Allegra Galvin
@allegragalvin.bsky.social
Cultural Sector, Strategy Consultant, Artist. I live in Totnes so of course I am also a Forest School leader
www.allegragalvin.com
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Labour ‘should lead a wild camping revival’
Excellent piece in the Times today with CEO of Dartmoor National Park calling on the government to change the law so wild camping can take place in other national parks - a call echoed by the unstoppable @campaignerkate.bsky.social of OSS:
Excellent piece in the Times today with CEO of Dartmoor National Park calling on the government to change the law so wild camping can take place in other national parks - a call echoed by the unstoppable @campaignerkate.bsky.social of OSS:
May 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Labour ‘should lead a wild camping revival’
Excellent piece in the Times today with CEO of Dartmoor National Park calling on the government to change the law so wild camping can take place in other national parks - a call echoed by the unstoppable @campaignerkate.bsky.social of OSS:
Excellent piece in the Times today with CEO of Dartmoor National Park calling on the government to change the law so wild camping can take place in other national parks - a call echoed by the unstoppable @campaignerkate.bsky.social of OSS:
Imagine Galleon Together will see a citizens' panel setting the direction of an arts venue - the first of its kind in London! I'm chuffed to be working on this with Creative Barking and Dagenham, @citizensinpower.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/newsree...
Arts centre’s future to be decided by citizens’ panel - Arts Professional
An arts centre in Barking has launched an initiative to create a citizens’ panel to inform its plans to reopen. The Galleon Arts Centre closed in 2023 after refurbishment in 2021. However, the buildin...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Imagine Galleon Together will see a citizens' panel setting the direction of an arts venue - the first of its kind in London! I'm chuffed to be working on this with Creative Barking and Dagenham, @citizensinpower.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/newsree...
I’ll be working with @trplymouth.bsky.social for the next few months as Transformation Associate and needless to say I’m happy to be back in a THEATRE 🎭 💛
May 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I’ll be working with @trplymouth.bsky.social for the next few months as Transformation Associate and needless to say I’m happy to be back in a THEATRE 🎭 💛
Absolutely essential viewing 👇🏻
"Years and Years" has just been put back on Netflix, and I've a feeling that's deliberate.
It's described as a "dystopian science fiction drama," written by the genius Russell T Davis.
I suggest you watch it if you haven't already. 6 episodes.
It's all now happening.
youtu.be/SY41jhIP_xI?...
It's described as a "dystopian science fiction drama," written by the genius Russell T Davis.
I suggest you watch it if you haven't already. 6 episodes.
It's all now happening.
youtu.be/SY41jhIP_xI?...
Years & Years (2019): Official Trailer | HBO
YouTube video by HBO
youtu.be
May 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Absolutely essential viewing 👇🏻
This project I’m working on with Creative Barking & Dagenham + @citizensinpower.bsky.social is landing and I’m excited! The first of its kind in London, with a citizens’ panel setting the direction of a cultural venue. Keep an eye out for this 👀
www.thestage.co.uk/news/galleon...
www.thestage.co.uk/news/galleon...
Galleon Arts Centre: public panel to decide future of London arts venue
An assembly of 12 local people will determine the future running of a London arts space, using a model based on systems currently operating in Canada and Australia
www.thestage.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This project I’m working on with Creative Barking & Dagenham + @citizensinpower.bsky.social is landing and I’m excited! The first of its kind in London, with a citizens’ panel setting the direction of a cultural venue. Keep an eye out for this 👀
www.thestage.co.uk/news/galleon...
www.thestage.co.uk/news/galleon...
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Love this from Rebecca Solnit in The Guardian today on how deep social change is non-linear, and takes faith and creative persistence and eyes to see.
May 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Love this from Rebecca Solnit in The Guardian today on how deep social change is non-linear, and takes faith and creative persistence and eyes to see.
I saw this @trplymouth.bsky.social and thought it was great - funny, insightful, vulnerable. Well worth an evening.
Funny, insightful, bold and deft... plus dancing. Cristina Varga's Close Enough at @trplymouth.bsky.social
(psst, it's still on tour)
www.theprsd.co.uk/2025/04/30/c...
(psst, it's still on tour)
www.theprsd.co.uk/2025/04/30/c...
Close Enough | Cristina Varga is laugh-out-loud funny, challenging and revealing - the PRSD
In Close Enough, Cristina Varga uses a mixture of dance, song and comedy for a laugh-out-loud night that is funny, challenging and revealing
www.theprsd.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I saw this @trplymouth.bsky.social and thought it was great - funny, insightful, vulnerable. Well worth an evening.
So glad I stayed up late finishing a response to the Hodge Review 🙄
A thread on my response 👇🏻
As 1/3 American, I’ll take this moment to remind my fellow creatives that whilst no institution is perfect, the fact that @artscouncilengland.bsky.social exists is critical to artists’ independence.
A thread on my response 👇🏻
As 1/3 American, I’ll take this moment to remind my fellow creatives that whilst no institution is perfect, the fact that @artscouncilengland.bsky.social exists is critical to artists’ independence.
April 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
So glad I stayed up late finishing a response to the Hodge Review 🙄
A thread on my response 👇🏻
As 1/3 American, I’ll take this moment to remind my fellow creatives that whilst no institution is perfect, the fact that @artscouncilengland.bsky.social exists is critical to artists’ independence.
