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Art 50 Gathering

Months after the Art 50 festivals and the programmes on Sky Arts and the dust has settled. So The Gathering' reunited artists for final Art 50 project.

What did we all learn across these two years?

The Sage, Gateshead played host to 'The Gathering' on the 19th September which brought together some of the Art 50 artists funded by the scheme to look at what it means to be British in the light of the EU referendum. Dr Kate Craddock played host to a fantastic day where people had an opportunity to reflect on their projects and engage with the other artists. It was truly heartwarming to see how well so many had done out of this amazing funding initiative, personally and professionally.

There were also representatives from partners Storyvault Films, The BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and the Barbican as the day was an opportunity to see how arts funding and commissioning schemes like this can help institutions develop and engage a wider range of artists across the UK, across genres and across classes.

The artists were invited to create a quick 'Manifesto for the Arts' which was live streamed on the day from Sage, Gateshead and can be seen below. It was nerve-wracking but they all managed to create something moving, positive and/or funny.

Please note that this performance contains some language which viewers may find offensive.

Live stream 'Manifesto for the Arts' on 19th September at Art 50: The Gathering

The other projects

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'ReBranding Britishness' by Common Vision
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'Daughter of a Perpetual Foreigner' by Jasleen Kaur
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'The Brink' by Simon Armitage CBE
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'Mad Dogs' by Gadzooks
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'The Battle of Heptonstall' by The Brutish Multitude
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'School Britannia' - '2 Sides'
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'Stock' by Naqqash Khalid
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'Small Town Politics' by Gulliver Moore and Oliver Clubb
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'Window Wanderland' by Lucy Reeves Khan
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'Postcard from the Future- England' by Dreda Say Mitchell and Tony Mason
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'Postcard from the Future- Scotland' by Al Kennedy
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'Britbot' by Libby Heaney
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'Dogs and their Owners' by Dougie Wallace
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INSULAE [Of the Island] by Nye Thompson
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'This is an Island?' by DanceXchange
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'And The Band Keeps Marching On' by Martha Barnett
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'St. Ives' by D.A. Nixon
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'Let Me Play The Lion Too' by Told by an Idiot
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'Sweet Dreams' by Kuba Ryniewicz
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'School Britannia' - 'Cardigan's Corner Shop'
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'Huntington Gardens' by Simon and Paul Wade
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'Here Be Dragons: A New British Flag' by Rosie Scribblah
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'Backbone of Our Land' by Folkworks
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'The Scary Bikers' by John Godber OBE
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'BREXIT: A Rational Anthem for a National Tantrum' by Nitin Sawhney CBE
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'School Britannia' - Poetry Anthology
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'Magniloquent Cartilage: A Constitution for the UK' by Lemn Sissay MBE
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'Shepherding the Uplands' by Phil Hatcher-Moore
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'Declaration of Independence' by Barby Assante
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'We Are British' by Rio Blake
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'Unexploded Ordinances' By Split Britches
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'Come Hell or High Water' by The Citizens Theatre
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'His England' by Matty Crawford and Joe Argent
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'School Britannia' - 'An t-Aodann Ban' (Fair Hill Face)
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'Ladders of Light: A Constitution for the UK ' by Mary Branson
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'The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson' by Jonathan Maitland
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'Postcard from the Future- Northern Ireland' by Paul McVeigh
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'Automat' by Lab Ky Mo and Chi Thai
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'When We Collide: A British Songbook' by Hanbury & Groves
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'School Britannia' - 'I Am From'
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'R.E.B.E.L' by Boy Blue
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'Spirit of Our Nation' by Peter Brewis and Sharon Durant
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'Me, My Nan and Oldham' by Connor Coulston
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'Youth Manifesto' by National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and featuring Gustavo Dudamel
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UnFOLD: Hope and Water by Lyrix Organix
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'BORDER- A VR Ride' by Abigail Conway and Laura Collier
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'Empire' by Sarah Maple
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'Postcard from the Future - Wales'
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'School Britannia'- Edinburgh