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Over the last three months eight of the UKs top Performance Poets have been working with four groups of service users from Chard, Taunton, Yeovil and Frome to help them discover their inner poet and rediscover their self-confidence.

Inviting village hall promoters, programmers and festival organisers to a Somerset Showcase Event on Saturday 23rd March 2013

This is devastating news for Taunton and Somerset residents, the Brewhouse staff, artists, companies and the whole of the county.

This March Inspector Sands, the winners of the 2012 Sprout Commission, are bringing their new show Rock Pool to four Somerset Children's Centres.

Take Art launch the new Word/Play website, twitter and facebook pages, allowing everyone involved in the project to submit work, news and ideas on a variety of platforms.

Take Art are delighted to announce an exciting partner project that will link dance hubs, centres, artists and companies in Normandy and Brittany with those in the south and west of England. DanSCe Dialogues2 has been given the go ahead thanks to a significant cash injection from European funding agency Interreg.

Take Art has released its new Jan-June 2013 programme, featuring over 50 performances, workshops and events across Somerset, along with four exciting new projects. See inside here...

Do you want to gain the vital skills to help forge a successful career in the arts? From January 2013 Take Art are running skills development days for both experienced and emerging artists and anyone in need of a bit of direction and professional advice.

In 2013 the Life Circles project offers three more dance with older people training days in Devon, Dorset and Somerset, for dance artists and activity co-ordinators in care homes and day-care centres.

A two-year theatre and spoken word project for Somerset entitled Word/Play, has been given the green light thanks to £75,000 support from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, one of the largest independent grant making foundations in England, and a further £17,000 from the Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales.

Only a handful tickets left for the Osiligi Maasai Warriors performances this week. Don't delay in booking.....

Do you want to gain the vital skills to help forge a successful career in the arts? From January 2013 Take Art are running skills development days for both experienced and emerging artists and anyone in need of a bit of direction and professional advice.