Paul Steele

CEO / Creative Director @_ArtReach cultural optimist

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Don't panic if you spot giant bees and butterflies at Re/action Festival — it's just the Urban Oasis, sharing the best ways to help our insect friends! 🌼🐝

Join them in Jubilee Square on 26–27 July to discover tips for supporting pollinators and creating a haven for nature.

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Energising start to #LetsEngage25 at @The_Lowry with @ace_national and @ace_thenorth — full of inspiring ideas, creative partnerships and community-led brilliance. Excited for the rest of today!

#LetsCreate #CreativeImpact #ArtsForAll

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It’s wonderful to be able to share progress and success from our Impact Network for Creatives programme at the launch of @Leicester_News new Cultural Strategy! #CulturalDevelopment #SectorDevelopment

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We’re seeking an artist to co-create a storytelling light trail with primary schools & community groups for #LightUpLeicester2025!
Transform shop windows across the city with illuminated stories of Leicester’s future.
Fee: £9,000. Apply by 8 Dec! #ArtsJobs https://t.co/ka1cOYIT5G

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Aah yeah! Light Up Leicester returns for 2025!
We've got big plans with @BIDLeicester and @leicesterfest to fill the city streets with incredible illuminated things for you to experience and enjoy!
12-15 March 2025

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Calling all creatives!
We're working with @BIDLeicester and @leicesterfest to commission new interactive light-based artworks for #LightUpLeicester2025.
Are you ready to light up the streets of Leicester? Deadline for proposals: December 1
#ArtsJobs
https://t.co/7TgAgpf9dG

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How very exciting!
Mandeep Dhadialla's Plants and Play (open until 31 Oct) installation has featured on @BBCLeicester and now @bbcemt, thanks for the support. #MadeinLeicester Created for #JourneysFestival2024 with @LeicsCathedral thanks to @ace_national and @HeritageFundUK

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Exciting to be joining Leicester-based creatives in @_ArtReach INC network for an inspiring trip to Leeds

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We're heading to @LightNightLeeds on 24 October!
Join us for an inspiring session with @SlungLow , diving into their incredible work in community engagement. An all expenses paid, creative day out for Leicester-based creatives, cultural workers/freelancers https://t.co/ugY1drtm2H

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Did you know that Plants & Play was commissioned by us and @LeicsCathedral?
Leicester-based artist Mandeep Dhadialla created this inspiring installation and the people of Leicester were the first to enjoy it.

Thanks to @aceagrams and @heritagefunduk it's open until 31 October!

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Coming soon: Join the Impact Network for Creatives in Leicester, from Art Reach. Oct 23, 2024 https://t.co/Y8ftnNDRzu

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What a wonderful couple of days we’ve had at #JourneysFestival2024
Thanks to all artists, ambassadors, funders, production team and audiences for joining us on the journey!
@ace_midlands @CounterArts @DMUEngagement @LeicsCathedral @HeritageFundUK @TNLComFund @leicesterfest

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As should always be the case we got our Creative Director @steeleysideshow to conduct rigorous health and safety checks on Plants and Play @LeicsCathedral this morning for #JourneysFestival2024 #LetsCreate

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What better way to end Saturday 12 October at #JourneysFestival2024 than with some laughs at @CurveLeicester?
Join the hilarious No Direction Home team from @CounterArts for a comedy night to remember! https://t.co/W8cl894mPm

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This is going to be very interesting…

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Thanks to @DMUEngagement we're hosting a lively panel discussion with artists @ssaarraahj and Kaajal Modi plus DMU academics at our #JourneysFestival2024 Breakfast Seminar
Join us to explore how art and culture can foster belonging and drive sustainability https://t.co/YmVyopH3WM

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We're hosting @CounterArts No Direction Home comedy crew at #JourneysFestival2024 for a night of love and laughs. Join us @CurveLeicester for stand-up comedy exploring side-splitting stories of life in the UK.
12 October
8.00pm
https://t.co/W8cl894UEU

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You're invited to The House of Weaving Songs by @DhaqanC at @LeicsCathedral! Experience this incredible installation based on a Somalian Aqal, transporting you to the heart of Somali nomadic life through the powerful music of Somali women’s weaving songs.
https://t.co/qwaAEFhlQp

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Join us for Birra at @PhoenixLeic on 11 Oct! Experience a live Sami singing performance followed by a discussion on cultural identity and traditional clothing with a relaxed community lunch thrown in too!
Limited spaces, book now: [email protected] https://t.co/AdfAkNrq9U

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Yesterday @EdenProject we heard the sounds of the water with Kaajal Modi, and the sounds from the Galool Tree of Somali women’s weaving songs and storytelling traditions with @DhaqanC see both artists at #JourneysFestival2024 #LetsCreate @CounterArts @ace_national

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Such an interesting conversation @EdenProject brilliantly facilitated by @jelsofron can’t wait to continue this conversation and see the work at #JourneysFestival2024

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Wonderful talk about migration & climate justice in relation to oral traditions and memory @EdenProject from @DhaqanC and Kaajal Modi. We’re so excited to bring their work to next months #JourneysFestival2024 through a co-commission with @CounterArts

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Step into a world of myth and time travel with Separated by Millennia by Sarah Al-Sarraj. Co-commissioned by @ArabBritishCent and @shubbakfestival, this stunning exhibition explores ancestry and ecological balance through the lens of temporal nomads. https://t.co/GKD1S1cXd9