Our Vision

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Hydra Arts is is a community interest company  based out of West Dunbartonshire. We produce a fully participatory biennial arts festival, new art works across a range of media all with a live element, and create opportunities for learning and skill development for communities in making new art work.  

 

Our vision is to establish a culture of creative practice throughout West Dunbartonshire that allows bold creative expression to exist in the hearts and homes of all its communities. through this vision, we see West Dunbartonshire as an area of radical social engagement in the arts, and a home for industry leading and exciting participatory arts practice. 

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Our Beliefs

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We believe in dreaming big and offering the people and communities of West Dunbartonshire and beyond opportunities to engage with the creation of ideas and art works that aren't necessarily expected in the places, areas and times we work in.

 

We believe in an art making that cannot happen without the collaboration of artists, participants, volunteers and organisations. No art work is an island.

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We believe in intergenerational and intercultural practice, and the creation of accessible entry points for people from all walks of life to feel part of our work and vision.

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We believe in acceptance, change, adaptability, opportunities for learning and growth, in people and in ourselves.

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We believe in creating cultures of care, and appreciate that we can always do better at being active participants in this ideal. 

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​We believe in nurturing a local community focus inspired by an international outlook.

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We believe in an arts practice that is engaged in the reduction of carbon dependency, and a just climate transition.

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And we believe in having a right good time!