Beach of Dreams
@beachofdreams.bsky.social
UK-wide coastal arts festival | 1 May – 1 June 2025
Presented by Kinetika
Supported by Arts Council England & Historic England
#BeachOfDreams
Presented by Kinetika
Supported by Arts Council England & Historic England
#BeachOfDreams
Both an annual festival and a free, year-round cultural programme, T100 encourages participants to experience Thurrock and its surrounding areas in new and unexpected ways.
April 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Both an annual festival and a free, year-round cultural programme, T100 encourages participants to experience Thurrock and its surrounding areas in new and unexpected ways.
At Beach of Dreams, we believe in the power of storytelling and science to inspire change - and Ocean Generation is doing just that 🌍✨
April 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
At Beach of Dreams, we believe in the power of storytelling and science to inspire change - and Ocean Generation is doing just that 🌍✨
How can creativity drive climate action in Belfast? This virtual Beach of Dreams panel will be an inspiring discussion on the city’s dynamic and innovative responses to the climate emergency.
Register your free place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/belfasts-c...
Register your free place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/belfasts-c...
April 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM
How can creativity drive climate action in Belfast? This virtual Beach of Dreams panel will be an inspiring discussion on the city’s dynamic and innovative responses to the climate emergency.
Register your free place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/belfasts-c...
Register your free place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/belfasts-c...
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Only just a month to go until the @beachofdreams.bsky.social festival!
The wild plants are growing beautifully on the shingle.
Join us @rosy.garlic for a morning of creativity on West Worthing beach. Sat 3rd May - 11am to 1pm.
Tickets are free but please book.
www.eventbrite.com/e/an-art-for...
The wild plants are growing beautifully on the shingle.
Join us @rosy.garlic for a morning of creativity on West Worthing beach. Sat 3rd May - 11am to 1pm.
Tickets are free but please book.
www.eventbrite.com/e/an-art-for...
April 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Only just a month to go until the @beachofdreams.bsky.social festival!
The wild plants are growing beautifully on the shingle.
Join us @rosy.garlic for a morning of creativity on West Worthing beach. Sat 3rd May - 11am to 1pm.
Tickets are free but please book.
www.eventbrite.com/e/an-art-for...
The wild plants are growing beautifully on the shingle.
Join us @rosy.garlic for a morning of creativity on West Worthing beach. Sat 3rd May - 11am to 1pm.
Tickets are free but please book.
www.eventbrite.com/e/an-art-for...
Looking to celebrate the Dawn Chorus next month? Join our in-person lyric writing workshop this Friday, as we begin to create ‘Searching for the Soul of the Sea’ 🌅
April 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Looking to celebrate the Dawn Chorus next month? Join our in-person lyric writing workshop this Friday, as we begin to create ‘Searching for the Soul of the Sea’ 🌅
JasonSingh returned to Colwyn Bay last week to capture more recordings for our Wales commission’s soundscape.
March 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
JasonSingh returned to Colwyn Bay last week to capture more recordings for our Wales commission’s soundscape.
Over a two-day creative workshop with The Creative Seed, our commissioned artists for South Tyneside, Tessa Bunney and Stevie Ronnie, guided the group in exploring the power of storytelling, photography, and writing to connect with Sunderland’s coastline. 🌊✨
March 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Over a two-day creative workshop with The Creative Seed, our commissioned artists for South Tyneside, Tessa Bunney and Stevie Ronnie, guided the group in exploring the power of storytelling, photography, and writing to connect with Sunderland’s coastline. 🌊✨
📣 Beach of Dreams launches nationwide on Saturday 3rd May at Tilbury Cruise Terminal and you’re invited!
📆 Sat 3 May, 1pm – 5pm
🎟️ Free event – sign up: www.beachofdreams.org/submissions/...
📆 Sat 3 May, 1pm – 5pm
🎟️ Free event – sign up: www.beachofdreams.org/submissions/...
