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Who Has the Right to ‘Lying Flat’? A Blogpost by Raquel Meseguer Zafe
Raquel shares insights and reflection on A Crash Course in Cloudpostting’s WDR Radio Play as well as her residency in Shanghai. This blogpost includes writings from two resters Alex Wynne Schmiedel and Min Shen.
MAYK’s Reading Week: The Importance of Pause and Reflection
Last month, MAYK took a Reading Week – a dedicated break from the usual grind, allowing our team to step back, explore new ideas, and recharge our creative energies.
On Precarity and Resilience – an Important Update on Mayfest and an Urgent Request for Support
Over the last few months we’ve been doing some big thinking and, we’ve decided not to deliver a Mayfest programme in 2026.
Connecting Through Reflection:
In this blogpost we review the results from our Pudding post-show evaluations at Mayfest 2024 and share how evaluation better helps us understand cultural experiences.
Tales of Two Cities: Q&A with Aish Humphreys
Take a look back at this year's Tales of Two Cities programme with poet, facilitator and curator Aish Humphreys.
Rosa Picard Guest Blog: My Internship at MAYK
A blogpost from MAYK’s Assistant Producer Intern Rosa Picard where she recounts her time working with us over Mayfest 2024.
A Look Back at Mayfest 2024
In this blog post, we’re sharing team highlights, the Mayfest 2024 film, shot by Dan Canham and some photos from Paul Blakemore that were taken during the festival.
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This weekend’s Mayfest treats
Can you believe we’re more than half way through our programme already? It’s been an epic week here at MAYK HQ and we’re gearing up for what’s set to be a mega last few days of Mayfest.
It doesn’t have to last forever – public art in a changing city
As Bristol enters a period of significant regeneration, how can we collectively reimagine what the provision of public art looks like in the future? How can artists playfully disrupt and create thrilling new place-based work that is non-permanent and has deeper, more rich community engagement.