A thread on my response 👇🏻
As 1/3 American, I’ll take this moment to remind my fellow creatives that whilst no institution is perfect, the fact that @artscouncilengland.bsky.social exists is critical to artists’ independence.
Saw Jeremy Deller #EnglishMagic at The Box Plymouth @plymouthcc.bsky.social displayed as part of #NationalGallery bicentenary celebrations #NG200 #TriumphofArt
April 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Saw Jeremy Deller #EnglishMagic at The Box Plymouth @plymouthcc.bsky.social displayed as part of #NationalGallery bicentenary celebrations #NG200 #TriumphofArt
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There is a great evidence base on the risks posed to social cohesion by inequality here, from the Fairness Foundation.
fairnessfoundation.com/risks
fairnessfoundation.com/risks
Wealth Gap Risk Register
An online resource that collates evidence about the impacts of wealth inequality, the solutions and public attitudes to all of the above
fairnessfoundation.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
There is a great evidence base on the risks posed to social cohesion by inequality here, from the Fairness Foundation.
fairnessfoundation.com/risks
fairnessfoundation.com/risks
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April 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Not your average haul at forest school today…
April 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Not your average haul at forest school today…
We are running research workshops with @librariesunlimited.bsky.social for a *book* about nurturing the artist in every child. The first workshop is full but we have spaces at Brixham and Paignton libraries: Kids Art Space - Brixham Library www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kids-art-s...
April 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We are running research workshops with @librariesunlimited.bsky.social for a *book* about nurturing the artist in every child. The first workshop is full but we have spaces at Brixham and Paignton libraries: Kids Art Space - Brixham Library www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kids-art-s...
“Robbing Peter” by Joe Cunningham, 2015. The title comes from a traditional patchwork design with alternating colors, where segments are "robbed" from one block to form the design of another. The #springbudget made me think of this quilt, big blocks of govt. spend squeezing out smaller ones. #quilts
March 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
“Robbing Peter” by Joe Cunningham, 2015. The title comes from a traditional patchwork design with alternating colors, where segments are "robbed" from one block to form the design of another. The #springbudget made me think of this quilt, big blocks of govt. spend squeezing out smaller ones. #quilts
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If you work in the arts as a freelancer take a moment to undertake the @freelancersmake.bsky.social’s Big Survey. It’s the final one & is so important to track what freelancers experience. It’s been used to lobby and change policy at Government level!
freelancersmaketheatrework.com/big-freelanc...
freelancersmaketheatrework.com/big-freelanc...
Big Freelancer Survey 2025 - Freelancers make theatre work
The home of The Big Freelancer Survey. The largest survey of its kind monitoring Freelancers in the arts. Take the 2025 survey NOW.
freelancersmaketheatrework.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If you work in the arts as a freelancer take a moment to undertake the @freelancersmake.bsky.social’s Big Survey. It’s the final one & is so important to track what freelancers experience. It’s been used to lobby and change policy at Government level!
freelancersmaketheatrework.com/big-freelanc...
freelancersmaketheatrework.com/big-freelanc...
I have a new website!
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Allegra Galvin Consultancy
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March 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I have a new website!
www.allegragalvin.com
www.allegragalvin.com
I am missing my tw*tter account for the first time in years with @artscouncilengland.bsky.social #NPO announcement. Where is the debate on Bluesky?!
March 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I am missing my tw*tter account for the first time in years with @artscouncilengland.bsky.social #NPO announcement. Where is the debate on Bluesky?!
“She’s Lost Control Again” by Irene Roderick, 2019: “The morning I started creating the quilt I was angered by national news and was "seeing red!" I wanted to express the chaos and lack of control I was feeling as I worked” #modernquilts #quilt #fridayfavourites
March 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“She’s Lost Control Again” by Irene Roderick, 2019: “The morning I started creating the quilt I was angered by national news and was "seeing red!" I wanted to express the chaos and lack of control I was feeling as I worked” #modernquilts #quilt #fridayfavourites
I started a Wildwood Studio bookshop on @bookshop-org.bsky.social with my favourite quilting & plant dying books. Plus books to inspire artists interested in bringing their practice closer to nature 🌳 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Wildwoo...
Wildwood Studio Bookshop UK
Textile Artist Allegra Galvin shares recommended resources for quilting and plant dying.
uk.bookshop.org
March 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I started a Wildwood Studio bookshop on @bookshop-org.bsky.social with my favourite quilting & plant dying books. Plus books to inspire artists interested in bringing their practice closer to nature 🌳 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Wildwoo...
Spent the day with fellow artist Jo Waterhouse working on our *book* about children, art and creativity… and exciting times ahead working with @librariesunlimited.bsky.social on some R&D workshops for the book. childrens-art.jowaterhouse.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Spent the day with fellow artist Jo Waterhouse working on our *book* about children, art and creativity… and exciting times ahead working with @librariesunlimited.bsky.social on some R&D workshops for the book. childrens-art.jowaterhouse.com
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A reminder for these times.
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A reminder for these times.
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Here is something positive ❤️ www.citizensinpower.com/all-projects...
Introducing the Citizens In Power Network — Citizens in Power
This network of over 65 people and organisations will work together to develop practical models of citizen-led decision-making.
www.citizensinpower.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Here is something positive ❤️ www.citizensinpower.com/all-projects...
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Happy Saturday morning from me and Bramble (my favourite shhhh)
February 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Happy Saturday morning from me and Bramble (my favourite shhhh)
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