Culture Chelmsford

Culture Chelmsford Fundraising for and championing arts and culture in the city and borough of Chelmsford.

To celebrate Pride Month, Ignite Chelmsford is showcasing its q***r creatives! 🌈Bucky, Community Manager of Ignite Chelm...
15/06/2026

To celebrate Pride Month, Ignite Chelmsford is showcasing its q***r creatives! 🌈

Bucky, Community Manager of Ignite Chelmsford shares…

If you’re both an Ignite member AND a part of the LGBTQA+ community, send us a DM or email with some examples of your work. We’ll showcase them on our social media to our audience of over 2.5k followers!

Next up in our Q***r Artist Month is the brilliant slowslowzo, with a selection of zines. ✂

slowslowzo is an artist and zinester, living and making art in Chelmsford and a member of Hive Studios.

You can find more of their work over at , where they create zines, mini zines, prints, badges and more! 🎨

Not an Ignite member but want to be involved?
Visit https://www.ignitechelmsford.org.uk/join-us to join for FREE!

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New Chelmsford Urban Business Grant Scheme now open!!Creative businesses in Chelmsford can now apply for grants of up to...
12/06/2026

New Chelmsford Urban Business Grant Scheme now open!!

Creative businesses in Chelmsford can now apply for grants of up to £10,000 to help improve their spaces, equipment and day-to-day operations.

With rising costs and changing trading conditions, the fund is designed to help businesses grow, reduce costs and stay competitive.

Creative businesses could apply for things like:

🎨 New creative equipment or machinery – maybe you need a new kiln, 3D printer or specialist equipment for your studio

🎵 Sound, lighting or AV equipment for a creative studio or venue

🖥️ Computers, editing or digital equipment that helps you improve your creative production

🛠️ Improvements to studios, shops, cafés or workspaces

🪑 Creating a more welcoming customer space, including signage or displays

♻️ Energy-saving upgrades to reduce running costs of your studio or venue

📍 Accessibility improvements to make a venue or space easier to use

For example, an independent artist studio could apply to improve shared workshop facilities, a music venue could upgrade sound equipment, or a creative retailer could improve its shopfront and displays to attract more visitors.

The funding is for larger purchases or improvements that will last more than a year and help support Chelmsford’s local economy.

⏰ Deadline to apply: 30 June 2026
📅 Projects must be completed by: 28 February 2027

More information and how to apply:
https://www.investchelmsford.co.uk/business-support/urban-business-grant-scheme

Have you visited our friends, The Art Place and Counter Culture Games in their new location yet?We’re thrilled that The ...
12/06/2026

Have you visited our friends, The Art Place and Counter Culture Games in their new location yet?

We’re thrilled that The Art Place Chelmsford and Counter Culture Games
have partnered in a new social space within the High Chelmer Shopping Centre to support local creatives and the gaming community.

Pop in to browse the incredible range of handmade items and artworks for sale, plus creative socials, workshops and board games galore, to play or buy - there’s something for everyone!

Every purchase supports local artists, creative businesses and The Idea’s Hub’s community projects - go take a look and take part!

📍High Chelmer, 6 New London Road, Chelmsford CM2 0SW
⌚ Mon-Fri: 9:30am - 4pm, Sat: 9:30am - 5:30pm, Sun: 10:30am - 4pm

Birkett Hall Homes Commissioned ArtistWe're delighted that Sara Hayes has been selected via open call to create a landsc...
10/06/2026

Birkett Hall Homes Commissioned Artist

We're delighted that Sara Hayes has been selected via open call to create a landscape-integrated public artwork in Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford.

Sara is a public artist and creative producer whose work explores the relationship between people, place and landscape. Working through The Public Art Company, she creates site-responsive artworks that draw on local heritage, ecology and community identity, transforming everyday spaces into memorable landmarks and destinations.

The proposed land art, ‘Birkett Horse’, combines sculpture, interpretation, and landscape design to create a distinctive gateway feature rooted in the history and character of the area. Inspired by the long tradition of stables and working horses on the site, the work is designed to be experienced both from a distance and close-up, encouraging exploration and connection with the landscape.

Through careful integration with its setting, the project aims to create a landmark that is visually striking, locally meaningful and enduring, while remaining sensitive to the site's existing role as open green space.

Previous works include the Stanway Totem, a five-metre-tall wayfinding sculpture created as part of a wider public realm and wayfinding project for Stanway Community Centre, and the National Trust commission Northey Island ‘Jetty’, a large-scale installation exploring the impacts of sea-level rise on the Essex coast.

Through projects such as these, Sara combines sculpture, interpretation and storytelling to create engaging visitor experiences that encourage people to connect more deeply with the history, landscape and identity of a place.

Sara shares:

“I'm absolutely thrilled to be working with Birkett Homes and Culture Chelmsford on this project. Public art has an important role to play in creating developments that feel distinctive, welcoming and connected to their surroundings, and it's an arena I am really passionate about and wanted to become more involved in…”

We’re excited to share more details about Sara’s progress, including her work with local school children, soon!

Have you visited the new mural at Cheerful Chai in Broomfield yet?It was great to see so many members of the local commu...
09/06/2026

Have you visited the new mural at Cheerful Chai in Broomfield yet?

