Thank YOU: LeftCoast looks back over the past two years
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past two years. As LeftCoast moves into its fourth phase, which will mark…
LeftCoast Supper Club Project Lead | Apply Now
WHAT: LeftCoast Supper Clubs happen every 6-8 weeks at different community spaces in Blackpool. They involve a bite to eat and a lively chat about what might happen in terms…
Digital Project Internship Opportunity – Apply Now!
LeftCoast are part of a small cohort taking part in a pilot programme led by the Arts Council England’s Digital Culture Network and we are looking for an early career…
Social dance launches across Blackpool with exciting new film and FREE Easter workshops
A new, social dance movement is taking Blackpool by storm and residents are being encouraged to get involved. On 8 April 2022, Blackpool based arts programme LeftCoast will join the…
International Women’s Day | A Celebration of female creatives
Happy International Women's Day! To celebrate, we’re shining light on some of the amazing female creatives we’ve had the pleasure of working with over the past two years. And what better…
Apply now to be LeftCoast’s new Qualitative Arts Evaluator
Apply now! LeftCoast is looking for a new Qualitative Arts Evaluator. (Photo: Claire Griffiths) What is the opportunity? LeftCoast (Blackpool) is an Arts Council, Creative People and Places project and…
(Picture: Claire Griffiths)
Fleetwood: The New Creative Radical
How one of England's oldest Creative People and Places projects is growing grassroots artists and makers with a DIY attitude.
Fleetwood exhibition only Lancashire art project nominated for Creative Lives award
A Fleetwood exhibition has become the only art project in Lancashire to be nominated for a Creative Lives award.
(Picture: Claire Griffiths)
#FlashbackFriday! Our favourite LeftCoast moments from 2021
#FlashbackFriday is a social media craze we’ve jumped on this year. You may have seen us sharing some of our favourite projects across our channels. But this time, we thought…
(Photo: Claire Griffiths)
CALL OUT: Photographers and Digital Animated Graphic Artists
Are you a photographer or digital animated graphics artist? If so, we have a number of opportunities at LeftCoast for you to get involved with in the New Year.
Blackpool residents get dancing in exciting new film
Blackpool showed off its dance moves this weekend in an exciting new film. Residents from the resort have teamed up with Showtown Museum and community arts organisation, LeftCoast, to create a film celebrating the brand new social dance: The Blackpool Way.
Fleetwood’s Inside Out exhibition nominated for Creative Lives award – vote now!
It’s time to get voting, as Fleetwood’s Inside Out art exhibition has been nominated for a Creative Lives Award. The gallery, which first opened in June 2021, was curated by…
Job Opportunity – Digital Communications and Data Coordinator
Funded by Arts Council England, LeftCoast delivers Blackpool and Wyre’s Creative People and Places programme to develop greater access to arts and culture for those that wouldn’t normally access the…
Artist Opportunity – Real Estate Residency (Boston Way)
This brief is for a 12 month live/work residency and is part of a programme of two long term live work residencies on the Fylde Coast. Both residencies have been…
Job Opportunity – Creative Community Activist
Funded by Arts Council England, LeftCoast delivers Blackpool and Wyre’s Creative People and Places programme to develop greater access to arts and culture for those that wouldn’t normally access the…
Get Dancing
FORGET THE FLOSS - THERE’S A NEW DANCE CRAZE COMING TO TOWN Dancing on Ice Star Dan Whiston joined LeftCoast and Showtown in launching Get Dancing, the search for 2021’s…
Inside Out
Have you developed a creative skill, revisited a skill you fell out of love with or just didn't have time for anymore? We want to hear from you about your…
Our Big Green – Our Coast’s Hidden Gem
LeftCoast have teamed up with Affinity Lancashire to showcase Fleetwood’s hidden gem - Fleetwood Marsh Nature Reserve In 2019 a group of local Fleetwood residents, working with LeftCoast commissioned artist…
Get Dancing… Creative Team Brief
A Showtown and LeftCoast co-commission Scope of works for Creative Team for Get Dancing We are looking to appoint a creative team who will lead on the development of a…
Meanwhile…
LeftCoast is pleased to be working in partnership with Abingdon Studios, along with the Grundy Art Gallery and Blackpool School of Arts to present a programme of artist talks, exploring practice before, during and…
Small Radical Acts
In response to the current physical, political, and economic climate that we find ourselves in we have commissioned a group of 10 artists with an interest in working with people to explore the hypothesis…
Watch ‘LEFT COAST’ Film
This week the film 'LEFT COAST', Directed by Carol Salter, is being made available for viewing free of charge for 24 hours ahead of its national release. Available from 9pm…
LeftCoast Create ITV Ident
What takes a 10 hour day of filming, a 3m x 6m canvas, 200 paint filled balloons and 70 litres of watered down paint?
