The Faculty of Arts at The University of Winchester, in collaboration with The Point, Eastleigh, The Winchester Hat Fair and the street arts company Wet Picnic, are this summer mounting emerge Street Arts Festival. The emerge festival is designed to promote new and emergent talent in the exciting and growing field of street arts. Through two strands, each covering one of two dates, the Festival will promote community awareness of, and engagement with, street arts through workshops with schools on the theme of the Olympic Games and also through a day where exciting emerging street arts companies and performers - who are seeking to establish professional careers in this field - have the opportunity to showcase their work to a public audience as well as a range of street arts programmers.

As well as providing an opportunity for emergent companies and artists to perform in a range of public sites and settings within the centre of Eastleigh, a programme of discussions, seminars and workshops will be provided on various aspects of professional development within the street arts sector – a particular focus will be afforded to the opportunities that are likely to be available to emerging street artists through the staging of the 2012 Olympic and Para-Olympic Games in the UK.

emerge festival: Friday 9th July 2010, University of Winchester and Saturday 10th July 2010, Eastleigh, Hampshire


To view photos from the 2010 emerge festival - please visit here

Saturday June 26th at Leigh Park Recreation Ground, Eastleigh

As part of Jump Out, The Point’s free outdoor dance day in Eastleigh, emerge will organise a series of performances working with local primary schools to explore street arts and carnival using the theme of the Olympic games as their inspiration.

Wet Picnic, a young and successful street arts company, have been commissioned by The University of Winchester to work with five primary schools in the Eastleigh borough to create imaginative, colourful and exciting outdoor pieces which will be performed in Leigh Park Recreation Ground on June 26th. Click here for more information.

As part of the Eastleigh Music Festival emerge brings you a day during which emerging street arts companies and individual street arts performers can showcase their work adding an exciting new element to a lively and eclectic mix of bands.

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