Halstock Community Arts
Arts Awards
Halstock Community Arts Awards 2025
Halstock Community Arts would like to invite anyone who lives or works within a 20 mile radius of Halstock Village Hall, to apply for an HCA Award of £500 to support their artistic aims. The HCA committee is in a position this year to offer funding to support local arts projects.
We are offering two Arts Awards of £500 each. Priority for one of the awards will be given to applicants aged under 25. Applications can be made by individuals or by groups.
In order to be considered for one of the two Arts Awards please complete and submit the HCA Awards application form which is available on our website (halstockcommunityarts.co.uk)
Applications can be provided in voice note format if preferred.
For further information or queries please contact us at:
halstockcommunityartsawards@gmail.com
Closing date for applications is 1st March 2026.
Full Terms and Conditions of the HCA Awards are available her
This circle represents a 20 mile radius from Halstock Village Hall - it is wider than you think! If you live and or work within this circle you could be eligible to apply for an HCA Art Award.
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Don't delay, apply before 1 March 2026
The Open Award for 2024 was won by Paddy Earl, a local film-maker. He has written a screenplay called 'Last Orders', a witty and poignant story, set in a pub and involving a conversation between an elderly gentleman and a pickled egg! Paddy will use the Award funding towards the hire of camera, lighting and sound equipment to enable him to turn his screenplay into a short film. Paddy said that this project is a further step on the way to his ambition of directing his first feature film.
I Inside the Old Year Dying
Unofficial video PJ Harvey
Award recipients 2023
OffPiste Theatre
We decided to use the Award to create a concept music video for local artist PJ Harvey at the beginning of the year. Thanks to the Award, it allowed us to expand our portfolio into music videos, from theatre and narrative film. Being able to use the money to create a video that captured the landscape of the area (all of the visuals are in Halstock/Corscombe) was an opportunity that felt quite special as we haven't really been able to do much of our work that close to home.
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Archive - past recipients
Awards for 2024
The Under 25 Award winner for 2024 was Somerset Youth Dance Company, a small, not-for-profit dance organisation based in Yeovil who work with young aspiring dancers from ages 13 – 21. This year the group are celebrating their 15th Anniversary and
they will be using the Arts Award funding to support the making of a one-off anniversary 'Dance for Camera' video. Natalie
Hyde, a previous member of the group who is now one of the dance teachers, was present to receive the Award. Natalie
reported that the project will provide exciting opportunities for dancers in the group, many of whom go on to dance
professionally.
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Sinistra
(Stray Dog Jammers)
Award recipients 2023
Rhino, an adaptation of the post war avant-garde absurdist drama Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco. A projector was purchased and used to illuminate the characters in Rhino taking on their rhino personas.
Encore
As part of Bridport Literary Festival. Rhino is back, for one night only, 9th November at the Lyric Theatre, Bridport.
More information and tickets available here:
https://www.bridlit.com/buy-tickets/special-event-the-stray-dog-jammers-rhino/