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Coxside

Reveberations HERO

Reverberations

An art and heritage project working with Plymouth communities to explore historic and contemporary stories of migration

Beyond Face CIC Crab and Bee Far Flung Dance Theatre Laura Hopes Sarah Sense Thrussell and Thrussell

Efford

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Centre of Excellence in Creative Education

A partnership project led by High View School and supported by Take A Part celebrating, testing and exploring creative models of working within the school and community. Via our work with High View Take A Part have become experts in Creative Education and would love to help YOUR school to embed creativity and community building. If this interests you, get in touch!

Coxside

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Community-led publishing project

A community based publishing project that explores writing as a tool to connect people, build skill and develop community based publications in two Plymouth and one Cornish area.

Alan Qualtrough Katie Oborn Paolo Fiore

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Social Making

Our biennial symposium which brings together communities and practitioners working in socially engaged ways to share learning.

Current Projects

Efford

Crazy Glue

Our bespoke after school arts club model for hard to reach families developed with schools in communities we engage with....

Alain Pezard Anne-Marie Culhane

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Happier Blue Spaces

A two year programme exploring the natural heritage of local blue and green spaces. Delivered in partnership with the Ocean Conservation Tru...

Coxside

PRIME HERO

PRIME Design

A collaboration between Take A Part and PRIME Skatepark

Previous Projects

Far Flung Dance Theatre Dom Moore George Lovesmith Mark Vernon Muf Phil Harvey Tony Whitehead Alain Pezard Gil Nicol Hana Backland Allister Gall Anne-Marie Culhane James Lake Jonathan Sells LOW PROFILE Neil Rose Rachel Dobbs Jo Hruby Soraya Phillips Alan Qualtrough Katie Oborn Paolo Fiore Bridgette Ashton Crab and Bee Joanna Brinton Laura Hopes Sarah Sense Thrussell and Thrussell Eleanor Shipman Andy Blackwell Sophie Hope Thomas Goddard The Oddstep Deployment Unit Natalia Eernstman Ryan Curtis Tess Wilmot Peter Randall-Page Leverington Wuthrich Emilio Mula Ruth Ben-Tovim Beyond Face CIC Anna Boland Billy Colours Shaun Lewin

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Coxside

All At Sea HERO

All At Sea

A Reverberations commission: A performance piece developed via a project taking inspiration from ocean health, recycling and the stories of ...

Far Flung Dance Theatre

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BBRoots

BBRoots was a four-year project in Barne Barton

Dom Moore George Lovesmith

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BBRoots Bridge Project

Part of our four year BBRoots project in Barne Barton this project explored the community's access to the water and a creative replacement t...

Muf

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BBRoots Community Photo Mural

Part of our four year BBRoots project in Barne Barton, during this project we worked with photographer Dom Moore to up-skill young people wi...

Dom Moore

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BBRoots Naval Sign project

Part of our four year BBRoots project in Barne Barton this project took place with pupils from Riverside School and explored the Naval conne...

Efford

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Take A Part worked with our community arts group 'Crazy Glue', Plymouth Arts Centre and artist Gil Nicol to create a ‘Plain speaking Tour’ o...

Alain Pezard Gil Nicol

Efford

Capital of Culture

Our long-term work with Efford has helped the community transform their local area....

Alain Pezard Allister Gall

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Carry On Stonehouse

Carry on Stonehouse was a celebration of the community of Stonehouse, reflecting on its fascinating history and exciting future....

Anne-Marie Culhane Jo Hruby

Efford

Creative Education 1

Centre of Excellence in Creative Education

A partnership project led by High View School and supported by Take A Part celebrating, testing and exploring creative models of working wit...

Coxside

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Community-led publishing project

A community based publishing project that explores writing as a tool to connect people, build skill and develop community based publications...

Alan Qualtrough Katie Oborn

Coxside

CRAB

Continuing to collaborate with CRAB

Sharing the continuing work following on from our Reverberations project in Coxside...

Bridgette Ashton Crab and Bee

Coxside

Coxside Carnival

A Reverberations commission: A project exploring and celebrating the fabled 'Coxside Carnival' and the traditions associated with coming tog...

Eleanor Shipman Paolo Fiore

Coxside

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Coxside Cartographies

A Reverberations commission: A creative history mapping project in partnership with The Box Plymouth commissioned as part of our Reverberati...

Bridgette Ashton Joanna Brinton

Coxside

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Coxside Echoes

A community magazine developed with and for residents of Coxside.

