"Restitution, means not just the return of objects, but restoring what was lost or damaged. Not just artifacts, but opportunities. Not just compensation for the past, but investment in the future." news.artnet.com/art-world/mo...

Arts Council England Funding - informal conversation with Visual Arts South West on 13 November vasw.org.uk/whats-on/art... @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

Finished our Watershed Wild and Generous River Frome walk yesterday in good company, with animals from kingfishers to rats along the way www.watershed.co.uk/projects/wil... @wshed.bsky.social

Two more iconic grassroots music venues, The Joiners and The Croft, are now OFFICIALLY community owned buildings. Thanks to the herculean efforts of all involved, these institutions are saved - and with that, the opportunities for bands, music fans, and many more are secure for the next generation.

Refreshed Economic Impact Toolkit for museums, from the Association of Independent Museums aim-museums.co.uk/news/latest-...

Viewing original art has an immediate and measurable effect on the human body, with the ability to reduce stress and increase excitement simultaneously www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour... @artfund.bsky.social

Watershed is one of five nominees shortlisted for the British Independent Film Award’s (BIFA) very first Cinema of the Year award - vote now! www.bifa.film/coty-vote/?c... @wshed.bsky.social @bifa-film.bsky.social

Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions, up to £312,500 available www.ukri.org/opportunity/... @ukri.org

Brigstow funding available to support research into the value of natural history collections and archives, and postcolonial methods of museum and archive practices www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/fun... @bristoluni.bsky.social

What a week of cultural highlights! Marla Gether and band @ Jam Jar Bristol Bath Open Art Prize @ 44AD Dr Tim Manningmore on People of Colour in Georgian Bath @brlsi.bsky.social Dress of the Year Award with Fashion Museum Bath @ Old Post Office and Guildhall Lucky to have all this in my life ❤️

Help shape a new international museum ‘matchmaking’ service - deadline 26 Oct uk.icom.museum/help-shape-a... @icomuk.bsky.social @britisharts.bsky.social

Pembrokeshire Coast Path ❤️

Commission open to work with Civic Imaginaries in Frome, deadline 2 Nov. Civic imaginaries are the ways people think, feel, sense and dream the futures of their places civicimaginaries.gla.ac.uk/civic-imagin... @michaelhowcroft.bsky.social @civicimaginaries.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

The Studio Innovation Fund is open for applications. It's a brilliant source of support - last year a group of us got funding to develop a Capitalism Escape Room! thestudioinbath.co.uk/the-studio-i... @bathspauni.bsky.social

Some excellent regional and local museums are among the recipients of the DCMS Museum Renewal Fund www.gov.uk/government/n...

Transatlantic Slavery: Preparing for the Bicentenaries of the Abolition of Slavery in the 2030s www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/preparing-bi... @liverpoolmuseums.bsky.social

Learn how to reduce the environmental impact of temporary and touring exhibitions with this new training from The Exhibitions Group theexhibitionsgroup.org.uk/events/45872/ @theexhibitionsgrp.bsky.social

Museum of Bath at Work are looking for new trustees aim-museums.co.uk/trustee-vaca...

Well done Ireland - basic income for artists extended (and yes, there's an economic case if that's your thing). Now let's do it for everyone, everywhere www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

75% of creative industries jobs go to friends and connections www.advanced-television.com/2025/10/14/s...

This e-learning course, developed by Octopus Impact and Polymathic, provides a complete toolkit for social impact evaluation sites.google.com/octopusimpac... @uniofbath.bsky.social

Open call to Bristol-based practitioners making art in the public domain, involving technology. Watershed are looking for mid-career artists ready to take their practice to its next level, for the Dreamtime Fellowship www.watershed.co.uk/jobs-opportu... @wshed.bsky.social

Meeting the Moment at Watershed - for cultural organisations in troubled times. Host Martha Awojobi, speakers include The Crab Museum, Fatt Projects, Ella Saltmarshe, Jemma Desai, Nikesh Shukla, Clare Reddington and me. Tickets for 26 Nov www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1356... @wshed.bsky.social

We ❤️ The Bell - Bath's thriving community pub and an excellent live music venue. For fellow fans, they have a community share offer open at the moment thebellinnbath.co.uk/downloads/sh...

Beer, Wine Or Spirits: Most Popular Alcoholic Drink By European Country brilliantmaps.com/most-popu...

