Torbay ArtsBase Awards

Torbay ArtsBase Awards 2009
We are still looking for nominations for the 2009/10 Awards. With the awards this year being postponed from October until Easter 2010 (please see the Torbay ArtsBase directory page for more details), the deadline for nominations will now be the middle of March 2010 - and please be assured that all nominations received so far will be carried forward into the lists for Easter 2010.

Click this link to the chelston gallery website to find the nomination form:

www.chelstongallery.co.uk

Torbay ArtsBase Awards 2008

Torbay ArtsBase is a forum for local creative's that aims to help promote and celebrate all forms of The Arts, creativity and culture within the Bay. A key aspect of Torbay ArtsBase's work is to hold an annual Awards Ceremony at which exceptional artistic achievement is celebrated . Awards are presented to those individuals and groups whose contribution to the development of the cultural landscape of the Bay have been particularly noteworthy. Their contribution might have been in producing, developing, or promoting the Arts in any one of its forms.

This year’s awards took place at Oldway Mansion, Paignton in September. At the 'Oscars' style do there was also some musical entertainment that included latin/jazz band Ragged Fish, last year's award winners Memo and soul/funk band Dodgy Practice.

Nominations for the awards are taken from members of the public and the committee (a volunteer group) then evaluates the nominations according to three main criteria:
1) that the work must be of a high standard in terms of creativity and finished product
2) that the group or individual doing that work must either live in or carry out their creative activity in the Bay
3) that the work must in some way contribute to the cultural landscape of the Bay (this could be by way of enriching the lives of those who live here, or by spreading the word about the creativity here to a wider area/audience)

It is this process that the Torbay ArtsBase committee go through in order to present to you what we feel is our selection of the best creative people and activities in the Bay over the last year.

The full list of winners and finalists for the Torbay ArtsBase Awards 2008 are:

Architecture and the Built Environment

Sponsored by Architectural Centre, Devon and Cornwall

Winner: Gillespie Yunnie Architects / Churston Ferrers Grammar School - Learning Resourses Centre (The Cube)

Also shortlisted:

Architecton / Torre Abbey - refurbishment
Stan Bolt - Battery Hill (private residence)
Ben Shearn / The Treasury - refurbishment

Creative Contribution to the Community