Fylde Coast Scrub Hub
Local artist-in-residence Gillian Wood set up the Fylde Coast Scrub Hub at the beginning of April to help local front-line NHS workers who have faced a scrubs shortage due to…
Artist Brief – Real Estate Micro Residencies
We are currently facing a global crisis that is affecting all corners of people’s everyday lives and livelihoods. In these
COVID – 19
Following announcements by the UK Government asking the population for increased social distancing we would like to update you with our plans for the next 12 weeks. LeftCoast is fully…
Join our Board
We are seeking skilled individuals with the energy and expertise to help us consolidate our strengths as an organisation and explore new development opportunities. You will help take forward an…
New Queers back in Blackpool for the Weekend
New Queers on The Block is back in Blackpool - and this time they are staying for the weekend! Thursday 27th February - Saturday 29th February 2020 LeftCoast, Art B&B and…
Hotel Manager – Art B&B
A fantastic opportunity to lead the staff team and business development of a newly established 19-bedroom hotel (with public bar and events space). It is a hands-on, public facing role…
ICT Tender for LeftCoast
LeftCoast is an arts organisation based in Blackpool. We were established with Arts Council England funding in 2013 as part of the UK?s Creative People and Places Programme. To this…
New Queers on the Block at Art B&B
New Queers on The Block is back in Blackpool!Friday 8 November, 9.00pm?7.50Following on from a hugely successful visit last year,?New Queers on the Block?are partnering with?LeftCoast?and the brand-new venue in…
Wave-Field
Wave-Field by Lateral Office and CS Design, music by Mitchell Akiyama23 ? 26 October 20196.00pm -10.30pmSt John?s SquareWave-Field is a series of eight giant see saws that light up and…
Real Estate 2, Artist Brief
We are seeking applications from artists who work in a socially responsive way who would be interested in relocating to Blackpool or Fleetwood for a long term live/work artist residency…
Radio Local LIVE from SpareParts at Tram Sunday
LeftCoast are delighted to present, LIVE from SpareParts at Tram Sunday in Fleetwood on 21 July, Hunt & Darton?s Radio Local, celebrating the joys and necessity of local radio and…
SpareParts is back at Tram Sunday 2019
Fleetwood Festival of Transport is once again welcoming back SpareParts, the UKs only free festival of art, performance and spectacle dedicated to transport, travel and motion to Tram Sunday next…
Join LeftCoast Board
We are looking for skilled individuals with the energy and expertise to help us consolidate our strengths as an organisation and explore new development?opportunities. You will help take forward an…
ACE National Lottery Funding Advice Available in Blackpool
Arts Council England are hosting a National Lottery Project Grants surgery at the Grundy Art Gallery, Queen Street, Blackpool on Wednesday, 6th March 2019 from 12 noon. National Lottery Project…
Creative Practitioner Action Learning Set
We are inviting creative practitioners from across arts disciplines to apply to become part of an action learning set. The group will meet once a month, up until July 2019.…
SpareParts Festival ? Programme Manager
Job opportunity for a talented Programme Manager with SpareParts Festival . Are you passionate about helping to transform the cultural landscape in the North of?England? SpareParts is a unique transport…
Creative Producer Opportunity – Wordpool Family Day Festival
Blackpool Council?s Arts and Library Services, in partnership with LeftCoast, are seeking to appoint a dynamic and experienced Creative Producer to programme, organise and deliver our Wordpool Family Day on…
New Dates for Creative Development Support Available
Appointments for the for the popular LeftCoast Surgeries are now available for 2019. Surgeries are available for artists or creatives looking for professional development support or just wanting to talk…
ARTIST CALL OUT: SPAREPARTS FESTIVAL
Come and 'take flight' next year at SpareParts Festival, four arts festivals dedicated to all things transport, travel and motion. The Festival is on the lookout for fantastic acts, performances…
REAL ESTATE: MICRO RESIDENCY BRIEF
We are looking for artists for four micro residencies from Jan 2019 ? Jun 2019 The micro-residency opportunities run alongside two, one year long live/work residencies taking place as part…