March 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
📣 Beach of Dreams launches nationwide on Saturday 3rd May at Tilbury Cruise Terminal and you’re invited!
📆 Sat 3 May, 1pm – 5pm
🎟️ Free event – sign up: www.beachofdreams.org/submissions/...
📆 Sat 3 May, 1pm – 5pm
🎟️ Free event – sign up: www.beachofdreams.org/submissions/...
Next week, join walking artist and Beach of Dreams Artistic Director Ali Pretty in a conversation spanning continents, with textile artists Rachna Toshniwal, Elspeth ‘Billie’ Penfold, and Rahemur Rahman as they explore the intersection of art, waste, and environmental storytelling.
Threads for Tomorrow
Hosted by Ali Pretty, walking artist, community activist and founding artistic director of the 2025 Beach of Dreams coastal art festival that will bring a festival of banner art, sculpture, performanc...
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March 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Next week, join walking artist and Beach of Dreams Artistic Director Ali Pretty in a conversation spanning continents, with textile artists Rachna Toshniwal, Elspeth ‘Billie’ Penfold, and Rahemur Rahman as they explore the intersection of art, waste, and environmental storytelling.
Join our March virtual roundtables to shape your Beach of Dreams event!
We’re hosting three national roundtables this month. Our Artistic Director, Ali Pretty, will be providing updates on the festival and it’s a great opportunity to learn more about being involved.
📸 Credit: Tessa Bunney
We’re hosting three national roundtables this month. Our Artistic Director, Ali Pretty, will be providing updates on the festival and it’s a great opportunity to learn more about being involved.
📸 Credit: Tessa Bunney
March 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Join our March virtual roundtables to shape your Beach of Dreams event!
We’re hosting three national roundtables this month. Our Artistic Director, Ali Pretty, will be providing updates on the festival and it’s a great opportunity to learn more about being involved.
📸 Credit: Tessa Bunney
We’re hosting three national roundtables this month. Our Artistic Director, Ali Pretty, will be providing updates on the festival and it’s a great opportunity to learn more about being involved.
📸 Credit: Tessa Bunney
What if we could truly listen to the symphonies our environment is creating minute by minute? How would it connect you to the trees, insects and animals we share our communities with? 🎤🎶
March 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
What if we could truly listen to the symphonies our environment is creating minute by minute? How would it connect you to the trees, insects and animals we share our communities with? 🎤🎶
We’re so excited to reveal our final programme for Beach of Dreams – a landmark festival of art, community and climate action 🌊🥾💬
Explore each of our eight commissions, and find out how you can take part in Beach of Dreams this May: www.beachofdreams.org?extra=storie...
Explore each of our eight commissions, and find out how you can take part in Beach of Dreams this May: www.beachofdreams.org?extra=storie...
March 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We’re so excited to reveal our final programme for Beach of Dreams – a landmark festival of art, community and climate action 🌊🥾💬
Explore each of our eight commissions, and find out how you can take part in Beach of Dreams this May: www.beachofdreams.org?extra=storie...
Explore each of our eight commissions, and find out how you can take part in Beach of Dreams this May: www.beachofdreams.org?extra=storie...
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Can’t wait to see this amazing work!
Writing in the Guardian today, Kevin Rushby speaks to Julie Brook, our commissioned artist for Fife, on the scale and ambition of her site-specific sculptural work, Tide Line.
Castaway in Fife: exploring Robinson Crusoe country in east Scotland
The Fife coastal path connects the firths of Forth and Tay and takes in some of the country’s finest seaside villages, seascapes and the home of a famous literary castaway
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Can’t wait to see this amazing work!
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Less than two months until the brilliant @beachofdreams.bsky.social festival!
On 3rd May I’m co-leading an art forage in Worthing - exploring the vegetated shingle and responding to the plants with art & writing.
#naturewriting
More info & tickets (free) here:
www.beachofdreams.org/submissions/...
