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A Chat with Allen, Our Cinema Usher Since 1978!

Wednesday 2nd April 2014

Allen Pollock is our longest serving usher, having started in 1978, and is a self confessed film buff, watching around 450 films a year. We sat down for a cup … Continue Reading

The Missing Picture: Witnessing the Unimaginable

Tuesday 25th March 2014

Joanna Wolfarth, specialist in Cambodian art, culture and history, takes a look behind The Missing Picture.

In April 1975 … Continue Reading

Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside: win an Emily Speed windbreak!

Tuesday 18th March 2014

For the exhibition Littoral Zone, artist Emily Speed has been commissioned to make a new … Continue Reading

News from Juliet, our ‘outgoing’ Visual Arts Intern…

Wednesday 12th March 2014

We have recently said goodbye to our Intern Juliet Middleton-Batts. Here are her highlights of her time … Continue Reading

2014 Oscar Winners

Wednesday 5th March 2014

The amount of attention this event manages to garner each year for the verdict of what boils down to the views of … Continue Reading

Video as Drawing in the Jerwood Prize

Tuesday 25th February 2014

Rosalind Hayes considers two video works in the Jerwood Drawing Prize, ahead of Marie von Heyl’s talk about her practice at Plymouth Arts Centre on … Continue Reading

Review: Jerwood Drawing Prize Opening

Wednesday 19th February 2014

The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2013 is currently in Plymouth for the first time as a joint exhibition between Plymouth … Continue Reading

Where did it all begin for the 2014 Oscar Nominees?

Tuesday 11th February 2014

Jemima Laing casts her eye over this year’s Oscar nominations ahead of the ceremony on March … Continue Reading

The Way We Were

Wednesday 5th February 2014

Siobhan Fedden reviews the Looe Street Detectives closing event on Sat 1 Feb

‘Looe Street Detectives’ was a 10 day research residency at Plymouth Arts Centre, in which artist Sara Bowler worked … Continue Reading

Diary of an Intern

Tuesday 28th January 2014

Visual Arts Programme Intern Juliet Middleton-Batts takes us behind the scenes at Plymouth Arts Centre (Photo: Dom … Continue Reading

Blue is the Warmest Colour

Wednesday 15th January 2014

A discussion of ‘Blue is the Warmest Colour’, by Film Programmer Anna Navas. While most … Continue Reading

Looe Street Detectives’ Journey

Wednesday 8th January 2014

Artist Sara Bowler tells us about the making of her exhibition Looe Street Detectives.

The Looe Street … Continue Reading

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