The contradictions of climate work: a departing reflection from Watershed's Zoe Rasbash www.watershed.co.uk/articles/fiv... @wshed.bsky.social @zorasbash.bsky.social

Tickets are now available for Drawing Workshop: Grids and Gestures at Locksbrook Campus, Bath on Wed 1 Oct 2025 at 5:00PM www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bat...

It's a privilege to be a Julie's Bicycle board environment champion. We're inspired by well-chosen speakers, and help each other take action with cultural organisations we support juliesbicycle.com/our-work/art... @juliesbicycle.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @wshed.bsky.social

The UnMuseum: A Living Archive of Black Identity and Belonging in the South West www.blacksouthwestnetwork.org/unmuseum

This is ICOM UK's position on heritage protection uk.icom.museum/heritage-pro... @icomuk.bsky.social

British Museum calls for Bayeux Tapestry partners www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour... @britishmuseum.bsky.social @museumsassociation.org

Great guidance here from the Association of Independent Museums on writing a good funding application for heritage work - most of their points apply to cultural activity in general aim-museums.co.uk/writing-a-go... @icomuk.bsky.social

Booker Prize 2025 shortlist announced thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l... @thebookerprizes.com

London people! Go to Capturing the Forest at Battersea Arts Centre. It sounds amazing bac.org.uk/whats-on/cap... @weareunlimited.bsky.social @britisharts.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @london.gov.uk

Bath's American Museum is recruiting a Director www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43... @icomuk.bsky.social @museumsassociation.org

Bath people! Get yourselves down (or up, for most of us) to the Forest of Imagination installation at Entry Hill golf course. It’s magic! @penahay.bsky.social @forestofimaginatn.bsky.social @bathprestrust.bsky.social

Find out how the Association of Independent Museums helped Bath's Museum of East Asian Art review their membership programme, and what other museums could learn from their experience aim-museums.co.uk/case-studies...

WeCanMake and Knowle West Media Centre are seeking an artist(s) to creatively capture and share the story of how local people are coming together to make their homes, streets, and neighbourhood better for people and the planet wecanmake.notion.site/retrofit-zin... @knowlewestmedia.bsky.social

Wild and Generous is a holistic vision for Watershed and Bristol's Canon’s Road area, based on notions of wildness and generosity. Join our new advisory circle, apply by 13 October www.watershed.co.uk/jobs-opportu... @wshed.bsky.social @juliesbicycle.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

Reduce the environmental impact of your museum's learning, outreach and public programmes with this handy toolkit www.artfund.org/professional... @artfund.bsky.social @designmuseum.bsky.social @icomuk.bsky.social

Funding available from DCMS / Wolfson Foundation to support regional museums and galleries to ensure collections are more accessible to the public www.gov.uk/government/n... @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social @wolfsonfdn.bsky.social

The 'Bath backpackers’ hostel organising regency dress salsa classes for their guests' - that's us! www.bathbackpackers.com @theguardian.com

Art and culture, from visual arts to music to design, are the foundations for reimagining alternative futures, fostering civic identity, and mobilising collective action. Yet they remain underused and undervalued in economic policy www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub... @mazzucatom.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery has formally returned 33 objects to the Larrakia People of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, as part of the Australian Government’s Return of Cultural Heritage programme museumsandheritage.com/advisor/post... @museumsandheritage.com

Artcry support political art work with a goal to make change happen. They give small grants with very quick turnaround. Apply here www.artcry.co.uk/apply

Warped and Wasted, at ACEarts in Somerton, looks like a lush exhibition - large scale, experimental installation from waste and second-hand materials - until 11 October seamcollective.org/warped-and-w...

Vote for Watershed as cinema of the year! Before 22 September www.watershed.co.uk/news/vote-us... @wshed.bsky.social

Check out the Diasporas Now open call 2025 - application deadline 6 October www.diasporasnow.com/open-call-2025

Colourful new community artwork in Dorset steals Cerne Giant’s limelight: Consequences Giant figure in the West Country is the result of project involving community groups and schools www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... @theguardian.com

Such an honour to be there for the unveiling of Consequences alongside the Giant of Cerne Abbas today. What a beautiful, ambitious and heartfelt project by Radical Ritual and many partners @beccagill.bsky.social @natlandassoc.bsky.social