On 3rd May I’m co-leading an art forage in Worthing - exploring the vegetated shingle and responding to the plants with art & writing.
#naturewriting
More info & tickets (free) here:
www.beachofdreams.org/submissions/...
Beach of Dreams
Beach of Dreams | UK-wide Coastal Arts Festival | 1 May – 1 June 2025
www.beachofdreams.org
March 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Less than two months until the brilliant @beachofdreams.bsky.social festival!
On 3rd May I’m co-leading an art forage in Worthing - exploring the vegetated shingle and responding to the plants with art & writing.
#naturewriting
More info & tickets (free) here:
www.beachofdreams.org/submissions/...
On 3rd May I’m co-leading an art forage in Worthing - exploring the vegetated shingle and responding to the plants with art & writing.
#naturewriting
More info & tickets (free) here:
www.beachofdreams.org/submissions/...
Writing in the Guardian today, Kevin Rushby speaks to Julie Brook, our commissioned artist for Fife, on the scale and ambition of her site-specific sculptural work, Tide Line.
Castaway in Fife: exploring Robinson Crusoe country in east Scotland
The Fife coastal path connects the firths of Forth and Tay and takes in some of the country’s finest seaside villages, seascapes and the home of a famous literary castaway
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Writing in the Guardian today, Kevin Rushby speaks to Julie Brook, our commissioned artist for Fife, on the scale and ambition of her site-specific sculptural work, Tide Line.
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Calling Argyll creatives 📣
Beach of Dreams is your invitation to celebrate and reimagine our coastlines. If you want to be part of Beach of Dreams, submit your event now!
📆 Deadline 27 April
➡️ bit.ly/chartsbd
📸 @beachofdreams.bsky.social
Beach of Dreams is your invitation to celebrate and reimagine our coastlines. If you want to be part of Beach of Dreams, submit your event now!
📆 Deadline 27 April
➡️ bit.ly/chartsbd
📸 @beachofdreams.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Calling Argyll creatives 📣
Beach of Dreams is your invitation to celebrate and reimagine our coastlines. If you want to be part of Beach of Dreams, submit your event now!
📆 Deadline 27 April
➡️ bit.ly/chartsbd
📸 @beachofdreams.bsky.social
Beach of Dreams is your invitation to celebrate and reimagine our coastlines. If you want to be part of Beach of Dreams, submit your event now!
📆 Deadline 27 April
➡️ bit.ly/chartsbd
📸 @beachofdreams.bsky.social
Are you planning a dawn chorus celebration this May? 🐦⬛
To mark the beginning of our month-long festival, we’re inviting choirs, bird watchers and nature lovers to join us on beaches across our coastline for International Dawn Chorus Day, Sunday 4th May.
To mark the beginning of our month-long festival, we’re inviting choirs, bird watchers and nature lovers to join us on beaches across our coastline for International Dawn Chorus Day, Sunday 4th May.
March 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Are you planning a dawn chorus celebration this May? 🐦⬛
To mark the beginning of our month-long festival, we’re inviting choirs, bird watchers and nature lovers to join us on beaches across our coastline for International Dawn Chorus Day, Sunday 4th May.
To mark the beginning of our month-long festival, we’re inviting choirs, bird watchers and nature lovers to join us on beaches across our coastline for International Dawn Chorus Day, Sunday 4th May.
Beach of Dreams is an opportunity to challenge the status quo, connect with others and build a better future for our coastlines in the face of the climate emergency.
February 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Beach of Dreams is an opportunity to challenge the status quo, connect with others and build a better future for our coastlines in the face of the climate emergency.
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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
Ready to shape your Beach of Dreams event? We’re hosting three national roundtables next month – the perfect opportunity to connect with our Artistic Director, Ali Pretty and learn more about our nationwide celebration you are invited to be part of.
