00 - 23:30 UTC | Coker Court, East Coker, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9JW
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Join us for our fundraising Party at Coker Court to support Od Arts Festival 2020 – Alone with Everybody
There will be a live performance by Phil Owen where you will hear a song collected by folklorists from the local area a century ago, followed by a Silent Disco run by the brilliant Shush Events … so don’t forget your dancing shoes.
There will also be a Gin Bar (other drinks will be available) and a special Od Arts festival soup available on the night.
There are a limited number of tickets so please book early to avoid disappointment.
All proceeds go towards the Od Arts Festival 2020 – Alone With Everybody taking place 15-17 May across the villages of East and West Coker.

**Tickets do not include food or drink

Esme House - Art Inn the Square
2017-05-13 - 2017-12-07 | Inn The Square, 1 Church Street,, West Coker,, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
On the occasion of Esme’s 90th birthday we are delighted to present a selection of work made by one of West Cokers most talented residents.
Esme’s approach to making art comes from a desire to make, to use her hands. The love of materials is always evident from the richly layered embroideries that contain hours of work to the evocative and playful experiments with wax and burning.
This exhibition brings together a selection of work made from the past 20 years alongside an early embroidery that was made at the age of 15.
Dates: 13 July – 7 December 2017
Venue: Upstairs at Inn The Square, 1 Church Street, West Coker, Somerset BA22 9BD

Invisible Landscapes Seminar
2015-12-04 10:30 - 17:00 UTC | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
We only have a handful of tickets remaining for the Invisible Landscapes Seminar so if you are thinking of coming please book now.
Friday 4 December 2015 10.30am – 5pm
A one day Seminar Exploring embedded approaches to place-based contemporary art practice.
OSR Project Space, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset BA22 9BD
For more info about the seminar, our list of guest speaker’s and contributors, and how to book follow this link
