A MESSAGE FROM RIGHT UP OUR STREET Eva Wuestum
At Right Up Our Street we’re very excited and proud to be part of the first hard copy edition of the Doncopolitan, which has been launched to coincide with the DNweekeND, a weekend which brings together artists and arts events across town on 9th-11th May. There are tons of things to do across Doncaster. From poetry to performance, film to radio, sculpture to design, the town is buzzing with creativity. Doncaster is full of artists, musicians, writers and performers. It is full of people who celebrate creativity and value imagination. It is full of choirs, bands, theatre companies and galleries. We aim to let everyone within the Doncaster Borough and further afield know about everything that’s happening here. A group of Doncaster arts organisations (darts, Cast, Doncaster Culture and Leisure Trust, Doncaster Voluntary Arts Network) have joined forces, backed up with funding from the Arts Council, to create a programme called Right Up Our Street,
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aimed at getting more people enjoying the arts in Doncaster.Right Up Our Street aims to inform everyone what Doncaster and its artistic community has to offer. The more you know about what’s happening, the more likely you are to find something to attend. As well as supporting this magazine through funding, we also list
We wish the team a fantastic launch and every success. And to you the readers, come and join us, have a look at our website and see what the Doncaster arts scene has to offer, because it’s no longer a secret. Great art is here, and it really is Right Up Our Street. To find out more visit our website: rightupourstreet .org.uk
everything happening across the town on our website.
Right Up Our Street is led by a consortium of Doncaster arts organisations and
We are also a portal for artists of all
supported using public funding by the
kinds to share ideas and connect,
National Lottery through Arts Council
as well as programmers bringing
England until 2016.
new and incredible work to the town. If you’re an artist, or if you live in Doncaster and you’ve got a big idea for something you want to see happen in the town, get in touch via hello@rightupourstreet.org.uk We are thrilled that in the Doncopolitan we have a magazine that “celebrates Doncaster’s culture, arts, style, music, people, fashion, lifestyle, architecture and even its coal-black underbelly”.
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