Arts & Culture East Devon - ACED

02/09/2026

📢 September news!
🎭 Our next ACED meeting will feature a talk exploring how AI can act as a sounding board, challenger and creative partner.
💻 It will show how AI can generate possibilities, develop rough ideas and challenge assumptions, while people continue to provide the imagination, experience, taste and judgement that make creative work meaningful - don't forget to register!
Other news:
👉 Creative East Devon Fund to reopen
👉 Register for the next ACED Network Meeting
👉 September highlights
👉 New artist opportunities
👉 Training and funding opportunities
🔗 Read our September news - see link in comment

📸 Sidmouth Folk Festival. Photo: Kyle Baker Photography

27/08/2026

⏰Deadline tomorrow!
Don't miss out on FREE fundraising workshop places
👉 We are offering 5 free places for ACED Network members on Cause 4’s highly respected fundraising workshops during Sept – Dec 2026.
💰 Let us know which training course is right for you and where you are in your fundraising journey for your creative organisation, festival or project.
✍️ Apply for a free place - see link in comment

04/08/2026

📢 August news!
🎭 As part of Local Government Reorganisation, from April 2028 Devon’s existing councils will be replaced by four unitary councils. We are pleased to share that a cultural assets commission, spearheaded by Arts Council England and Devon local authorities, has begun work to better understand and advocate for Devon's cultural assets through this restructure.
Other news:
👉 Register for the next ACED Network Meeting
👉 Welcome to our new ACED Music Champion
👉 August highlight
👉 New artist opportunities
👉 Training and funding opportunities
🔗 Read our August news - see link in comment

📸 MuMo (‘Mobile Museum’) was founded by Ingrid Brochard and designed by Matali Crasset. Photo: Ludovic Combe

31/07/2026

🎵 New ACED Music Champion
👋 Please welcome Simon Strange as our new ACED Music Champion.
👉 Simon brings a lifetime of experience in the music industry—spanning performance, event organisation, record production, and academia.
👉 He also spearheaded the inaugural East Devon Soul Festival in Seaton last month.

29/07/2026

✨ NEW - Free fundraising workshop places

👉 We are offering 5 free places for ACED Network members on Cause 4’s highly respected fundraising workshops during Sept – Dec 2026.

💰 Let us know which training course is right for you and where you are in your fundraising journey for your creative organisation, festival or project.

✍️ Apply for a free place - see link in comment

⏰ Deadline: Friday 28 August, 5pm.

08/07/2026

Fantastic opportunity for Devon performers with new work - apply by the deadline tomorrow for a 15-minute performance slot on Friday 18th September in East Devon!

From Devon With Love Bitesize 2026 - Artist Call Out

We are looking for Devon-based artists and companies to apply for a 15-minute scratch slot at a From Devon With Love Bitesize event, taking place in East Devon on Friday 18th September 2026.

Scratch is a chance to share early-stage, unfinished work with a live audience and get genuine feedback. It is not about presenting a polished final product - it is about testing ideas, having conversations, and finding out what is working.

We would love to hear from you if you are a Devon-based artist or company working in live performance - whether that is theatre, dance, music, spoken word, or something that does not fit neatly into a single category - and developing new work that would benefit from being shared with a supportive audience.
What you get:

A 15-minute performance slot on Friday 18th September in East Devon
A performance fee of between £150 and £200
Audience feedback on your work
A 30-minute one-to-one follow-up with a producer from our team
An introduction to community touring and the Villages in Action network

Deadline to apply: Thursday 9th July at 10am.

Apply here: https://forms.gle/DfPnKdS3jxuNExGu6

Prefer not to fill in a form? You can submit a short video (no longer than 3 minutes) answering the same questions, emailed to [email protected]

Any questions, get in touch: [email protected]

07/07/2026

📢 July news!
Volunteers are wanted for the Exmouth festival, a free four‑day celebration of live music, arts and family fun by the sea, find out more in the newsletter.
Other news:
👉 Register for the next ACED Network Meeting
👉 July highlight
👉 New artist opportunities
👉 Latest training and funding opportunities
🔗 Read our July news - see link in comment

Exmouth Festival parade 📸 Emily Appleton

25/06/2026

So proud that our Creative East Devon Fund has supported The Sideshore Project
🎨The project supported creative skills development, climate literacy and sustainable behaviour change for over 1200 pupils across 27 local schools with the help of our friends Thelma Hulbert Gallery / Sideshore Community / Charlie’s Beach School Exmouth / SEA Swim Devon

10/06/2026

🎉ACED is proud to support this initiative through the Creative East Devon Fund.

🎨The Sideshore Project is a collaborative, artist-led environmental education initiative by Sideshore Community

🌿Through accessible screen-printing and the upcycling of pre-loved T-shirts, the project supports creative skills development, climate literacy and sustainable behaviour change for children from 27 schools across East Devon.

09/06/2026

📢 June news!
Thank you to everyone who joined us last week Kennaway House to celebrate .
🎉 It was an inspiring evening as we announced the nominees of the ACED Volunteer of the Year award and the winner.
Other news:
👉 Register for the next ACED Network Meeting
👉 June highlight
👉 New artist opportunities
👉 Latest training and funding opportunities
🔗 Read our June news - see link in comment

Masters of the Universe still 📸 Giles Keyte