Opportunities with Fleetwood Voices
Four opportunities are available working with Fleetwood Voices - for drama, dance, music and creative writing/poetry practitioners. Fleetwood Voice is a large scale community arts project to explore the heritage…
Artist Brief – The Final Homecoming
Wyre Borough Council are looking for an artist to creatively enhance 'The Final Homecoming' a community parade to celebrate the Centenary of the First World War. They are looking for…
RUSH sign up to Get Involved
If you want to be part of something amazing then sign up to take part in our next showstopper - RUSH. Part of Lightpool Festival on 26 October. Rehearsals start…
Real Estate ? The Third Bedroom micro residency programme
Call for expressions of interest We are looking for artists for a number of micro residencies taking place from Dec 18 ? Jun 19 The micro-residency opportunities run alongside our…
LeftCoast EXPRESS – new round of applications now open
The new round of LeftCoast Express is now open for applications.?The application deadline for LeftCoast Express round 6 is 10am on Monday 22nd October. Shortlisted applicants should be available for…
NEW Creative Development Support Available
Appointments for the for the popular monthly LeftCoast Surgeries are now available. Surgeries are available for artists or creatives looking for professional development support or just wanting to talk about…
ARTS JOB OPPORTUNITY! SpareParts Festival ? Artistic Director
An exciting arts job opportunity has arisen for a new Artistic Director (as our current Director is free-wheeling off to pastures new), to lead SpareParts Festival to infinity and beyond??well…
LEFT BEHIND #4 –
Local creatives come and join us for Left Behind #4 our fourth in the series of creative conversations responding to the recent FT article about Blackpool. We have recently commissioned…
Digital Animators – call for proposals
Lightpool Festival are looking for experienced digital animators to join a wonderfully ambitious project celebrating the world-famous Blackpool Illuminations and to launch the Lightpool Festival 2018. Up to five digital…
Join Our Team: Creative Development Manager
LeftCoast, Blackpool Ltd is a dynamic arts organisation that delivers the Creative, People and Places programme across Blackpool and Wyre. We have an opportunity for an outstanding candidate to join…
Left Behind #3 – Presenting the Artist Brief
Join us for Left Behind #3 our third in the series of creative conversations responding to the recent FT article about Blackpool? This is your opportunity as a locally based…
SpareParts Festival: Programme manager wanted
Do you want to press the accelerator and ?help SpareParts power into the future??The SpareParts Programme Manager will have a pivotal role in the growth and development of SpareParts Festival.…
Artist Call out: SpareParts Festival
SpareParts Festival, an arts festival dedicated to all things transport, travel and motion, is on the lookout for fantastic acts, performances and artists for their three 2018 festivals. A firm…
Programme Evaluation – consultant brief and ITT
We?are seeking an external consultant with expertise in evaluation and arts engagement to: ? Design and implement a whole programme evaluation for LeftCoast ? Adopt an outcome focused evaluation methodology…
Join Our Team: Creative Community Activist
A great opportunity has arisen to join LeftCoast as it's Creative Community Activist.? LeftCoast supports all the people involved in our projects to develop a greater sense of well-being and…
ARTIST BRIEF: Real Estate – Long Term Socially Engaged Artist Residency
We are seeking applications from artists who work in a socially responsive way who would be interested in relocating to Blackpool or Fleetwood for a long term live/work artist residency…
‘Left Behind #2 – Creative Conversation’
After our inspiring and positive first Left Behind? conversation ? we?re inviting you to join us for a follow on discussion. Having delved deep into the issues and themes of…
This is culture , event at Blackpool Tower circus pictured . l- r chair John Robb , Proff Vanessa Toulmin , Ruth Eastwood , Michael Traynor Tony Walsh ,
CultureBlackpool Launch
Blackpool is announcing a new CultureBlackpool project to showcase and highlight the cultural offer that currently exists in resort to visitors and residents. CultureBlackpool, a new collaboration between public and…
?Left Behind ? Blackpool a drop out town??
