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Hawthorn berries and beechnuts

Wild Watershed: a weekend in the woods

Posted on Mon 26 Sept 2011

Our intrepid Exec Chef Oliver Pratt has just spent the weekend foraging in the Wye Valley for all the wild goodies he can find to add a genuine taste of autumn to our seasonal menu. Oliver makes this trip annually with his ecologist friend Ben and this year's trip resulted in a bumper haul of autumnal fruits, nuts and berries - not to mention buckets of inspiration! Oliver says:

Workshop image: A reminder of Nanna.

The Space Metronome is working!

Posted on Mon 19 Sept 2011

Angela Davies in The Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975

Celebrating Black History Month and Afrika Eye

Posted on Fri 16 Sept 2011

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Culture 24: Let's Get Real - How to evaluate success online?

Posted on Tue 6 Sept 2011

How can arts organisations really gauge their success online? Does counting the visitors to our websites really tell us anything? Do we need all the social media channels we start? Is there evidence of real engagement happening online? Do we really know what we are trying to achieve and who it is for?

Waveshed by Joe Magee

Discover the new watershed.co.uk...

Posted on Wed 31 Aug 2011

Welcome to the new Watershed website! It’s been a long time coming. More than five years, to be exact. What was wrong with the old one, you may wonder.It was dated. It was becoming unwieldy. It had teeny tiny text. But most of all, it didn’t accurately reflect the vibrancy and passion of Watershed or the wide variety of activities and opportunities we offer that make us special.

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Embedded Artists Residency recipient announced

Posted on Tue 30 Aug 2011

Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio

Watershed Hosts Partnership Hub for SW Creative Industries

Posted on Tue 16 Aug 2011

Call for entries open for both Electric December and DepicT!

Posted on Fri 29 July 2011

Luke Jerram's Sky Orchestra hot air balloons over London

Sky Orchestra Takes Flight

Posted on Mon 25 July 2011

A still from The Cyclocross Meeting, part of Cyclescreen

Cyclescreen: Bristol's Bike Film Festival 2011

Posted on Wed 20 July 2011

This is an archive page. To see our 2015 Festival programme Click here

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Get into the Carnival Spirit at Watershed

Posted on Mon 27 June 2011

Watershed is getting into the legendary spirit of St Pauls Carnival, Bristol’s annual celebration of Afro-Caribbean arts and culture, with a special Carnival warm-up night on Fri 1 July featuring film and music.The night will kick off at 20:30 with home-grown short film Carnival Memories, featuring recollections from the huge variety of people that help make Carnival happen in Bristol every year.