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101 Outdoor Arts

National Centre for Arts in Public Space

101 Outdoor Arts

National Centre for Arts in Public Space

An image of 15+ artists performing in a road. All are standing and facing camera, some with casual clothes and other dressed in red.

101 Outdoor Arts

National Centre for Arts in Public Space

2 artists in 101 Big Space, rehearsing. 1 artist is wearing blue overalls and the other is dressed casually, both are facing camera and appear to be mid song.

101 Outdoor Arts

National Centre for Arts in Public Space

One artist training in the Middle Bay of 101. The artist is facing a projected image on wall of a computer program. The artist is wearing an outfit with sensors on and holds their arms out strait at shoulder length.

101 Outdoor Arts

National Centre for Arts in Public Space

Training in the 101 building -An artist is captured hanging partially upside down from a harness. They are dressed all in black and have many wires and cords and technical gadgets attached to them. The artists looks like a spy.

101 Outdoor Arts

National Centre for Arts in Public Space

7 artists dressed in casual wear, gather in a field. All are looking at a small artistic object that one of them are holding. The object appears to be made of willow and fabric.

101 Outdoor Arts

National Centre for Arts in Public Space

Image is of a public fire show hosted in Newbury market place. The image is at night time with an audience admiring a large metal framed wheel that has small ceramic plant pots placed around it. In each pot a small fire which lights up the circular framed structure.

101 Outdoor Arts

National Centre for Arts in Public Space

Image is of 3 dancers training in 101's dance studio. The Dancers are all holding the same pose with their hands.

101 Outdoor Arts

National Centre for Arts in Public Space

Image is of a large cardboard building in Newbury market place. The cardboard building is larger than all the other real buildings that surround it. Public audiences gather is small groups to admire the vast size of the 'building' structure constructed out of cardboard boxes.

101 Outdoor Arts

National Centre for Arts in Public Space

What's On

101 Sharing: DIRT! by She Said Jump

Fri 25 Apr, 4.30-5.30pm
Come and see a 101 sharing - DIRT! by She Said Jump, a circus adventure underground with aerial, puppetry, immersive design & an audio describing earthworm.

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Summer School with David Glass: Alchemy of the Extraordinary

Mon 21 - Fri 25 Jul
Apply now for Summer School, a five-day creative practice & devising lab for site specific, immersive and outdoor devised performance. Deadline Mon 2 Jun, 9am.

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Sound and the Outdoors: Site and Sound Symposium

Tue 3 Jun
Book now for the Site and Sound Symposium, exploring the ways that sound, place, and public can intersect in the outdoor.

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Sound and the Outdoors: Base Frequencies Lab

Wed 4 - Fri 6 Jun
Base Frequencies is a residential lab for Sound Artists.

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A group of people on a black stage in front of a building. A person with short blonde hair and yellow trousers jumps mid-air over a table.

RPM by Gorilla Circus

Sat 12 Jul, 6.30pm & 9.30pm
RPM by Gorilla Circus is coming to Newbury as part of Corn Exchange Newbury and 101 Outdoor Arts' outdoor programme.

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Seedbed Artists 2025

We are pleased to announce the artists awarded 101’s Seedbed Residency 2025.

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Residencies

Artist Development

Outdoor Events

Image is taken in 101's metal/wood workshop. One person is captured fabricating a metal frame. To the left of the image is a large metal wheel with spokes. The person is using a hand tool and orange sparks are flying from the work piece.

Design & Fabrication

101 Outdoor Arts
National Centre for Arts in Public Space

We support artists from all over the world who make work for the outdoors and public space, through a year round programme of artistic residencies, professional development events, and a dedicated design and fabrication workshop.

Artists from a wide range of disciplines can make use of our large and intimate rehearsal spaces, staying onsite in our artists' village.As part of Corn Exchange Newbury we present vibrant and wide-reaching outdoor events in partnership with our local communities, bringing thousands of people together each year to experience a free international programme of events in public space.

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101 Outdoor Arts

“Residency time at 101 has allowed me to develop new ideas that I could not have experimented with anywhere else in the UK.”

Maresa von Stockert, Tilted Productions

Resources Hub

Outside the Conventional and into the Mainstream: Arts in Public Space in England

Digital Symposium Films

Image is of 1 performer hanging upside down and horizontal from a tree with a harness. The artist is wearing orange overalls and is speaking into a loud speaker.

Dance and the Outdoors Films

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