LeftCoast are inviting the local creative community to attend ?Left Behind ? Blackpool a drop out town?? a provocative, creative conversation in direct response to the recent Financial Times article…
Real Estate – Expressions of Interest Call Out
Long Term Socially Engaged Artist Residency We are looking to hear from artists who work in a socially responsive way that may be interested in relocating to Blackpool/ Fleetwood for…
LeftCoast? Artistic Director Michael Trainor moving on?
LeftCoast's Artistic Director is moving on (but not too far away!) from his LeftCoast post and here in his own words Michael talks about his time in Blackpool... After 4…
More Music's Catch The Wind Kite Festival 2017. Photo by Johnny Bean (www.beanphoto.co.uk)
Chandelier Night on King Edward Avenue
Light up your chandeliers and open your ears for a FREE illuminating, fun and unique evening on King Edward Avenue, Blackpool. Join us on Saturday 28 October for the FREE…
LeftCoast Board Members wanted…
We are looking for smart and friendly people to join the board of LeftCoast and support its work on the Fylde Coast over at least the next two years. This…
Larkholme Grasslands – Student Engagement Workshops Opportunity
Wyre Borough Council Arts Service are looking for a poetry/creative writing artist?and creative artist?to carry out?workshops with the students of Larkholme Primary.? Their vision is to create a new ?mythic…
Art Bed & Breakfast is Coming!
Somewhere on Blackpool Promenade, close to the town centre, a lonely empty hotel is about to be transformed. Some of you may have heard of our mythical Art, Bed and…
Art B&B Associate Artist scheme
We are looking for locally based artists to be part of the new Art B&B Associate Artist programme, who want to develop their professional arts practice/careers, by developing work within…
LeftCoast Studio – Assistant Curator Opportunity
LeftCoast Studio - Assistant Curator Opportunity Seaside Towns out of Season Exhibition Artist: Jill Reidy Time: 5 days LeftCoast are working with local Photographer and Artist Jill Reidy, to create…
Win a sweet treat and tickets to Rear View
You could be in with a chance to win a sweet treat, in celebration of International Chocolate Day (7 July 2017), and a pair of tickets for the Thursday 13th…
The Academy: Grants for the Arts day
Artists, performers, producers and curators of Blackpool & Wyre - come and join us for a FREE workshop to help shape and develop your Grants for the Arts applications. The…
DEADLINE EXTENDED LeftCoast Studio – Assistant Producer Opportunity
King Edward Avenue Co-commission Artist: Dan Fox Time: 6 days Expenses: an allowance of ?50 per day LeftCoast have created an Assistant Producer role as part of LeftCoast Studio. To…
LeftCoast Express – deadline extended
LeftCoast Express is a self-directed learning programme for artists, creative producers, curators and programmers living in Blackpool and Wyre aimed at developing their leadership skills in the arts. There is…
Future Popular is back!
Future Popular is an opportunity for artists, arts organisations, producers and existing or new collectives based in Blackpool and Wyre, to contribute to LeftCoast?s ambition to find new audiences and…
A scene from Depart by Circa @ Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park.