February 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Ready to shape your Beach of Dreams event? We’re hosting three national roundtables next month – the perfect opportunity to connect with our Artistic Director, Ali Pretty and learn more about our nationwide celebration you are invited to be part of.
We like to move it, move it! 🌀
This February, in partnership with Kinetika, Start Thurrock and T100 Festival, we invite you to take part in a series of free movement workshops – a chance to get creative, build confidence, feel good!
Sat 22 Feb: www.startthurrock.org/whats-on/bea...
This February, in partnership with Kinetika, Start Thurrock and T100 Festival, we invite you to take part in a series of free movement workshops – a chance to get creative, build confidence, feel good!
Sat 22 Feb: www.startthurrock.org/whats-on/bea...
February 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We like to move it, move it! 🌀
This February, in partnership with Kinetika, Start Thurrock and T100 Festival, we invite you to take part in a series of free movement workshops – a chance to get creative, build confidence, feel good!
Sat 22 Feb: www.startthurrock.org/whats-on/bea...
This February, in partnership with Kinetika, Start Thurrock and T100 Festival, we invite you to take part in a series of free movement workshops – a chance to get creative, build confidence, feel good!
Sat 22 Feb: www.startthurrock.org/whats-on/bea...
In 2021 Kinetika began its Natural Dye Experiment, asking “Where does colour come from?”
Known for their bright, vivid batik designs, there is no Kinetika without vibrant colour. But they also believe in being agents of positive change.
Known for their bright, vivid batik designs, there is no Kinetika without vibrant colour. But they also believe in being agents of positive change.
February 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
In 2021 Kinetika began its Natural Dye Experiment, asking “Where does colour come from?”
Known for their bright, vivid batik designs, there is no Kinetika without vibrant colour. But they also believe in being agents of positive change.
Known for their bright, vivid batik designs, there is no Kinetika without vibrant colour. But they also believe in being agents of positive change.
🐎 The Big Hoof Journey across Fife, 14 – 29 May 2025 🥾✨
Events are being added across the UK for Beach of Dreams! This May, join The Big Hoof for an inspiring adventure as they journey across Fife’s breathtaking Coastal Path and return along the historic Pilgrims’ Way – on foot and horseback.
Events are being added across the UK for Beach of Dreams! This May, join The Big Hoof for an inspiring adventure as they journey across Fife’s breathtaking Coastal Path and return along the historic Pilgrims’ Way – on foot and horseback.
February 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🐎 The Big Hoof Journey across Fife, 14 – 29 May 2025 🥾✨
Events are being added across the UK for Beach of Dreams! This May, join The Big Hoof for an inspiring adventure as they journey across Fife’s breathtaking Coastal Path and return along the historic Pilgrims’ Way – on foot and horseback.
Events are being added across the UK for Beach of Dreams! This May, join The Big Hoof for an inspiring adventure as they journey across Fife’s breathtaking Coastal Path and return along the historic Pilgrims’ Way – on foot and horseback.
💡 This May, it’s your turn to dream big.
From Scotland to Northern Ireland, England to Wales, Beach of Dreams is your invitation to celebrate and reimagine our coastlines.
From Scotland to Northern Ireland, England to Wales, Beach of Dreams is your invitation to celebrate and reimagine our coastlines.
January 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
💡 This May, it’s your turn to dream big.
From Scotland to Northern Ireland, England to Wales, Beach of Dreams is your invitation to celebrate and reimagine our coastlines.
From Scotland to Northern Ireland, England to Wales, Beach of Dreams is your invitation to celebrate and reimagine our coastlines.
Coastal heritage, creativity, and community unite in Great Yarmouth, Harwich, and Orford Ness as part of Beach of Dreams ✨ Collecting Dreams, Shifting Futures is making waves!
January 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Coastal heritage, creativity, and community unite in Great Yarmouth, Harwich, and Orford Ness as part of Beach of Dreams ✨ Collecting Dreams, Shifting Futures is making waves!