The Common Good: a first few thoughts
A first few thoughts on the theme for Greenbelt 2017 from Creative Director, Paul Northup The word "good" became a strong idea for us during the course of last year. Especially – without wanting...
Creative Conversations
Creative Conversations: beliefs shaping action for change We are very pleased to support and point to think-tank Ekklesia's Creative Conversations featuring an array of key public...
Poems are like my family
Here's an extract of the latest in-depth interview on the High Profiles website, with Greenbelt trustee Martin Wroe talking to poet Lemn Sissay at Greenbelt 2016 ... As a teenager in the care...
The Lemonade Effect… Read On
It was a full house and one of the most compelling conversations at Greenbelt in years. ‘Forced the audience to confront the idea of white discomfort and move beyond 'not seeing colour' – a...
We Laughed, Cried And Danced To Video-Games
A blog from Andy Robertson, curator of InterACT ... the digital gaming strand at this year's festival ... This year was the first time Greenbelt (or any major Arts festival in the UK) handed over...
Are you having a laugh?
Laugh: noun chuckle, giggle, snigger, hoot, snort, cackle, chortle, guffaw, titter Laughter is an equal opportunities activity. We all do it: children and adults, beggars and kings. Time and...
THROWBACK presented by SILVER LINING & JACKSONS LANE
Direct from Ed Fringe the rising stars of British circus present an excerpt of Throwback: a love note to nostalgia and the things you can't forget. Harnessing the power of collective memory and...
Untitled by Lilith Harrison-Rooke
Lilith is based in the North of England and her work centres itself around the process of making. Her most recent work has evolved into herself growing and then photographing plants. The work...
Scene Unseen by Martin Crampin
Martin is an artist and art historian making work based on the medieval and modern visual culture of the church. A common theme in his work has been to inspire an appreciation of the historical...
Pyxis
Come and explore a small interactive corner of Greenbelt, where the stars glow. Designed to be accessible for the very young but enjoyable for all, this small exhibit will prove to be a tactile...
Mechanisms by Stephen Spicer
At different times Stephen is an artist, designer and cartoonist with eclectic influences. In a single sentence he would mention Edward Keinholtz, Cybernetics, and old arcade machines!...
Feeling Rubbish by Philippa King
Philippa is an expressive artist based in East London. She is interested in people and things, and the way they relate to each other in space. ‘Feeling Rubbish' is an exhibition of 200 photos...
Children’s and Family Programming
A recent survey discovered that seven out of 10 parents were keen to head to a festival with their kids instead of on a traditional summer holiday this year. The same survey found that over half...
Discover Video Games at Greenbelt
Bringing video-games to an arts festival is a similar challenge to engaging children in poetry. Largely untapped by young people, poetry can offer a rich seam of beautiful and unimagined ways of...
Breakdance with Rob Stanley
Rob 'Stan' Stanley has been dancing since 1982 when the breakdance scene kicked off in the UK. After a break he got back into it in the early 2000's. Dancing for Birmingham crew, he travelled round...