It was great to see so many members of the local community get involved to learn new skills and help commissioned artist Scotty of Brave Arts to bring their shared ideas to life, as part of Concrete Canvas: Reimagined.

Scotty shares the following:

“Ultimately, the most fun part of my job is helping people try new and exciting things. Watching individuals challenge themselves with a spray can for the first time, build up their confidence, and create something beautiful together means that, in the end, the whole community wins.”

🤩 Thank you to everyone who contributed to this striking reflection of this vibrant local community.

Keep a look out for news about how you can get involved in celebrating its completion soon! 👀

📍Cheerful Chai, Angel Pavilion, Chelmsford, CM1 7AH

We look forward to hearing what you think.

Concrete Canvas: Reimagined is produced by Culture Chelmsford and SPARK!, in collaboration with Chelmsford For You & Concrete Canvas, funded by Arts Council England, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford City Council, Chelmsford College, Chelmsford For You, Great Baddow Parish Council, Mister Gees Foundation and sponsored by Alfreshco, Community RePaint, Thirst Drinks Syndicate and Wickes.

To celebrate Pride Month, Ignite Chelmsford is showcasing its q***r creatives! 🌈Bucky, Community Manager of Ignite Chelm...
08/06/2026

To celebrate Pride Month, Ignite Chelmsford is showcasing its q***r creatives! 🌈

Bucky, Community Manager of Ignite Chelmsford shares…

If you’re both an Ignite member AND a part of the LGBTQA+ community, send us a DM or email with some examples of your work. We’ll showcase them on our social media to our audience of over 2.5k followers!

First up in Q***r Artist Month is the spectacular H.E. Creative, with their bad ass 'Pride is Punk' piece - "The first Pride was a riot. Pride is punk." 🤘

H.E. Creative is an independent, Essex-based design studio working with bands, labels, venues and alternative brands. Their clients include Avenged Sevenfold, MTV, Alternative Press, Phoebe Bridgers, Third Eye Blind, Sony Pictures, Universal and many more.

You can find more of their work over at HE Creative, where they create kids books, cards, prints, posters, zines, apparel and more! 🎨

Not an Ignite member but want to be involved?
Visit https://www.ignitechelmsford.org.uk/join-us to join for FREE!

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Join us on Thursday for Ignite Chelmsford June Social, where you'll be taking to the high seas with their unique guests!...
08/06/2026

Join us on Thursday for Ignite Chelmsford June Social, where you'll be taking to the high seas with their unique guests! 🏴‍☠️

🔥 Where: Patch Places (5-6 Grays Yard, Chelmsford CM2 6QR)
🔥 When: 7-10pm, June 11th (and every 2nd Thursday of the month!)
🔥 Topic: Pride & Pirates - Celebrating q***r artists with a pirate folk band!

The brilliant Frankie Heartless & The Heartless Rogues will deliver a short talk about their experience as an all-q***r pirate folk band, followed by a short performance of rousing shanties, jigs and folk classics, before finishing up with an insightful Q&A.

Pirate costume isn't mandatory but... very much encouraged! YAR! 🦜🏴‍☠️⚓

🎟️ Secure your FREE ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ignite-social-june-pride-pirates-tickets-1989551858165

What objects tell Chelmsford’s story today?Spark! and the Museum of Chelmsford want to hear what objects tell your story...
04/06/2026

What objects tell Chelmsford’s story today?

Spark! and the Museum of Chelmsford want to hear what objects tell your story of life in Chelmsford now, to help shape the museum's future collection.

Peter Blackman of South Woodham Ferrers Creatives and Community Hub, shares:

"My life in South Woodham Ferrers and the Chelmsford area is accompanied almost all the time and everywhere by a puppy ranging from 8 weeks old to around 13-15 months old who I Puppy Raise for Guide Dogs - so that after further training, that wonderful pup becomes a working Guide Dog, giving someone who is severely visually impaired the independence to go about their life."

📸 Jaggy arrives at Redbridge Training School for the next stage of training with Ellie.

What object would you choose? Add it to the survey linked below, plus take a picture and tag it

🔗https://forms.gle/inHHkEReU4VJNEhG8

Collecting Our Future is produced by Culture Chelmsford and SPARK!, in collaboration with the Museum of Chelmsford and funded by Arts Council England, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford City Council, Chelmsford College and Chelmsford For You.

03/06/2026

Have you visited the new Concrete Canvas: Reimagined mural in South Woodham Ferrers yet?

Isobel, Chair of SPARK!, had a fantastic time joining members of the local community to assist commissioned artist Lily a.k.a Uwu Studio, in bringing the co-designed 95ft of vibrant colour and community voices to life at Scholars Walk Underpass.

📍Scholars Walk Underpass links Chadwick Road to King Edward’s Road, CM3

Go take a look and let us know what you think and how it makes you feel! 🤩

Concrete Canvas: Reimagined is produced by Culture Chelmsford and SPARK!, in collaboration with Chelmsford For You & Concrete Canvas, funded byArts Council England, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford City Council, Chelmsford College, Chelmsford For You, Great Baddow Parish Council, Mister Gees Foundation and sponsored by Alfreshco, Community RePaint, Thirst Drinks Syndicate and Wickes.

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