Our monthly Artist Gatherings are designed to bring together members of our network to connect, share their projects, and discuss areas where support is needed within the arts community. Join our Artist Gathering on May 30th, 11 AM–1 PM at Arnolfini Arts. Discover how you can get involved in DIASPORA! 2026, connect with fellow creatives,… Continue Reading Artist Gathering: Discover how to get involved in DIASPORA! 2026
In this 2 hour walk through beautiful countryside south of Bristol you will get to know the land as well as connecting with the past and the great flow of life that has brought us into existence! We will walk at a steady pace to suit the needs of the group, and there will be… Continue Reading Artist Retreat: Deep Time Walk with Diverse Artists Network and EcoWild
Our monthly Artist Gatherings are designed to bring together members of our network to connect, share their projects, and discuss areas where support is needed within the arts community. Join us on Friday, 27 June, 11 AM–1 PM at Arnolfini Arts for our next Artists Gathering, on balancing parenthood with a creative career. Led by… Continue Reading Artist Gathering: Balancing Parenthood With A Creative Career
Now in its sixth year, the Take Five: Weston Arts + Health Festival celebrates creativity and wellbeing across Weston-super-Mare. This year highlights the importance of lifelong learning, inspired by the Five Ways to Wellbeing. A key feature is its partnership with Race Equality North Somerset and that we, Diverse Artists Network, are supporting the Many Cultures, One… Continue Reading Take Five: Weston Arts + Health Festival 2025
Fun in the Park in Kingswood Park is back! A fun, family-friendly day out in the park with children’s rides, circus skills workshops, facepainting, music on the bandstand, a range of fun activities from local community groups and delicious food options. Please save the date and watch this space for updates!
A groundbreaking day of activism, artistry and identity to take over Millennium Square – presented by Good Law Project, Diverse Artists Network and Bristol Legacy Foundation The 2025 edition of the Bristol Harbour Festival is set to deliver its most powerful programme to date, as the Expression Stage at Millennium Square returns on Sunday 20th… Continue Reading Expression Stage at Bristol Harbour Festival
Our monthly Artist Gatherings are designed to bring together members of our network to connect, share their projects, and discuss areas where support is needed within the arts community. Join us on Friday, 25 July, for our next Artist Gathering on socially-engaged arts practice. If you’d like to find out more about how art can… Continue Reading Artist Gathering on Socially-Engaged Arts Practice
LilitthArtist, muse, model, and dancer—a migrant soul infused with creativity and intuition. Soft-spoken yet deeply embodied, Lilitth radiates kindness, curiosity, and passion, moving gracefully with life’s ever-changing rhythms. She is a familiar presence, appearing in many forms—you may have encountered her before, and perhaps you will again. Through her art, Lilitth awakens the senses of… Continue Reading Preview of “Lilitth” Solo Art Show
We’re excited to be presenting DIASPORA! – a vibrant series of music and voice workshops celebrating global harmony, rhythm, and cultural connection at Shambala Festival. The Harmony Yurt will offer soulful choral traditions from around the world, while the Melody Yurt will bring the beat with ancient percussion, Kora, Balafon, and Djembe drumming. With 12… Continue Reading DIASPORA! at Shambala Festival
FORWARDS has a dedicated kids area, featuring immersive shows and exciting workshops, theatre, ball pool, skate ramp, arts & crafts, music, plus much more – there is something for the whole family. In the kids’ area, the Diverse Artists Network — a development agency championing diversity, cultural competency, and representation in the arts — will… Continue Reading Kids Area at FORWARDS
“Life-affirming Balochi folk that can’t fail to stir something inside any member of the human race. At 80, Ustad’s fairytale rise to the global stage isn’t quite as remarkable as the first benju note you hear ringing through his junkshop amp. A dizzying melange of sound from classical raag to zahirook, Persia to Kurdistan, birdsong… Continue Reading The Jam Jar Presents: Ustad Noor Bakhsh
Join the Diverse Artists Network (DAN) on Thursday, 11 September, 6pm-9pm, at the St Paul’s Learning Centre, BS2 8XJ, for an interactive, group conversation about division and community resilience. Please arrive at 5.30pm for a 6pm start. In the wake of the far right riots of last summer, and the rise of populist fascism both… Continue Reading Community Recovery Conversations: Creativity, Resilience and Resistance