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Win tickets to DEPART
You could be in with a chance to win a pair of tickets for the opening night of DEPART (1 June 2017) just?by heading over to our social media channels:…
A scene from Depart by Circa @ Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park.
(Opening-16-06-16)
?Tristram Kenton 06/16
(3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com
C!RCA Professional Development Masterclass – apply now
DEADLINE EXTENDED! As you will know we will be welcoming internationally acclaimed Circa Contemporary Circus to Blackpool at the beginning of June to perform their new show DEPART in Stanley Park. …
Could your group be a star of stage, screen or?street?
?A new show which takes audiences through the streets of Blackpool is looking for a community cast. LeftCoast are looking for Fylde Coast groups and clubs to volunteer to play…
Artist Commission – Mereside (Blackpool)/ New West Division Police Headquarters
A new opportunity has arisen for an artist commission to develop a new piece of work, in partnership with the communities of Mereside, Blackpool for the new police headquarters. ?LeftCoast…
A scene from Depart by Circa @ Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park.
(Opening-16-06-16)
?Tristram Kenton 06/16
(3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com
ON SALE NOW – Circa: DEPART
[WPGP gif_id="2429" width="600"] DEPART is a spectacular spellbinding show from internationally acclaimed Australian circus artists, Circa. Coming to Blackpool's Stanley Park, 1st-4th June 2017. Blackpool is the final destination in…
Call for Artists and Performers: SpareParts: On the Move
SpareParts is the?UK?s only Free Festival of Art, Performance and Spectacle dedicated to transport, travel and motion. For the 4th edition of SpareParts in 2017 we have partnered with Sandbach…
A scene from Depart by Circa @ Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park.
(Opening-16-06-16)
?Tristram Kenton 06/16
(3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com
Circa: DEPART
DEPART is a spectacular spellbinding show from internationally acclaimed Australian circus artists, Circa. Coming to Blackpool, 1st-4th June 2017 Inspired by the ancient Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, DEPART…
Introducing LeftCoast Studio….
LeftCoast Studio is our new artist development programme, which will create connections between local creative talent and LeftCoast?s commissioned arts organisations, production teams and all the creative professionals that will…
The Academy Workshops
The Academy is an intensive course in professional creative practice ? designed to support the needs of local makers, artists and generally creative folk, by giving you the fundamental building blocks upon which to build a solid professional future.
LAST CALL FOR MOVIE STARS!
This is the last call for any one wanting to be involved in 1950s short film as part of the ambitious and intriguing performance work ABSENT
Staff Changes at LeftCoast
Two members of the LeftCoast team, Executive Director Julia Turpin and Kerenza McClarnan, Creative Engagement Manager are moving onto new opportunities. After nearly three years Julia Turpin and Kerenza McClarnan…
SpareParts returns to Tram Sunday!
The UK?s only festival of art, performance and spectacle dedicated to transport and travel is back with a bang this year! The SpareParts Arts Festival will be once again be…
PAID USHER ROLES FOR ABSENT
We are recruiting for a pool of 40 Ushers to be part of ABSENT. Audience members are not guided or led through ABSENT, they are left to their own devices…
THE ALTERNATIVE GUIDE TO SOUTH BEACH
Meet 'Miss Inform', hostess and guide for the most extraordinary tour of South Beach Blackpool you can imagine. Part of a programme of arts activity commissioned by community neighbourhood groups…
Join our Team!
LeftCoast is an exciting and ambitious Arts Council England Creative People & Places programme to develop arts engagement across Blackpool and Wyre. The programme is part of a major national…
we’re here because we’re here
LeftCoast takes part in 14-18 NOW?s UK-wide work by Jeremy Deller to commemorate the centenary of the Somme LeftCoast are proud to be part of a project that involved…
Volunteer with us at the Mount Pavilion, Fleetwood
If you are interested in volunteering opportunities then join us for a Mount Tea Party on Thursday 7th July, 2pm-5pm at the Mount Pavilion, Fleetwood. Due to the success of…