Alan Qualtrough Katie Oborn

Efford

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Creative Education

School is often at the heart of a community as well as at the heart of Take A Part's work....

Allister Gall Hana Backland

Efford

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Creativity in our Community

A series of workshops designed to bring together the community in Efford - the theme of ‘dragonflies’ represented 'change'....

Andy Blackwell Soraya Phillips

Efford

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Efford FM

Back in the summer of 2010 residents of Efford took to the waves in a one-day community radio project....

Mark Vernon Neil Rose

Efford

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Efford Heritage Sign

We worked with the Efford community to redesign the Efford pub sign, celebrating the Efford's heritage....

Thomas Goddard

Efford

Efford, The Capital of Culture For Plymouth

Our long-term work with Efford lead to them curating and producing a city wide exhibition and programme of events in collaboration with Ply...

Allister Gall Hana Backland

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Green Orchestra

Green Orchestra was our exciting musically inspired project in response to the Philharmonia Orchestra’s iOrchestra project....

Hana Backland Neil Rose

Efford

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Grow Efford

Grow Efford developed opportunities for peopleto eat healthily while learning new skills and meeting other people in the community...

Anne-Marie Culhane Tess Wilmot

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Growing Stoke Village Hub

Partnering with The Village Hub Community Benefit Society and a grassroots community organisation in Stoke and Morice Town, Take A Part are ...

Rachel Dobbs

Peter Randall Page

In Praise of Trees

Creating public art that is treasured

Peter Randall-Page

Efford

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Inspired by Le Grice

With High View School and artist Allister Gall, we were inspired by Malcolm Le Grice....

Allister Gall

Efford

Looking for Silence

We commissioned an artwork to help Efford enjoy their open spaces.

Leverington Wuthrich

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Nowhereisland

Nowhereisland was an Artists Taking the Lead project, and was a part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad...

Hana Backland Mark Vernon

Efford

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(A Little) Patch of Ground

‘A Little patch of Ground’ was a creative project run in Efford between April and July 2013....

Anne-Marie Culhane Emilio Mula

Efford

PST Casestudy HERO

Plain Speaking Tours

Take A Part has worked with community arts groups for over 10 years to develop their ‘Plain Speaking Tours’ model, collaborating with reside...

Hana Backland Rachel Dobbs

Efford

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Plain Speaking Tours 2022

Bringing back our flagship Plain Speaking Tours for British Art Show 9; Touring the British Art Show 9 venues and art works with community m...

Coxside

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Plymouth Labyrinth

A Reverberations commission: A project gathering local legends and myths and creating a zine, commissioned as part of our Reverberations pro...

Crab and Bee

Coxside

Reveberations HERO

Reverberations

An art and heritage project working with Plymouth communities to explore historic and contemporary stories of migration...

Beyond Face CIC Crab and Bee

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Sculpting Saltram

Take A Part were pleased to work alongside the National Trust at Saltram House to create a series of sculptures, forming a trail around the ...

Anna Boland George Lovesmith

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Seasons

In this fun, brightly coloured project artist Billy Colours worked with children and young people in Barne Barton to create a mural on Poole...

Billy Colours

Efford

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Shed On Wheels

From an electric Morris milk float, the Efford community and Take A Part created a mobile shed, artwork and community space....

Anne-Marie Culhane Tess Wilmot

Social Arts Network HERO

Social Art Network South West

Take A Part are pleased to lead on the facilitation of the South West chapter of Social Art Network....

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Social Making

Our biennial symposium which brings together communities and practitioners working in socially engaged ways to share learning....

Efford

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Something for the Weekend

The Efford community were offered the opportunity to work with 3 artists and try out art (many for the first time)....

Alain Pezard James Lake

Coxside

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Stories Of Teats Hill

A Reverberations commission: A theatrical storytelling project commissioned as part of our Reverberations project....

Beyond Face CIC

TAP Carlow HERO

Take A Part Carlow

Based in Carlow, Ireland, Take A Part Carlow is our sister project.

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The Dividing Line

We worked with Artist Mark Vernon to create 'The Dividing Line', a film exploring the Community of Barne Barton and it's relaitionship with ...

Mark Vernon

Efford

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Traveling Museum Of Communities: The Collection

A collection of assets from heritage project Travelling Museum of Communities delivered by High View School in collaboration with Take A Par...

Thomas Goddard

Barne Barton Digital Map

Young Creatives

A young person-led approach to creating digital projects about their communities....

Rachel Dobbs Shaun Lewin